7th Grade Language Arts Midterm Review

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

The main unit of a poem.

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

The point in the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

A group of lines in a poem

Word part that appears at the beginning of a word or root.

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

Qualities shown by the character.  May be inferred or directly stated by the author.

A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience

Comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

A brief retelling of the main points of a story or text

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

Words with similar meanings.

Story’s greatest moment of intensity, turning point where conflict is resolved

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of a poem.

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

Struggle between a literary character and an outside force such as nature or another character

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. (She sells seashells by the seashore)

Type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects.

Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.  

Gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

Person, place, or object that stands for something beyond and greater than itself.

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

A category or class of literature

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

Traditional story that attempts to explain human nature, creation, or nature and has a moral.

A word part that came to English from an older language

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

A speech given by a character alone on stage, for the benefit of the audience.

Words that echo a sound from nature. (e.g., ring, meow, tinkle, buzz).

Growing tension and excitement of a story felt by the reader.

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

Statement of belief or feeling

The events that make up a story

Instructions for how the drama is to be performed in front of an audience, often in parenthesis

The struggle between opposing forces

The reasons for the character’s behavior

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

A pattern of end rhyme designated by letters of the alphabet.

The element of plot where the story begins to draw to a close

The time and place of the action in a story.

An opinion piece that usually appears in the opinion section of a newspaper

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Obvious exaggeration. A figure of speech not intended to be taken literally 

Central or main idea of a piece of writing.  Usually a message about life or human nature.

A story that can be online, in print, or broadcast on television