7th Grade Language Arts Review

The time and place of the action in a story.

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

A group of lines in a poem

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

The events that make up a story

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

A category or class of literature

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

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

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text.

The main unit of a poem.

The reasons for the character’s behavior

The struggle between opposing forces

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

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

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

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

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

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

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

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

Words with similar meanings.

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

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

Statement of belief or feeling

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

A word part that came to English from an older language

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

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

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify