7th Grade Language Arts GA Milestones Review

What type of clause: When raindrops fall, it sounds like music.

What is an example of literary nonfiction?

Identify the adverbs: I moved slowly, but I will get it finished later.

To: inform, persuade, entertain, teach

Irony: literary element that involves a contradiction or contrast of some kind

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A conclusion you draw about something that is not directly stated.

A noun or pronoun placed after another noun or pronoun to identify, rename, or explain it

Synonym for the word: dismal

Identify the word that does not belong:

Consists of the ideas and feelings that the word brings to mind

This type of text follows a step by step pattern

Purpose for reading

Don't jump to conclusions about people.

I, we, you, he, she, it, they

Which sentence contains an interjection?

Recipes, directions, menus and applications are what form of nonfiction?

Possessive Pronoun: a pronoun that shows possession or ownership

John's suggestion was just a band-aid for the problem.

A long uninterrupted speech spoken by one character to another

Pick the adjective: We saw Kathy's play and it included fifty actors.

What type of text is a writing that tells a story?

Preposition: Among their people, hording was considered shameful.

The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginnings of words

An analogy shows the relationship between a pair of words or phrases

Life is a bowl of cherries.

We planned a picnic, but it rained.

The words and phrases surrounding a word that can help you understand a word you do not know?

Joins the subject of a sentence with a word or phrase that describes or renames the subejct

What is a theme called when it is expressed in many different cultures and time periods?

What part of speech tells the name of a person, place or thing?

Takes place within the mind of a character (struggles to make a decision/take action/overcome)

This text explains why something happened and the results.

The narrator is not a character in the story, but tells what each character thinks and feels.

This text looks at similarities and differences

The ___________ of the story is the time and place of the action.

Restatements, examples, definitions, and contrasting details are all tools called:

A writer's word choice and the way the writer puts those words together

I browsed in the gift shop. What does the word "browsed" mean?

In what stanza does the author say "I saw my soul look out of your eyes."

Promote

An expression with a meaning that is different from the meaning of the actual words (idiom)

What suffix means: without

Identify the word that does not belong:

Which of the following is included on a plot diagram?

What is the verb: Kuo-Haya felt shy in front of the other boys.

What is language that appeals to the SENSES? (sight, sound, taste, touch, feel)

What is the personal pronoun: When Margot talked about the sun, she came to life.

This type of text presents events in the order in which they happened

Identify the subject and predicate: Civil rights laws caused many positive changes.

My love is like a red, red rose.

He still loves Annabel Lee, even though she has died.

What are elements of nonfiction?

Tries to solve the conflict but faces obstacles that prevent an easy solution

Which word is an antonym of communal?

Making an intelligent judgment about what will happen next in a story based on text details

Which choice is not a form of fiction?

Carter discovered a buried staircase that led to a sealed tomb. Context clue for "sealed":

"Crack!" is an example of.....

They made snowballs and threw them at a young ____________ windshield.

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

A ____________ is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.

We have talked often.

More is to increasing as less is to decreasing

Which sentence is written correctly?

me, us, you, him, her, it, them

Today I talk.

A struggle between a character and an outside force

Use a comma:

What root means: to hear

What caused them to be afraid?

The man was so hungry he could eat a horse.

A brief statement that presents only the central ideas and most important details of a text.

Historical period, physical location, season of the year, time of day, climate, weather

Fiction texts often present a message about life called:

The highest point of tension in a story

"Add fuel to the fire," is an example of....

In which line does the author say "I saw my soul look out of your eyes."

Descriptions of how something looks, sounds, feels, tastes, or smells

What is a text organized by dates and time?

Identify the infinitive: Weasels like to eat ducklings.

I went to the spring to get some water, and I saw a deer drinking there.

a figure of speech giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

The ______________ impact startled the driver.

Translucent means:

Conversation between two characters

Expository, persuasive, narrative, descriptive, reflective, humorous, analytical

The narrator is a character who participates in the story.

Lines organized in units of meaning

What prefix means: wrong, not

I went to the store and found Becky in the baking aisle getting flour.

She was as graceful as a swan gliding along the blue water.

"It is what it is" is an example of a(n)

The use of words that imitate sounds