7th Grade EOY Review

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

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

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

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

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

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

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

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

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

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

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

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

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

A category or class of literature

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

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

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

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

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

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

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

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

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

The reasons for the character’s behavior

The struggle between opposing forces

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

The time and place of the action in a story.

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

Words with similar meanings.

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

The events that make up a story

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

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

Statement of belief or feeling

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

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

The main unit of a poem.

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

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

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

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

A group of lines in a poem

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

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