7/8 ELA State Test Prep Review

A speaker or character who tells a story

A category or type of literature (fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, etc)

What type of conflict? Maria is extremely nervous about her new hair color.

The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

A conversation between characters

Which type of conflict is this? Another classmate is spreading rumors about you.

The attitude of the author or speaker

What is a signpost that shows a repeated word, phrase, or idea important to the story?

Which type of conflict is this? The hurricane hit the city and caused destruction.

Which of the following is a theme?

A story that takes place in the future and has scientific advances in technology

The comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

What is the most important idea about a topic the author wants you to know? Not univeral.

What "signpost" is shown by these words: yet, unlike, however, but, even though, as opposed to, on the other hand...

The universal message in a story

A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a story

Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

The feeling of a story created by words, details, or setting

What text structure shows groups of facts presented based on common characteristics?

A person, object or action that represents something else

When an author interrupts the present moment to tell what happened in the past

The turning point or high point in a story

a struggle or problem in a story

The sequence of events in a literary work

When the author gives clues and hints as to what might happen later in the story

What text structure is shown by the words: because, as a result, therefore, and consequently?

Which type of conflict is this? Jackie is afraid of the pressures of growing up.

Time and place of a story

Genre with informational facts