SBA ELA Test Prep Review

A speaker or character who tells a story

Story with magic and things that wouldn't exist in today's world.

The sequence of events in a literary work

What is another word for PERSUADE?

A conversation between characters

Which type of conflict is this? Sam got arrested for stealing a car.

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

Which type of conflict is this? The Batman tries to capture or kill the Joker.

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

Identify the nouns: Mrs. Bamer is our school secretary.

A character who stays the same during the story

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

The turning point or high point in a story

Identify the adjective: No one wanted to live by the smelly landfill.

A person, object or action that represents something else

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

Genre with informational facts

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

Which type of conflict is this? I went skiing and there was an avalanche. 

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

The narrator is in the story and uses words like I, ME, MINE, WE, US

Identify the verb(s): I ran like the wind today.

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

The overall atmosphere of a literary work (how the reader feels)

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

Words with repeated beginning sounds (ex: sally sells seashells)

The message or moral in a story

A well-developed character- you know a lot about them

What type of conflict? Suzy is sooo nervous about asking out David to the dance.

Adjectives? An old and overweight dog sat under the bright sun.

The narrator is NOT in the story and only knows ONE person's thoughts and feelings

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

The narrator is NOT in the story and knows EVERYONE'S thoughts and feelings

The writer's attitude toward the subject they're writing about

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

A character who changes during the story

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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Time and place of a story

The use of words to imitate sounds (bang, pow, pop...)

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