ELA Test Prep Review

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

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

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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What is another word for PERSUADE?

A conversation between characters

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

A character who stays the same during the story

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

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

Time and place of a story

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

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

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

The message or moral in a story

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

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

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

A character who changes during the story

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

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.

Genre with informational facts

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

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

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

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 turning point or high point in a story

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?