ELA Test Prep Review_Literary Terms

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

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

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

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

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

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

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

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

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

A conversation between characters

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

Time and place of a story

Struggle between opposing forces

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

Genre with informational facts

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

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

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

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A person, object or action that represents something else

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

What is another word for PERSUADE?

A character who changes during the story

A character who stays the same during the story

The message or moral in a story

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

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

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

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

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