ELA Test Prep Review

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

The message or moral in a story

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

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

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

The turning point or high point in a story

A character who changes during the story

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

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

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

A conversation between characters

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time and place of a story

Genre with informational facts

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

Struggle between opposing forces

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

A character who stays the same during the story

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

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

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

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