7th Grade Language Arts Review

Identify the word that does not belong:

a writer's word choice and the way the writer puts those words together

consists of the ideas and feelings that the word brings to mind

Promote

a brief statement that presents only the central ideas and most important details of a text.

Studying hard is a good strategy for passing a test.

Carter discovered a buried staircase that led to a sealed tomb. Context clue for "sealed":

joins the subject of a sentence with a word or phrase that describes or renames the subejct

Life is a bowl of cherries.

What part of speech tells the name of a person, place of thing?

What prefix means: wrong, not

a figure of speech giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

What type of clause: When raindrops fall, it sounds like music.

An analogy shows the relationship between a pair of words or phrases

What is the personal pronoun: When Margot talked about the sun, she came to life.

The highest point of tension in a story

Identify the infinitive: Weasels like to eat ducklings.

presents events in the order in which they happened

Possessive Pronoun: a pronoun that shows possession or ownership

To: inform, persuade, entertain, teach

takes place within the mind of a character (struggles to make a decision/take action/overcome)

a long uninterrupted speech spoken by one character to another

What is a theme called when it is expressed in many different cultures and time periods?

historical period, physical location, season of the year, time of day, climate, weather

tries to solve the conflict but faces obstacles that prevent an easy solution

I, we, you, he, she, it, they

expository, persuasive, narrative, descriptive, reflective, humorous, analytical

the use of words that imitate sounds

a noun or pronoun placed after another noun or pronoun to identify, rename, or explain it

Which sentence contains an interjection?

Fiction texts often present a message about life called:

restatements, examples, definitions, and contrasting details are all tools called:

We planned a picnic, but it rained.

The ______________ impact startled the driver.

I went to the store and found Becky in the baking aisle getting flour.

descriptions of how something looks, sounds, feels, tastes, or smells

The ___________ of the story is the time and place of the action.

a conclusion you draw about something that is not directly stated.

A ____________ is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.

What suffix means: without

The words and phrases surrounding a word that can help you understand a word you do not know?

Jennifer Johnson, Phoenix, Pizza Hut

What type of text is a writing that tells a story?

Recipes, directions, menus and applications are what form of nonfiction?

What is an example of literary nonfiction?

the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginnings of words

Which sentence is written correctly?

We have talked often.

Today I talk.

What is the verb: Kuo-Haya felt shy in front of the other boys.

use a comma:

plot

Don't jump to conclusions about people.

What caused them to be afraid?

More is to increasing as less is to decreasing

What are elements of nonfiction?

He still loves Annabel Lee, even though she has died.

Irony: literary element that involves a contradiction or contrast of some kind

My love is like a red, red rose.

making an intelligent judgment about what will happen next in a story based on text details

Identify the word that does not belong:

Purpose for reading

lines organized in units of meaning

me, us, you, him, her, it, them

Identify the subject and predicate: Civil rights laws caused many positive changes.

expression with a meaning that is different from the meaning of the actual words (idiom)

Pick the adjective: We saw Kathy's play and it included fifty actors.

A struggle between a character and an outside force

Preposition: Among their people, hording was considered shameful.

I browsed in the gift shop. What does the word "browsed" mean?

They made snowballs and threw them at a young ____________ windshield.

Identify the adverbs: I moved slowly, but I will get it finished later.

What root means: to hear

The narrator is not a character in the story, but tells what each character thinks and feels.

The narrator is a character who participates in the story.

Translucent means:

conversation between two characters

Which choice is not a form of fiction?

Synonym for the word: dismal

Which word is an antonym of communal?