7th Grade Language Arts Midterm Review

The point in the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict

The reasons for the character’s behavior

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

Words that echo a sound from nature. (e.g., ring, meow, tinkle, buzz).

Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.  

A word part that came to English from an older language

Story’s greatest moment of intensity, turning point where conflict is resolved

Traditional story that attempts to explain human nature, creation, or nature and has a moral.

The element of plot where the story begins to draw to a close

Growing tension and excitement of a story felt by the reader.

The events that make up a story

Comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. (She sells seashells by the seashore)

A category or class of literature

Gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

Word part that appears at the beginning of a word or root.

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

Instructions for how the drama is to be performed in front of an audience, often in parenthesis

Central or main idea of a piece of writing.  Usually a message about life or human nature.

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

A brief retelling of the main points of a story or text

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

Type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects.

Words with similar meanings.

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

An opinion piece that usually appears in the opinion section of a newspaper

The time and place of the action in a story.

A category or class of literature

A group of lines in a poem

Obvious exaggeration. A figure of speech not intended to be taken literally 

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

The main unit of a poem.

A pattern of end rhyme designated by letters of the alphabet.

The struggle between opposing forces

A category or class of literature

A speech given by a character alone on stage, for the benefit of the audience.

Statement of belief or feeling

Struggle between a literary character and an outside force such as nature or another character

A story that can be online, in print, or broadcast on television

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of a poem.

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

Qualities shown by the character.  May be inferred or directly stated by the author.

Person, place, or object that stands for something beyond and greater than itself.

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify