ELA Test Prep Review

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

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

Mrs. Carter's students will try their best on the test!

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

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

A character who changes during the story

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

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

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

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

Struggle between opposing forces

Time and place of a story

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

A character who stays the same during the story

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

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

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

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

The message or moral in a story

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

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.

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

Genre with informational facts

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

A conversation between characters

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

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