ELA Test Prep Review

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

The turning point or high point in a story

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

A character who changes during the story

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

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

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time and place of a story

A character who stays the same during the story

A conversation between characters

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

The message or moral in a story

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Klibert's students will try their best on the test!

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

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

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

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

Genre with informational facts

The sequence of events in a literary work