ELA Test Prep Review

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

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

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

A character who changes during the story

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

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

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

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

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

A conversation between characters

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

Time and place of a story

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

The message or moral in a story

Genre with informational facts

A character who stays the same during the story

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

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

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

The turning point or high point in a story

I feel confident in my knowledge of grammar and literature.

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

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

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

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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