ELA Test Prep Review

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

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

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

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

Time and place of a story

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

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

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

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

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

Struggle between opposing forces

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

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

A character who stays the same during the story

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

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

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

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

A conversation between characters

The message or moral in a story

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

Genre with informational facts

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

A character who changes during the story

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