ELA Test Prep Review

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

Identify the adjectives. An old and overweight dog sat under the bright sun.

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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

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

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

Time and place of a story

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

A conversation between characters

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

Genre with informational facts

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

The message or moral in a story

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

A speaker or character who tells a story

The sequence of events in a literary work