Middle School English Review

the central message or lesson of a literary work

a personalbelief; a statement that cannot be proven true

to use details, facts, & evidence from a textcome to a new understanding about a topic or idea

What is an antonym?

POV where the narrator is anall-knowing outsider who can see into the minds of all characters

What is conflict?

What are directions?

revealing the emotions of an author to a subject. It canbe positive, negative, or neutral.

What is personification?

a portion of a play that takes place in onelocation

a short restatement of a longer text in thereader’s own words

<p>I have been waiting forever for you to call me back! <---- this is an example of...</p>

a story about unreal or immortal characters,often explaining some aspect of the natural world

What is the point in a story where the conflict begins to beresolved?

a word or phrase in text around anunfamiliar word that helps you identify the word’s meaning?

the bulk ofthe story, during which the character works to resolve the problem

What is an effect?

What is a statement that can be verified or proven through evidence from reliable sources?

POV where the narrator is not a character but can see into themind of one of the characters

What is an argument?

POV  which the narrator is a character in the storywho reveals personal thoughts/feelings

What is dialogue?

the sequenceof events in fiction or drama

words thathave similar meanings

a text in which the author is trying to convincethe reader of something

What is an inference?

a sentence that states a paragraph’s main idea

What is a type of Authors Purpose?

What is a commonplace assertion?

an example, reason, fact, or description thatbacks up the main idea of a text

What is the authors purpose?

the endingof a story, when the conflict is resolved

the time and location in which a story takesplace

What is the beginning of the story that introduces thesetting, characters, and problem?

What is alliteration?

Define Act

someone who tells a story in a work of fiction

What is the mainpoint a writer wants to communicate with a text?

What is the reason why a character acts the way he or she does?

a qualitythat defines a character

What is a drama?