7th Grade Language Arts Midterm Review

Statement of belief or feeling

Instructions for how the drama is to be performed in front of an audience, often in parenthesis

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

Type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects.

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

The point in the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

A word part that came to English from an older language

A speech given by a character alone on stage, for the benefit of the audience.

A category or class of literature

Words that echo a sound from nature. (e.g., ring, meow, tinkle, buzz).

Struggle between a literary character and an outside force such as nature or another character

Growing tension and excitement of a story felt by the reader.

Obvious exaggeration. A figure of speech not intended to be taken literally 

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

Word part that appears at the beginning of a word or root.

The reasons for the character’s behavior

Comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.  

A story that can be online, in print, or broadcast on television

Gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

Story’s greatest moment of intensity, turning point where conflict is resolved

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

Words with similar meanings.

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

Central or main idea of a piece of writing.  Usually a message about life or human nature.

The struggle between opposing forces

Person, place, or object that stands for something beyond and greater than itself.

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of a poem.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. (She sells seashells by the seashore)

An opinion piece that usually appears in the opinion section of a newspaper

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

A brief retelling of the main points of a story or text

The main unit of a poem.

Traditional story that attempts to explain human nature, creation, or nature and has a moral.

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience

A group of lines in a poem

A pattern of end rhyme designated by letters of the alphabet.

The events that make up a story

The time and place of the action in a story.

The element of plot where the story begins to draw to a close

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

Qualities shown by the character.  May be inferred or directly stated by the author.

Who the author is directing the writing towards.