ELA Test Prep Review

Genre with informational facts

The sequence of events in a literary work

A speaker or character who tells a story

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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

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

The message or moral in a story

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...)

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

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

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

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

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

A conversation between characters

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

Time and place of a story

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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