Language Arts Mid-Year Review

Words that have the same meaning

Giving human qualities to a non-human thing (usually through the verb/action of the object)

Sound words

To show differences between objects or ideas

Words that convey action or a state of being

An exaggeration meant for emphasis or dramatic effect

The narrator is a character within the story

The source of conflict in a story

The message or lesson to be taken away from a story; moral

The turning point of a story; when the story takes a new direction

Character who experiences change from beginning to end in a story

A type of noun that is always capitalized; names a specific person, place, or thing

Words that describe or modify nouns

The driving force of a story; the problems and complications

A character that is fully developed by the writer; many traits are known

A type or category of literature

The root "vit," as in vitamin or vital, means:

The events in a story

Information that can always be proven true

Convincing others of a point of view

Known as the main character in a story

Elements that a reader learns during the exposition of a story

To put information in your own words

A main idea statement

Sharing the likenesses between information or objects

To express information in shortened form

An object that represents something beyond itself

When the reversal of what is expected occurs

A story written about someone's life

Words that are opposite in meaning to one another

The part of a word that holds meaning; can be used to build other related words

Narrator that is all-knowing; can "read the minds" of all characters

The writer's attitude about the topic

Information or writing that is factual

In order of time of occurrence