NeSA Practice Review

A play for theater, radio or television is what?

Words that are similar in definition are what?

What is the author's attitude toward his or her audience and subject?

These factors affect an authors writing?

A nonfiction text where writers tell the life story of another person.

The reasons for the characters actions are the what?

Authors view point from which they write. This is based on their beliefs and background.

What is another name for a magazine or newspaper published at a regular interval?

This sets up the story's ending.

Information that can be proven is a what?

This takes place in the mind of the character?

The order that events take place is known as what?

This gives the authors own argument.

This is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a group of words?

What is another name for pictures or photos in nonfiction text?

These compare two things and use the words "like" or "as".

Another name for Authors perspective is what?

This paints a picture in your mind.

This is in alphabetical list of terms or words that are similar to a dictionary

Character struggles against an outside force, such as nature or another character?

The authors purpose when they use senses to paint a picture.

The key point in a passage is known as the what?

When a person gives their judgment or belief. This is called what?

Another word for a struggle or a problem

What is a comparison of two similar ideas in order to explain one?

What is another name for drawings that you find in a nonfiction text?

This is written imitation of sounds.

The words that explain a picture

A piece of text that is made up is what genre?

What is a comparison that does not use the words like or as?

What does the author want readers to know, feel, or do?

When a narrator is telling a part in the story but is NOT part of the action.

What is the repetition of sounds at the end of the word?

Te central message of a story is the?

What reinforces the theme or message of a story

What genre deals with heroes, adventure, magic or romance?

What genre is a piece of text that is true?

A fiction text that is imaginative and has magic

What are qualities that help the reader understand the characters and his/her actions?

a feeling or vibe a reader gets through words and descriptions.

A fictional tale that has gods is?

What type of literary device shows an exaggeration?

What is the authors purpose if they are writing for enjoyment?

This is a representation of an area of land or sea.

The final outcome of a story is the what?

This shows the general topic in a nonfiction text.

The literary device gives human traits to things that are not human.

These are words, phrases, or sentences that are used more than once.

An event, action or feeling that produces a result is a what?

This is a heading given to a subsection of a piece of writing.

A series of events in a story.

The author's purpose is to give you new information is.

The introduction, setting, character and situation of a story is the what?

What is the key point of a passage?

When a narrator takes part in the action and uses the word "I" or "me".