Duplicate of ELA Milestones Review - 7th grade

Question 1

The use of the same sound to start several words in a row.

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 2

The perspective from which a story is told when the narrator is a character in the story.

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1st person point of view

Question 3

In most stories, there is a ??? or a problem.

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conflict

Question 4

The perspective from which a story is told.

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point of view

Question 5

The lesson or message of a literary text.

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theme

Question 6

The author tells the readers exactly what they need to know. (Opposite of INFERENCE)

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explicit

Question 7

A comparison of two unlike things.

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metaphor

Question 8

Example of figurative language: A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

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simile

Question 9

The solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict in a literary text.

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resolution

Question 10

When the writer analyzes characters or stories in relation to each other.

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comparison

Question 11

When the writer specifically analyzes the DIFFERENCES between characters or stories.

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contrast

Question 12

The series of events that form a story in a specific order

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plot

Question 13

A category of passages; they have a particular style, form, and content.

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genre

Question 14

Coming to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text.

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inference

Question 15

When the words DO NOT mean what they actually say. (Opposite of LITERAL meaning)

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figurative

Question 16

The ACTUAL meaning of a word or phrase.

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literal

Questions 16