7th Grade Language Arts Midterm Review

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

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

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

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

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

A category or class of literature

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

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

Statement of belief or feeling

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

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

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

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

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

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

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

The main unit of a poem.

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

The events that make up a story

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

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

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

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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

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

The reasons for the character’s behavior

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

The struggle between opposing forces

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

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

The time and place of the action in a story.

A word part that came to English from an older language

Words with similar meanings.

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

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

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

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

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

A group of lines in a poem

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

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

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

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

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

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