Reading Skills Review 7th Grade

Newspaper or magazines that gives the opinions of editors or publishers

Two words that mean the same thing

Words or a group of words that appeal to the 5 senses

What POV should you only use when writing out a formal paper?

What is the simple predicate? Mrs. Lucas runs very slow.

I, we, us, our, my, me

The author's intent for writing something - to inform, to entertain, to persuade

The author's central thought - the topic sentence of a paragraph

The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usualmeaning

A story about somebody's life written by THAT person

A judgement based on a personal point of view

Which of the following nouns is a PROPER noun?

Text structure where there is a problem with possible outcomes

An extreme exaggeration

Which sentence is INCORRECT?

A story about a person's life written by another person

A word that is the opposite of another word

Human qualities given to non-human objects

What is the simple subject? Mrs. Lucas runs very slow.

The part of the story where the conflict is resolved

The part of plot where the characters, conflict, and setting are introduced

Comparing two things using the words like or as

Which of the following nouns is a COMMON noun?

What two things must go in your introduction paragraph of your essay response?

What is the correct order for plot?

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Language that cannot be taken literally because it was written to cause a certain feeling

sounds that express meaning - bam, pow, boom

Text structure where details are provided.

Comparing two things NOT using like or as

Which is a fragment?

Because something happens, it make something else happen

Text structure where something happens because of something else.

Each body paragraph of your constructed response must contain a...

The author knows only the actions of a character- he, she, him, her, it, they, them etc.

Text structure that puts information in chronological order

At the absolute MINIMUM, how many paragraphs must your essay response be?

A literary work based on imagination: not true

Which sentence shows posession?

The turning point in a story - highest point of interest

The feeling of a piece of writing - happiness, sadness, humorous, etc.

The author knows the characters thoughts and feelings - he, she, him, her, it, them, etc.

Factual writing- used to explain, argue, instruct, or describe rather than entertain

Hints or clues that are given to the reader about what is yet to come...

A struggle between opposing characters

Claim statement is a synonym for what?

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities

An object represents an idea