6 and 7 ELA State Test Prep Review

What acronym can you use to outline your compare contrast essay?

A person, object or action that represents something else

A character who stays the same during the story

The overall atmosphere of a literary work (how the reader feels)

The comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

The message or moral in a story

Words with repeated beginning sounds (ex: sally sells seashells)

What is another word for PERSUADE?

How many direct quotes should I have in my extended response?

The narrator is NOT in the story and only knows ONE person's thoughts and feelings

What is the writing strategy to answer a short response?

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

What type of conflict? Suzy is sooo nervous about asking out David to the dance.

A category or type of literature (fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, etc)

Genre with informational facts

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a story

Identify the nouns: Mrs. Cooper is our school secretary.

A speaker or character who tells a story

The sequence of events in a literary work

Which type of conflict is this? Batman tries to capture the Joker.

If you answer the question correctly and cite two pieces of evidence you will earn full credit.

Story with magic and things that wouldn't exist in today's world.

Time and place of a story

The use of words to imitate sounds (bang, pow, pop...)

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

How many paragraphs should your compare contrast extende response have?

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

The writer's attitude toward the subject they're writing about

The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

Adjectives? An old and overweight dog sat under the bright sun.

I am going to do my best on the state test!

A character who changes during the story

Which type of conflict is this? Another classmate is spreading rumors about you.

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

A story that takes place in the future and has scientific advances in technology

The turning point or high point in a story

You should not leave any question unaswered.

Identify the verb(s): I ran like the wind today.

Why do you write GIST statements?

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

Which type of conflict is this? Sam got arrested for stealing a car.

Struggle between opposing forces

Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

When the author gives clues and hints as to what might happen later in the story

When an author interrupts the present moment to tell what happened in the past

Identify the adjective: No one wanted to live by the smelly landfill.

A well-developed character- you know a lot about them

A conversation between characters

Which type of conflict is this? I went skiing and there was an avalanche.