ELA Semester Exam Review

The highest point of interest or suspense in a plot.

An  _________ explores a topic with the goal of informing the reader.

The time and place in which a story happens.

A  _________ is a true story about a past event in the writers life.

A ___________ is a character who tells a story.

The narrator is all knowing, and knows what everybody is thinking.

Only the thoughts of the narrator and one person are known and revealed to the reader.

Figurative language that creates pictures by appealing to the senses.

A struggle between two forces in a literary work.

When a consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of a word is ___________.

The conversation between two or more characters.

A story told using the words "he, she or they."

A story told using the word "you."

The story of a person's life told  by someone other than that person.

The difference between what seems to be and what it really is.

The main character in a literary work is called the ________.

A type of autobiography that focuses on one incident or period in a person's life.

A  _________ explores a topic related to the life or interests of the writer.

A series of events that tells a story.

A _________ is intended to change or influence the way a reader thinks or feels.

A story told using the word "I."

The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables.

The point at which the central conflict is ended or resolved.

A central message or perception about life that is revealed through a literary work.

The emotional attitude toward the reader or the subject implied by a literary work.

The use of words of phrases that sound like the things to which they refer.

A comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as.

A character who struggles against the main character is an _____________.

A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of the words.

The feeling or emotion created by a literary work.