ELA Test Prep Review

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

Genre with informational facts

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

A conversation between characters

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

Time and place of a story

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

A character who changes during the story

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

The narrator is NOT in the story and knows EVERYONE'S thoughts and feelings

A character who stays the same during the story

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

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

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

The message or moral in a story

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

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

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

The narrator is in the story and uses words like I, ME, MINE, WE, US

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about