7th Grade Language Arts Midterm Review

The events that make up a story

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

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

Statement of belief or feeling

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

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

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

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

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

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

A category or class of literature

The reasons for the character’s behavior

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

The time and place of the action in a story.

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

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

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

The struggle between opposing forces

Words with similar meanings.

A group of lines in a poem

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

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

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

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

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

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

The main unit of a poem.

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

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

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

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

A word part that came to English from an older language

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

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

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

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

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

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

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

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

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

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

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

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

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

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

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