Junior High Language Arts Review

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

METER

Question 2

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs WITHIN a character.

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internal conflict

Question 3

What is the rhyme scheme?

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AABCCB

Question 4

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

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SIMILE

Question 5

The struggle between opposing forces

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conflict

Question 6

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

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TV News interview

Question 7

The time and place of the action in a story.

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setting

Question 8

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

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ALLITERATION

Question 9

WHO the author is directing the writing towards.

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AUDIENCE

Question 10

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

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climax

Question 11

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text.

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inference

Question 12

Part of the Plot Diagram where characters, setting, and the conflict are introduced.

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exposition

Question 13

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

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PREFIX

Question 14

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

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HYPERBOLE

Question 15

The reasons for the character’s behavior

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motivation

Question 16

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

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resolution

Question 17

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

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ADVERB

Question 18

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

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RHYME

Question 19

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

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external conflict

Question 20

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

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FORM

Question 21

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

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myth

Question 22

The element of plot structure that presents complications that intensify the story

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rising action

Question 23

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

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ONOMATOPOEIA

Question 24

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

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SYMBOL

Question 25

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.

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drama

Question 26

What's the author's purpose?

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To inform readers of the benefit of full day kindergarten.

Question 27

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

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summary

Question 28

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

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falling action

Question 29

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

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SOLILOQUY

Question 30

A category or class of literature

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Genre

Question 31

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

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PERSONIFICATION

Question 32

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

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poetry

Question 33

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

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RHYME SCHEME

Question 34

The MOST important idea about a topic a writer conveys

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MAIN IDEA

Question 35

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

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COUPLET

Question 36

The events that make up a story

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plot

Question 37

What types(s) of text connections can you make while reading?

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Text to text, Text to self, Text to world

Question 38

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

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character traits

Question 39

A group of lines in a poem

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STANZA

Question 40

Statement of belief or feeling

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OPINION

Question 41

Word that DESCRIBES or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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ADJECTIVE

Question 42

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

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suspense

Question 43

What is literature that is not poetry?

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Prose

Question 44

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

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theme

Question 45

Words with similar meanings.

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SYNONYMS

Junior High Language Arts Review

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Junior High Language Arts Review

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