ELA Test Prep Review

The message or moral in a story

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

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

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

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

Time and place of a story

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

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

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

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

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

Genre with informational facts

A conversation between characters

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

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

The turning point or high point in a story

A character who changes during the story

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

Mrs. Ha's students will try their best on the test!

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

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

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

A character who stays the same during the story