ELA Test Prep Review

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

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The message or moral in a story

Genre with informational facts

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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 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

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

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

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

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

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

A character who stays the same during the story

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

Time and place of a story

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

A conversation between characters

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

A character who changes during the story