7th ELA Air Test Practice

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

tone

Question 2

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

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personification

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

ran

Question 4

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

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smelly

Question 5

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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ate

Question 6

Struggle between opposing forces

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conflict

Question 7

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

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man vs. man

Question 8

A character who changes during the story

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dynamic

Question 9

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

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science fiction

Question 10

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

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old, overweight, bright

Question 11

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

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external

Question 12

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

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3rd person limited

Question 13

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

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metaphor

Question 14

The turning point or high point in a story

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climax

Question 15

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

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fantasy

Question 16

A speaker or character who tells a story

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narrator

Question 17

Time and place of a story

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setting

Question 18

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

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onomatopoeia

Question 19

A person, object or action that represents something else

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symbol

Question 20

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

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character

Question 21

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

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internal

Question 22

The sequence of events in a literary work

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plot

Question 23

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

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alliteration

Question 24

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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connotation

Question 25

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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historical fiction

Question 26

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

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simile

Question 27

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

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genre

Question 28

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

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foreshadowing

Question 29

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

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flashback

Question 30

The message or moral in a story

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theme

Question 31

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

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3rd person omniscient

Question 32

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

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man vs. nature

Question 33

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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convince

Question 34

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

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Mrs. G, school, secretary

Question 35

A character who stays the same during the story

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static

Question 36

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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bias

Question 37

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

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mood

Question 38

A conversation between characters

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dialogue

Question 39

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

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1st person

Question 40

Genre with informational facts

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non-fiction

Question 41

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

Accepted Answer

man vs. society

7th ELA Air Test Practice

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7th ELA Air Test Practice

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