ELA Test Prep Review

A character who changes during the story

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

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

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

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

What is another word for thesis?

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

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Genre with informational facts

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

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

Time and place of a story

A character who stays the same during the story

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

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

A conversation between characters

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

The message or moral in a story

The turning point or high point in a story

A speaker or character who tells a story

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

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