MSTEP Review - ELA

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

A conversation between characters

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

The message or moral in a story

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

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

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

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

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

Genre with informational facts

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

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

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

A character who changes during the story

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

Time and place of a story

The turning point or high point in a story

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

A character who stays the same during the story

A person, object or action that represents something else

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