ELA Test Prep Review

Genre with informational facts

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

The message or moral in a story

What is another word for PERSUADE?

Time and place of a story

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

A conversation between characters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

A character who stays the same during the story

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

A character who changes during the story

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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