ELA Test Prep Review

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

The message or moral in a story

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time and place of a story

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

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

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

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

A character who stays the same during the story

A conversation between characters

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

Genre with informational facts

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

What is another word for PERSUADE?

A character who changes during the story