7th Grade Language Arts Midterm Review

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

A word part that came to English from an older language

Story’s greatest moment of intensity, turning point where conflict is resolved

Gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

Comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

Growing tension and excitement of a story felt by the reader.

The events that make up a story

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

A brief retelling of the main points of a story or text

The main unit of a poem.

Statement of belief or feeling

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. (She sells seashells by the seashore)

The reasons for the character’s behavior

Central or main idea of a piece of writing.  Usually a message about life or human nature.

Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.  

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

A pattern of end rhyme designated by letters of the alphabet.

A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience

Words with similar meanings.

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

The element of plot where the story begins to draw to a close

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

Struggle between a literary character and an outside force such as nature or another character

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of a poem.

Obvious exaggeration. A figure of speech not intended to be taken literally 

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

The struggle between opposing forces

Traditional story that attempts to explain human nature, creation, or nature and has a moral.

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

A story that can be online, in print, or broadcast on television

Person, place, or object that stands for something beyond and greater than itself.

Type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects.

Words that echo a sound from nature. (e.g., ring, meow, tinkle, buzz).

Qualities shown by the character.  May be inferred or directly stated by the author.

A speech given by a character alone on stage, for the benefit of the audience.

A category or class of literature

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

A group of lines in a poem

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

Instructions for how the drama is to be performed in front of an audience, often in parenthesis

An opinion piece that usually appears in the opinion section of a newspaper

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

The time and place of the action in a story.

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

The point in the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict

Word part that appears at the beginning of a word or root.