MSTEP Review - ELA

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

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

The turning point or high point in a story

Time and place of a story

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

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

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

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

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

A character who changes during the story

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

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

A character who stays the same during the story

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

A conversation between characters

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

Genre with informational facts

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

The message or moral in a story

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

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

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

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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