ELA 7 Final Exam

Preposition

A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

Homophone

A word pronounced the same but with a different meaning or spelling.

Verb

Action or a state of being

Noun

Person, Place or thing. A word that names.

Pronoun

Take the place of a noun

Characters

A person or the part that it plays.

Setting

The physical position of something, or what the scene is like.

Exposition

The section of a story that explains the basics of the tale

Inciting Incident

The event that introduces the main conflict and sets the plot in motion.

Rising Action

The section of a story that leads toward its climax. Increased tension.

Climax

The highest point of anything

Falling Action

What comes after the main climax and leads to the conclusion.

Resolution

The section of a story that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.

Denouement

The showing of how the plot eventually turns out.

Plot

The order if events in the story.

Alliteration

When two or more words in a row start with the same sound or letter.

Onomatopoeia

When a word sounds like the noise it describes. EX: Woosh, Whirr, Bam.

Simile

A comparison of two different things using the word “like” or “as”.

Metaphor

A comparison that says one thing is another thing even though they are not literally the same. It does NOT use “like” or “as'“

Personification

When you give human like qualities to something that is not human, like an object or an animal.

Hyperbole

When you exaggerate something to make it sound way bigger, better, funnier, or worse than it really is.

Tone

The authors atitude toward the subject or the audience. (The authors voice or how they sound in the story)

Mood

The feeling you get as a reader when your reading the story; its like the atmosphere. EX: Spooky, Happy, Tense, Peaceful.

Imagery

When a writer uses discriptive words to help you see, hear, smell, taste, or feel something in your mind.

Rhythm

The beat or pattern of sounds in a poem or song, its how the words flow.

Rhyme

When two or more words have the same ending sounds.

Protagonist

The main character in a story, often the hero with one goal.

Antagonist

The character or force that works against the protagonist and creates conflict.

Round Character

A well developed, realistic character with many traits, emotions, and background details.

Flat Character

A simple character with limited traits who is often used to support the main characters.

Dynamic Character

A character who changes significantly over the course of a story due to experinces or lessons learned.

Static Character

A character who remains the same throughout the story.

Internal Conflict

Happens inside a characters mind. It is when a characters struggles with their own thoughts, feelings, or decisions.

External Conflict

Happens between a character and something outside of them. EX: Nature, People, Society, or a bigger problem like war or disaster.

situational irony

when something happens that is the opposite of what you expect

foreshadowing

when a writer gives a hint or clue about something that will happen later in the story.

first person

told by one of the characters in it. words like me, i, my ect.

third person

not a character in the story watching from “outside” the story

Two

the number 2

to

used as a preposition or part of an infintive verb

too

also or exessivley

Accept

to receive or agree to

Exept

excluding, crossing something off

Their

to show posession

They’re

They are (a contraction)

There

Refers to a place or to introduce a sentence.

Affect

A verb (usually) influence or change something

Effect

A noun (usually) a result or outcome

Its

a possesive pronoun; belonging to it

It’s

a contraction of it is or it has

Your

A possessive pronoun, shows something belongs to you

You’re

A contraction of you are