7th Grade ELA 1
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
FEELS
What is the opening paragraph to an essay called?
Introduction
What is the theme of a story?
the lesson or moral of a story
The problem of the story
Which figurative language term is used when a statement is exaggerated for emphasis, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"?
Hyperbole
Which type of details appeal to the five senses—sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell—to create a vivid image for the reader?
Sensory details
She is busy as a bee.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
She
What is text evidence?
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
You must include TWO of these in most short responses to prove your answer.
Evidence
Identify the point of view used in this sentence:
"You should always check both ways before crossing the street."
Second-person point of view
What figurative language is used to compare two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
She was as bright as the sun.
Simile
Which part of an essay reminds the reader about the thesis and main points while leaving them with a final message?
The Conclusion
What does the word "Annotate" mean?
To take notes
What a nonfiction text is mostly about?
Facts or real events
What is a verb?
What are the verbs in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
watched and play
What kind of sentence is this (simple, compound, or complex)?
Although she was tired, she decided to go to the park to meet her friends.
Complex
Give an example of a phrase with figurative meaning.
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
If a word has strong connotative meaning, what does that mean?
It helps the readers feel the word.
What type of person would use technical words more often?
Anyone who is an expert in their field (scientists, doctors, mathematicians...)
Which figurative language term refers to words that imitate natural sounds, like "buzz," "crash," and "sizzle"?
Onomatopoeia
Write an example of a COMPOUND sentence
**Up to teacher to decide.
Must have For, And, But, Nor, Or, Yet, So in sentence