ELA Quarter 1
These are words that are a person, place, thing, or idea.
What are nouns?
This POV is when the narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns like I, me, my, our.
What is First Person point of view?
This type of figurative language uses words to imitate sounds; oink, whoosh, bang are all examples.
What are onomatopoeias?
This person is the protagonist in Among the Hidden.
Who is Luke Garner?
This is Mrs. Dryden's first name.
Who is Adison?
This is the high point of action in a story. Is depicted by the top of a plot diagram.
What is the climax?
This POV is where the narrator is an all knowing observer of the character. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is Third Person Omniscient point of view?
These techniques uses an image, SYMBOL, or color to represent something else or has a deeper meaning.
What is symbolism?
During this event, students went to the gym to learn about and CONNECT with different extracurricular groups and clubs.
What is Connectivity Day?
This is how old Mrs. Dryden is.
What is 25?
This is another word for the problem in a story. Some examples are person v. person, person v. self., person v. society, or person v. nature.
What is conflict?
This type of essay requires you to address a counter claim.
What is an argumentative essay?
This is how many paragraphs should be in a high quality 7th grade essay.
What are 5-6 paragraphs?
This POV uses pronouns like you, your, yours, yourself, and yourselves.
What is Second Person point of view?
What is high school English?
This is the lesson learned or the universal truth in a story.
What is theme?
This type of essay requires you to provided information on a topic and explain a concept to the reader.
What is an explanatory essay?
This test taking tip is a way to make sure you do not waste too much time just staring at a hard question.
What is "skip and come back to it"?
This is the term for two words that mean the same thing (ex. zeal and fervently).
What are synonyms?
This is the number of tattoos Mrs. Dryden has.
What is 7?
Also called central idea, the is the one sentence summary of a passage. It summarizes what the story in mainly about.
What is the main idea?
This is your main topic, claim, or point you are trying to prove in an essay. This sentence is typically the last sentence in most paragraphs.
What is a thesis statement?
What the "C" stands for in RACE, this is when you state evidence or quotes from another source and give credit to the original author.
What is citing (citation)?
This is the term given to children who are born after the legal limit of two in the novel Among the Hidden.
What is a shadow child?
Besides language arts, this is Mrs. Dryden's favorite subject (and the other subject she is certified to teach.)
What is history (social studies?)