ELA Review
What is a synonym for the word happy?
glad, joyful, content
What two words does the contraction we'll make up?
We will
What is the noun in this sentence?
That test was so hard!
test
Karen the cat could climb the crimson curtains.
Alliteration
This stage of plot is where the writer establishes the characters and setting.
Exposition
What kind of punctuation do you use when you are saying something exciting?
Exclamation point
What kind of punctuation needs to be used to show dialogue?
quotation marks
What is an antonym for the word large?
small, tiny, little
What figurative language is "The cat's out of the bag"?
Idiom
This stage of plot is where the plot the thickens and the action intensifies.
Rising Action
A person, place, or thing is called a....
noun
verb
A word that describes a noun is called an...
adjective
True or false: You ALWAYS have to use a comma before the word "and" in a sentence.
False
In argumentative writing, this is the term for the argument you would support with evidence
Claim
The moral or message of a story (the lesson learned) is called the....
Theme
How many errors are in this sentence?
Sarah is hapy that its almost summer
3
happy, it's, .
What type of figurative language is this?
Your sweet words are medicine when I am feeling low.
metaphor
What is the pronoun in the following sentence?
Shafer wished he could play basketball as well as Jose.
he
The people or animals in a story are called the...
characters
An extreme exaggeration. Example: Your music is so loud it's blasting out my eardrums.
hyperbole
How many errors are in this sentence?
can we go to the beech on saturday
4
Can, beach, Saturday, ?
What type of figurative language is this?
The leaves danced in the breeze as the squirrel jumped from branch to branch.
personification
What type of figurative language is this?
The ocean is like a mother to all of the sea animals.
Simile
A conclusion reached that is based on evidence from the text, and background knowledge is called an...
inference