7th ELA
ELA Vocab
7th Grade Skills
Parts of Speech
Random
100

What genre of writing is a sonnet?

Poetry

100

words that mean the same as another are called 

What is synonym?

100

The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence

What is inference

100

A person, place, thing, or idea

What is a noun?

100
If you have a problem with where you are sitting what should you do?

Speak to me privately

200

What are two differences between The Breadwinner book and the movie?

answers vary

200

The students were __________ by Mr. Bozic's confusing directions. They had no idea what to do.

Perplexed                Audacity             Juxtapose

perplexed

200

The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning 

What is context clues 

200

This adds descriptions to a noun

What is adjective?

200
Ms. Jones is omnipresent. What does omnipresent mean?

All places

300

What is the meaning of the root word "contra"

Against

300

The proper term for marking up the text with notes, questions, and other things that help you understand and remember what you read

What is annotate?

300

How is mood different from tone

Mood is how the author wants the reader to feel, and tone is the feelings or attitude the author has about the subject.

300

The plane flew through the clouds. The kid ran around the field.

What type of phrase are "through the clouds" and "around the field"

Preposition

300

Name all 7 continents in alphabetical order

Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, South America

400

What are the two types of character motivation that is also a term for being inside or outside?

Internal and External
400

Mr. Bozic had the ________ to assign homework the night before IAR.

Perplex                 Audacity             Juxtapose

What is audacity?

400

In what part of the plot chart are characters, setting, and conflict introduced? 

What is exposition?

400

A word that describes action or a state of being

What is a verb?

400

When Grandma moved across the world, she became the sun in my life. We all grew from the warmth of her texts, videos, and gifts, but none of us could hug her.


Is this personification or metaphor?

Metaphor

500

Name 2 genres we have read this school year

informational, poetry, fiction, short story, argument (any two)

500

This root word means ALL

omni

500
When citing a source, you have to do this

Give credit/name

500

A verb ending in ING is a 

Gerund


500

What is the subject and predicate phrase of the sentence:

Located near the river, the field bloomed with wildflowers.

Subject: Field

Predicate: Bloomed with wildflowers

Appositive Phrase: Located near the river