7th Grade ELA 1
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
A group of lines in poetry.
Stanza
What should an engaging introduction include?
A hook, context, and a thesis statement
What is the opening paragraph to your writing called?
The closing, the introduction, or the body?
Introduction
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse” is an example of this.
hyperbole
The problem of the story
conflict
Which figurative language term is used when a statement is exaggerated for emphasis, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"?
Hyperbole
The phrase "The classroom was a zoo" is an example of this.
Metaphor
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
How to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words?
Context clues or use learners dictionary
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 is it called when the reader can conclude based off events untold in the story
Inference
Which part of an essay reminds the reader about the thesis and main points while leaving them with a final message?
The Conclusion
What is the figurative language that uses comparison with "like" or "as"
Simile
The reason an author writes a text (to inform, persuade, entertain).
Author’s purpose?
The organizational pattern/text structure that explains similarities and differences.
Compare and contrast
What are the verbs in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
watched and play
Giving human traits to non-human things.
personification
What are the four paragraphs of an essay?
Introduction
Body 1
Body 2
Conclusion
When the opposite of what is expected happens.
Irony
What makes up the structure of body paragraphs 1 & 2?
Topic sentence
Evidence
Explanation
Which figurative language term refers to words that imitate natural sounds, like "buzz," "crash," and "sizzle"?
Onomatopoeia
What are the parts of a SCR?
1) Answer
2) Evidence
3) Explanation