Seventh Grade Language Arts Review Game

The dictionary definition of a word.

Denotation

What are the five elements of PLOT?

Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

What does the “E” stand for in “RATE”?

Explain

This is the last sentence of an introduction.

Thesis or claim

This point of view uses pronouns like “he,” and “she,” and gives only one perspective.

Third Person Limited

Name a reason that an author might use figurative language or poetic devices.

To create an visual image To emphasize a feeling To create a mood

This is our strategy for breaking down a prompt.

T.A.P.E. Task Audience Purpose Evidence

This is another word for the main character in a story.

Protagonist

When two adjectives need to be separated by a comma, their order can be switched, and the word “and” can be used between them, they are _______________________ adjectives.

Coordinate

This is the strategy we use to write answers for extended response (short answer) questions.

RATE

What does the third body paragraph of an argumentative essay contain?

Counterargument and turnback

This part of the plot is the turning point of the story.

Climax

The text structure that gives events or instructions in order.

Sequential or Chronological Order

What begins each body paragraph and the conclusion paragraph of an essay?

A transition word or phrase

Giving an object human-like qualities.

Personification

In a drama, this is when a character expresses his thoughts and feelings when he or she is alone on the stage. An example is when Marley’s ghost is speaking in Act 1, scene 1 of A Christmas Carol.

A soliloquy

A character that has only one character trait.

Flat

When an author gives clues to what will happen later in the story.

Foreshadowing

What devices can an author use to create a mood for the reader?

Figurative Language Connotation/denotation Adjectives Repetition of words or phrases Alliteration Imagery Vivid Verbs

Name another type of fiction plot structure besides the plot pyramid.

Subplot – smaller stories within the larger story Flashback – going back in time Flash forward – going into the future

To determine point of view, where do you NOT look?

Dialogue

In this part of the plot at the beginning of a story, the setting is described, characters are introduced, and background information is given.

Exposition

What are two characteristics of historical fiction?

Based on a real event or time period in history. Characters are not real.

A character that does not change through out the story.

Static

What is the name for the graphic organizer that is used with Compare and Contrast essays?

Venn Diagram

What is the term for evidence that is the actual word from a source?

Direct quote or direct evidence

A technique that an author uses to make the reader feel anxious.

Suspense

The one or two word idea that a story or non-fiction piece is about.

Topic

Rhyme and repetition are types of what?

Poetic Devices

When a writer uses two or more senses to describe something.

Imagery

The “happily ever after” part of the plot.

Resolution

The feeling a word gives a reader apart from the dictionary definition.

Connotation

The “R” in “RATE”

Restate

An educated guess based on information from the reading.

Inference

How the author makes the reader feel about the story.

Mood

Determining the character traits of a character by making inferences.

Indirect Characterization

A sentence or statement about the topic of a fiction piece A sentence or statement about the topic of a fiction piece. It is the message that the author wants to give the reader.

Theme

This type of sentence is one independent clause.

Simple Sentence

The character in conflict with the main character.

Antagonist

When an author refers to another book, movie, or well-known event or person.

Allusion

The author’s attitude or perspective on what he/she is writing.

Tone

What writing strategy do we use for writing summaries of fictional works?

Somebody Wanted But So Then

Name 3 different categories of conflict.

Person vs. Machine/Technology Person vs. Person Person vs. Self Person vs. Nature Person vs. Society Person vs. Machine/Technology

A sentence about the topic of a nonfiction piece.

Central or Main Idea

A character with several character traits.

Round

This type of sentence has two independent clauses joined by a FANBOYS.

Compound Sentence

This point of view uses pronouns like “I” and “me.”

First Person

What three things, in the correct order, belong in an introduction paragraph of an essay?

Hook Background information Thesis/Claim

“BOOM!” “Click.” “Hiss”

Onomatopoeia

Using evidence from the text to guess what will happen next.

Prediction

A character that changes or learns something during a story.

Dynamic

An exaggeration.

Hyperbole

A clause has what two things?

A subject and a verb

When the author gives information about the character within the text, and the reader does not need to make inferences.

Direct Characterization