1. Seventh Grade Language Arts
Review Game

2. The dictionary definition of a word.

3. Denotation

4. What are the five elements of PLOT?

5. Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

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

7. Explain

8. This is the last sentence of an introduction.

9. Thesis or claim

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

11. Third Person Limited

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

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

14. This is our strategy for breaking down a prompt.

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

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

17. Protagonist

18. 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.

19. Coordinate

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

21. RATE

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

23. Counterargument and turnback

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

25. Climax

26. The text structure that gives events or instructions in order.

27. Sequential or Chronological Order

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

29. A transition word or phrase

30. Giving an object human-like qualities.

31. Personification

32. 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.

33. A soliloquy

34. A character that has only one character trait.

35. Flat

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

37. Foreshadowing

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

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

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

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

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

43. Dialogue

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

45. Exposition

46. What are two characteristics of historical fiction?

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

48. A character that does not change through out the story.

49. Static

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

51. Venn Diagram

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

53. Direct quote or direct evidence

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

55. Suspense

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

57. Topic

58. Rhyme and repetition are types of what?

59. Poetic Devices

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

61. Imagery

62. The “happily ever after” part of the plot.

63. Resolution

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

65. Connotation

66. The “R” in “RATE”

67. Restate

68. An educated guess based on information from the reading.

69. Inference

70. How the author makes the reader feel about the story.

71. Mood

72. Determining the character traits of a character by making inferences.

73. Indirect Characterization

74. 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.

75. Theme

76. This type of sentence is one independent clause.

77. Simple Sentence

78. The character in conflict with the main character.

79. Antagonist

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

81. Allusion

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

83. Tone

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

85. Somebody Wanted But So Then

86. Name 3 different categories of conflict.

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

88. A sentence about the topic of a nonfiction piece.

89. Central or Main Idea

90. A character with several character traits.

91. Round

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

93. Compound Sentence

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

95. First Person

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

97. Hook Background information Thesis/Claim

98. “BOOM!” “Click.” “Hiss”

99. Onomatopoeia

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

101. Prediction

102. A character that changes or learns something during a story.

103. Dynamic

104. An exaggeration.

105. Hyperbole

106. A clause has what two things?

107. A subject and a verb

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

109. Direct Characterization