ELA Grammar Practice Flashcard

Front

What is a theme?

Back

A life lesson or message in a literary work

Front

What you can learn from an entire story is a _________?

Back

Theme

Front

The phone rang.  She dropped the phone and tears began to drop onto her check.  Her lip quivered as she pictured the scene that was described to her.  "NO!" she wailed.

Back

experiencing loss/grief is difficult

Front

What is a topic in a book?

Back

A one word summary of a major idea in the book.

Front

A theme should be a statement, not just one word.

Back

TRUE

Front

What is tone?

Back

The author's attitude toward the subject and the audience

Front

What word describes the son's tone in the dialogue: Father: We are going to Disney World! Son: Yay!!!!

Back

Excited

Front

Mood

Back

Overall feelings or emotions that are created in the reader.

Front

"My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time."
The mood in this passage is... Cheerful, Scary, Sad, Pessimistic

Back

Scary

Front

Which is the correct complex sentence structure?

Back

An independent clause and a dependent clause