7th ELA Exam Review-1

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What is poetry?

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Poetry is literature that uses carefully chosen and arranged words and often has rhythm and rhyme.

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What is an external conflict?

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An external conflict is a struggle between a character and an outside force, such as nature, another person, or a group of people.

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What is setting in literature?

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Setting is the time, place, and environment in which the events of a story take place.

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What is foreshadowing?

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Foreshadowing is the act of presenting hints to events that will occur later in a story.

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What might be used as evidence in a paragraph?

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A statistic might be used as evidence in a paragraph.

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What is a theme in literature?

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A theme is the central idea or message that a literary work conveys.

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What is a character in a story?

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A character is an imaginary person or animal who takes part in the action of the story.

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What is a plot?

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The plot is the sequence of events that make up a story.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.