Georgia Milestones Grade 7 ELA Literary Key Terms Review

Passages that are stories, dramas, or poems are also known as _________________.

• literary texts

• themes

• plots

• objective summaries

What is an inference?

• to develop the character over the course of a passage

• to distinguish between literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases

• to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text

• to exaggerate beyond belief

What is a theme?

• the lesson or message

• the most important point or idea that the author is making in the passage

• the specific order of a series of events that form a story

• where and when the story takes place

The most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage

An overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions

What is a plot?

• the most important point the author is making in a passage

• the conflict or problem of a story

• the way an author develops a character

• the specific order of a series of events that form a story

where and when a story takes place

The way an author develops a character over the course of a passage is ____________.

• resolution

• setting

• theme

• characterization

The ___________ is the solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict.

• resolution

• conflict

• inference

• theme

What is figurative language?

• the figurative meanings of words and phrases

• the actual meaning of a word or phrase

• the lesson or message of a story

• stories, dramas, or poems