ELA Review

What is a theme in literature?

• The central idea or message that a story conveys.

• A character's journey throughout the story.

• The setting where the story takes place.

• The sequence of events in the plot.

What is a plot?

• A character's emotional journey in a story.

• The sequence of events that make up a story.

• The setting where the story takes place.

• The main theme or message of the story.

What is a character in a story?

• A setting where the story takes place.

• A person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.

• The main idea or theme of the story.

• A type of literary device used for storytelling.

What is an opinion essay?

• A type of academic writing where the writer expresses their personal opinion on a topic and supports it with evidence and examples.

• A narrative style of writing that tells a story from the author's perspective.

• A form of writing that analyzes a piece of literature or art.

• A technical document that provides instructions on how to perform a task.

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

• The use of similar sounding words at the end of lines in poetry.

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

What is personification?

• Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.

• A literary device that uses exaggeration for emphasis.

• A technique that involves comparing two unlike things.

• A method of writing that focuses on factual information.

What are text structures?

• Compare-Contrast, Problem-Solution, Sequence, Cause-Effect.

• Narrative, Expository, Descriptive, Persuasive.

• Introduction, Body, Conclusion, Summary.

• Title, Author, Genre, Theme.

What is the main purpose of a narrative text?

• To inform the reader about a topic.

• To persuade the reader to take action.

• To tell a story or recount events.

• To analyze a piece of literature.

What is the point of rereading a text?

• To improve comprehension and retention of information.

• To make the text longer and more complex.

• To find errors in the text.

• To memorize the text word for word.

What is a simile?

• A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as.'

• A type of metaphor that does not use 'like' or 'as.'

• A rhetorical device that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A comparison that implies similarity without using 'like' or 'as.'