Prior Knowledge 7th ELA

Select the appropriate term for the following definition:

A central message or main idea the author explores throughout a story

• Noun

• Analyze

• Theme

• Summary

________ is information from a text that we use to support our ideas, beliefs, and opinions.

• Figurative Language

• Incident

• A narrative

• Textual Evidence

A __________ is a figure of speech in which one thing is imaginatively compared to another thing without using "like" or "as"

Example: Her voice is music to my ears.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

A ________ is a comparison of two different things using "like" or "as".

Example: He is as a tall as a tree.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

___________ is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to animals, plants, or natural forces.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Theme

• Onomatopeia

A _________ is an exaggeration, often in a humorous way, that makes a particular point.

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Reflection

• Simile

Which of the following terms means to name an action by the sound it makes? (Examples: "splat!", "tick tock", "BOOM!"

• Personification

• Idiom

• Synonym

• Onomatopeia

__________ is the repetition of beginning sounds. An alligator ate an apple.

• Reflection

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Emotion

Language that uses words or expressions with meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

• Figurative Language

• Setting

• Narrative

• Personification

Which type of Point of View uses the pronouns "I", "we", "me", and us.

• 2nd person

• 1st person

• 3rd person