7th Grade SBA Vocabulary

The main message or overall idea expressed by the poem/book

• metaphor

• simile

• theme

• none of the above

Which is an example of a hyperbole?

• I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

• The wind howled in the night.

• She was quiet as a mouse.

• BOOM!

A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines

• paragraph

• stanza

• block

"Sandy says Spongebob has the suds" is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Describing one thing as if it were another

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• allegory

"He's fast as lightening" is an example of...

• metaphor

• connotation

• hyperbole

• simile

A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

The setting of a story includes which of the following elements? Check all that apply.

• Where a story takes place

• The theme of the story

• The main character's conflict

• When a story takes place

Which of the following is s synonym of the word "infer?"

• Reject

• Define

• Conclude

• Inform

Theme is the ___________ of a story.

• message

• protagonist

• conflict

• tone