BIG ELA FAST REVIEW 7

What the text is MOSTLY about is called: ________________

• Plot

• Theme

• Summary

• Narrator

Theme is....

• The order of events

• The point

• The person telling the story

• The message

SETTING can be which of the following: (Check all that apply)

• When the story takes place

• Who is telling the story

• Where the story takes place

• The main character in the story

The rest of the class was excited for school to be out except for Teddy and Bobby who were MOURNFUL at the thought of leaving Ms.Pate. What is the meaning of the word MOURNFUL?

• happy
• depressed
• silly
• anxious

Ms. Hallett did not have lunch or breakfast, so she was FAMISHED by dinnertime.
Based on the sentence above, what does FAMISHED mean?

• tired
• full
• dizzy
• hungry

John was bewildered when he saw the math teacher writing letters on the board that were to be added and subtracted. "Aren't letters for reading class?" John thought to himself.

• unprepared
• excited
• confused
• depressed

The sick man felt better after drinking the ELIXIR.

Based on the context clues, what does elixir mean?

• Soda/Pop

• Juice

• Coffee

• Medicine

Using a word or phrase that does NOT have its normal, everyday, literal meaning

• Literal language

• Figurative language

• English language

• Language

A pipe is going to burst, but before it does, the author writes a scene where the family notices a small dark spot on the ceiling, but ignores it. What is this an example of?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Simile

• Idiom

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Irony