SBAC Vocabulary Review - ELA 7

When I picture something in my mind, I _________ it

• visualize

• explain

• forget

• write

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Pointing out how two or more things are different

• editing

• contrasting

• comparing

• explaining

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the term for the time and place in which a story occurs?

• Setting

• Character

• Theme

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

When a writer uses vivid descriptions to appeal to the senses, it is called...

• imagery

• dialogue

• narration

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Another word for the conflict in a story is the

• rising action

• resolution

• problem

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the term for a struggle between opposing forces in a story?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the term for a recurring element in a story that has symbolic significance?

• Setting

• Theme

• Character

• Motif

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the term for the main idea or underlying message of a literary work?

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A sensory detail means

• a detail that shows sight, sound, touch, taste and/or smell

• a detail that has at least five words

• a detail that is not very specific

• a detail that is repeated several times

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A word with the same or a similar meaning is a ...

• antonym

• synonym

• setting

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3