Worksheets7th Grade End of the Year Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 26mins
What type of sentence has a subject and predicate (verb phrase)? Also known as an independent clause.
simple
complex
compound
What type of sentence has two separate and independent clauses joined by a semi-colon/comma or a conjunction?
simple
complex
compound
What type of sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
simple
complex
compound
What type of sentence is this?
I went for a run.
simple
complex
compound
What type of sentence is this?
Mike reads the paper everyday, and Dan reads the comics.
simple
complex
compound
What is the best way to combine these sentences?
The winds dispersed.
The rain slackened to a drizzle and a mist.
The clouds fell apart.
The sun shone through.
The winds dispersed, the rain slackened to a drizzle and a mist, the clouds fell apart, and the sun shone through.
After the winds dispersed and the rain slackened to a drizzle and a mist, the clouds fell apart, and the sun shone through.
The winds dispersed, and the rain slackened to a drizzle. The clouds fell apart and sun shone through.
Which of the following is a correctly punctuated complex sentence?
After, I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
After I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
After I got home from school I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
What is the best way to combine these sentences?
The girl was little.
She pressed her nose against the window.
The window was icy.
She giggled with delight.
She had never seen snow before.
The girl was little as she pressed her nose against the icy window, and giggled with delight because she had never seen snow before.
The little girl pressed her nose against the icy window and giggled with delight because she had never seen snow before.
Because the little girl pressed her nose against the icy window, she giggled with delight at the never-before seen snow.
Because, the little girl pressed her nose against the icy window, she giggled with delight at the never-before seen snow.
A "Claim" is
Evidence to support a position
An explanation of how evidence supports a position
The main argument, position or assertion that a writer is making
Logical reason for rejecting a position
A story told in the First Person point of view will most likely
Use words like "you" and give directions or instructions
Use words like "she", "her" or "their"
Reveal more than one person's thoughts or feelings
Use the words "I" "me" "our' or "us
As I walked to school I thought about what I needed to do that day. I knew I had a test in math, and a project due in Social Studies but I forgot about the essay I had in English class! My stomach turned as I thought about having to face my teacher knowing I hadn't completed my responsibilities.
third person point of view
5th person point of view
romantic drama
first person point of view
This statement is:
Figurative Language:
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.
Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning; also known as “figures of speech.”
Writing that comments humorously on human flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions in order to change them.
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
Point of View:
Perspective from which the story is told
A made-up story that is based on a real time and place in history, so fact is mixed with fiction.
A feeling of excitement, curiosity, or expectation about what will happen
Person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself
Third-person POV:
narrator is a character in the story; uses “I,” “we,” etc.
narrator outside the story; uses “he,” “she,” “they”
narrator tells only what one character perceives, uses "I"
narrator can see into the minds of all characters.
Climax:
The high point / turning point in the action of a story
A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story. There are four basic conflicts
The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.
The distinctive way that a writer uses language
Protagonist:
The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.
The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end.
A problem between a character and some element of nature
The message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells
Antagonist:
The high point in the action of a story.
Everything that happens in a story.
The person or force that works against the main character of the story.
One of the people (or animals) in a story.
Internal Conflict:
A problem between characters.
A problem between a character and society, school, the law, or some tradition.
The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end.
A problem within a character’s own mind.
Resolution:
The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end.
The central part of the story during which various problems arise after a conflict is introduced.
The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.
The message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells
Exposition:
The action and dialogue following the climax that lead the reader into the story’s end.
The feeling a piece of literature is intended to create in a reader
The part of the story, usually near the beginning, in which the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is described.
A complete piece of writing, as a report or essay, that is part of a newspaper, magazine, or book.
Theme:
A literary work that uses the familiar spoken form of language, sentence after sentence
Person Against Person: A problem between characters.
The distinctive way that a writer uses language
The message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells
Metaphor
human qualities attributed to an animal, object, or idea, e.g. “The wind exhaled.”
comparison of two things essentially different but with some commonalities; does not use “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was ice.
comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was as cold as ice.”
a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor.
Simile:
a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor
comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was as cold as ice.”
comparison of two things essentially different but with some commonalities; does not use “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was ice.”
human qualities attributed to an animal, object, or idea, e.g. “The wind exhaled.”
Foreshadowing:
a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor.
The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples would be hiss, buzz, swish, and crunch
Interruption of the chronological (time) order to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story.
Important hints that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come, and help the reader anticipate the outcome.
Personification:
a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor.
comparison of two things essentially different but with some commonalities; does not use “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was ice.”
human qualities attributed to an object, or idea, e.g. “The wind exhaled.”
comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was as cold as ice.”
