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7th grade ELA Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the time and place of a story?
a)
theme
b)
plot
c)
setting
d)
characterization
2.
What are the problems or struggles in a story?
a)
conflict
b)
plot
c)
fiction
d)
setting
3.
What are the series of events that tell what happen in a story?
a)
plot
b)
setting
c)
characterization
d)
fiction
4.
What is an incident in the story where an author goes back in time to explain something that happened earlier?
a)
flashback
b)
foreshadowing
5.
What is exaggeration for effect?
a)
dialogue
b)
symbol
c)
theme
d)
hyperbole
6.
What is an event that takes place in a story and gives the reader a clue about something that will happen later?
a)
flashback
b)
foreshadowing
7.
What do you call events arranged in the order of time they happened?
a)
foreshadowing
b)
flashback
c)
chronological order
d)
theme
8.
What is conversation between two or more people in a story?
a)
hyperbole
b)
plot
c)
dialogue
d)
conflict
9.

What is tone?

a)

a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject

b)

words or phrases that connect ideas, details, or events in writing

c)

stories, traditions, sayings, and customs of a culture or a society


a temporary state of mind or feeling

10.

What is the exposition?

a)

Shows how the characters try to solve the story's main conflict. Events that lead up to the climax.

b)

The turning point; the most intense moment in a story. It usually involves the main character realizing how the conflict can be fixed.

c)

Beginning of story that introduces the characters, setting, and conflict.

d)

End of the story.

11.

What is the climax of a story?

a)

The turning point; the most intense moment in a story. It usually involves the main character realizing how the conflict can be fixed.

b)

Beginning of story that introduces the characters, setting, and conflict.

c)

A struggle or clash between opposing forces that lies at the center of a plot in a story. Also known as the problem in a story.

d)

Part of the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict. The story comes to a conclusion.

12.

What is the resolution of a story?

a)

The action after the climax and begins moving the story toward its resolution.

b)

The main or central idea of a story, poem, novel, or play.

c)

The central or main character in a story, play, or novel. Also known as a hero.

d)

Part of the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict. The story comes to a conclusion.

13.

What is the falling action?

a)

An idea or feeling suggested by a word. Either a positive, negative, or neutral feeling.

b)

Writing that tries to convince a reader to think or act in a certain way.

c)

The turning point; the most intense moment in a story. It usually involves the main character realizing how the conflict can be fixed.

d)

The action after the climax and begins moving the story toward its resolution.

14.

What is the rising action?

a)

Part of the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict.

b)

the build-up of the conflict or action moving toward the climax.

c)

Sequence of events in a story.

d)

The main idea of a text.

15.

The antagonist of a story is...

a)

The central or main character in a story, play, or novel. Also known as a hero.

b)

A person or force that opposes the protagonist, or central character.

c)

The relationship of the narrator or storyteller to the story.

d)

Narrator is a character in the story and uses first person pronouns such as I, me, myself, we, our, and us.

16.

The protagonist is...

a)

The central or main character in a story, play, or novel. Also known as a hero.

b)

Narrator is a character in the story and uses first person pronouns such as I, me, myself, we, our, and us.

c)

The person whose telling the story.

d)

The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one character.

17.

Stanzas

a)

A direct comparison between two unlike things. It does not use the words like or as.

b)

Comparison using like or as.

c)

A book that lists words in alphabetical order and gives their meanings, pronunciations, and etc.

d)

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

18.

Simile

a)

A direct comparison between two unlike things. It does not use the words like or as.

b)

Comparison using like or as.

c)

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

d)

A phrase or expression whose meaning is different from what the words say literally.

19.

Metaphor

a)

Uses like or as.

b)

A direct comparison between two unlike things. It does not use the words like or as.

c)

Figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated.

d)

A book that lists words in alphabetical order and gives their meanings, pronunciations, and etc.

20.
When a story is told using first-person pronouns such as I, we, me, us it is called
a)
first person point of view
b)
third person point of view
c)
mood
d)
tone
21.
When the narrator knows about the thoughts and feelings of all the characters it is called
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
third person limited
d)
third person omniscient
22.
The feeling that a literary work conveys to readers is called
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
symbol
d)
point of view
23.
The happy bikers stopped for lunch.
a)
noun
b)
verb 
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
24.
Alan eats very slowly.
a)
noun
b)
adjective
c)
adverb
d)
verb
25.
Amelia teaches third grade.
a)
Noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
26.
The old tired musician sang loudly tonight.
a)
noun
b)
adjective
c)
verb
d)
adverb
27.
The words AND, BUT, YET, SO are called 
a)
conjunctions
b)
prepositions
c)
adjectives
d)
adverbs
28.

The articles A, AN, and THE are always

a)

verbs

b)

adverbs

c)

adjectives

d)

prepositions

29.
The words HE, HER, WE, and I are 
a)
verbs
b)
adverbs
c)
nouns
d)
pronouns
30.

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

a)

positive

b)

negative

31.
Choose the word with the positive connotation.
gathering--mob
a)
gathering
b)
mob
32.
Connotation is a word's ___________.
a)
synonym
b)
emotional meaning
c)
antonym
d)
Literal, dictionary definition.
33.

Denotation is a word's ____________.

a)

Literal, dictionary definition

b)

Emotional meaning

c)

synonym

d)

antonym

34.
This is a claim that is in opposition of or that goes against the claim made by the writer.
a)
claim
b)
evidence
c)
counterclaim
d)
reasons 
35.

Indicate the purpose of this sentence.


If you spend a dollar every minute, it will take you about twenty centuries to spend a billion dollars.

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

d)

Instruct

36.

Indicate the purpose of this sentence.


People should not be allowed to have children until they take a parenting class.

a)

Inform

b)

Instruct

c)

Entertain

d)

Persuade

37.

Indicate the purpose of this passage.


How to Make an Apple Mummy—Put an apple slice in a plastic cup. Mix 1⁄2 cup of baking soda and 1⁄2 cup of salt. Pour the mixture over the apple until the apple slice is completely covered. Store the apple slice away from light and moisture for one week.

a)

Inform

b)

Persuade

c)

Instruct

d)

Entertain

38.

What is the point of view?


Ester smiled brightly at his back, shrugged casually, and kept voice smooth as she reassured, "I'm not going anywhere." to laugh as she saw his shoulders almost flinch.

a)

1st Person

b)

3rd Person Limited

c)

3rd Person Omniscient

d)

3rd Person Objective

39.

What is the point of view?


How to grill by Steven Raichlen

Once you have your grill assembled, the next thing to decide is where to put it. A grill puts out a lot of heat, so you should position it several feet away from the side of the house or any plants or shrubbery. You'll have an easier time with a spot that is sheltered from the wind. When positioning a grill on a wooden deck, remember that sparks and live embers can fall from a charcoal grill.

a)

first-person

b)

third-omniscient

c)

third-objective

d)

second-person

40.

What is the point of view?


Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease. At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away.

a)

first-person

b)

second-person

c)

third-limited

d)

third-omniscient

41.

What is the point of view?


Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes

And we scrounged. Next to survival, scrounge was probably the most important word in our new vocabulary. We found a store that was throwing out water-damaged mattresses. Getting them home was a problem, since we had to make two trips, leaving Brad and Katie, armed with sticks to guard over the remained. I truly expected them to be challenged by some gang boss, but they said that the only person who came by was a scrawny little rat of a girl living alone. We let her have one of the mattresses.

a)

First-person

b)

second-person

c)

third- limited

d)

third-objective

42.
the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing
a)
Entertain
b)
Inform
c)
Persuade
43.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 
44.
What is an example of an alliteration?
a)
The vase flew off of the shelf. 
b)
Powerful pandas punch parrots.
c)
The plant liked to fly.
d)
I like to eat pie.
45.
"Big baby", "Alone Together", and "Original Copy" are examples of:
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Oxymoron
46.
Descriptive words that appeal to the senses
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
imagery
47.
A mild or pleasant phrase used instead of one that may be considered unpleasant or offensive
Example:
He "passed away," instead of "He died".
a)
Parallelism
b)
Juxtaposition
c)
Euphemism
d)
Understatement
48.
Everett held his father's hand as hecrossed the busy parking lot. They walkedinto a grocery store. Everett's dad lifted himinto the seat of the shopping cart. “Here,”said dad, “You can hold my shopping list.”
You can infer that
a)
Everett had never been to a grocery store
b)
Everett's dad does not shop often
c)
Everett's  dad needs help with shopping. 
d)
Everett is very young
49.

Read the following poem.


"A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;

My heart is gladder than all these

Because my love is come to me.


QUESTION: What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)

a)

Sorrow

b)

Happiness

c)

Excitement

d)

Nervousness

50.
What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
AA BB CC
b)
A B A B
c)
AA BB AA
d)
A B C B
51.
Mexican food and Italian food where Jason's favorite. Both had spicy dishes that he loved, yet Mexican food meant tamales and Italian food meant spaghetti. 
a)
Cause and Effect
b)
Problem and Solution
c)
Compare and Contrast
d)
Sequential (Chronological) 
52.
As a result of not cleaning her room, Maleah was grounded for the weekend. 
a)
Problem and Solution
b)
Cause and Effect
c)
Sequential (Chronological) 
d)
Compare and Contrast 
53.
Nick continuously failed his math tests. His math teacher suggested that he attend tutoring twice a week and practice an online tutorial for two hours a week. 
a)
Compare and Contrast
b)
Cause and Effect
c)
Sequential (Chronological) 
d)
Problem and Solution
54.

Which of these things is not related to the "theme" in a story?

a)

how a character is feeling

b)

a "life lesson" the main character learns

c)

a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand

d)

the moral of the story

55.
During a baseball game, Tanner tried to tag a player leaving first base. When the umpire called the player out, Tanner immediately informed the umpire that he in fact did not tag the runner. Two weeks later, the very same umpire was at another one of Tanner’s baseball games. Tanner was playing short stop and tagged a runner as they approached third base. When the umpire called the player safe, Tanner didn’t say a word, but the umpire noticed the surprised look on Tanner’s face. “Did you tag the runner?” she asked Tanner. When Tanner told her that he did tag the runner, the umpire changed her decision and called the player out. The coaches and parents were furious, but the umpire stood by her decision.
What is the theme?
a)
You should cheat to win.
b)
Always work hard.
c)
It pays to be honest.
d)
Teamwork is best.
56.
When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The Summary of this passage is:
a)
There are a lot of cows in Texas.
b)
There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
c)
 Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
d)
 There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
57.

Three of these things are details. One is a central idea. Click on the central idea.

a)

When school is out in the summer, I love to play outside.

b)

I go swimming at my grandma's house.

c)

My family always has a big barbecue on the Fourth of July and we watch the fireworks together.

d)

Whenever I can, I go hiking in the mountains with my friends.

58.
Most people think that Johann Sebastian Bach played the piano, but this is not true. The piano was not invented until just two years before he died. Bach's main instrument was the organ. He was a great organist. He wrote a lot of wonderful music for that instrument. He also played other keyboard instruments that were ancestors of the piano. Among these instruments was the harpsichord. Along with Mozart, Bach is considered to be one of the all-time great composers
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
a)
Mozart and Bach did not compose music for the piano.
b)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a great organist and writer.
c)
The piano had not been invented three hundred years ago.
d)
The harpsichord was a keyboard instrument before the piano.
59.

On Halloween night the first thing you need to do is put on your costume. Next get your mom or dad and go to your neighbor's house. Knock on the door. When they answer say trick or treat and hold out your bag for a piece of candy. Do this at every house on your street.

a)

sequential

b)

cause & effect

c)

compare & contrast

d)

problem & solution

60.
a)
Cause-Effect
b)
Description
c)
Compare-Contrast
d)
Chronological