ELA 7 Benchmark Test Study Guide – 3rd 9 weeks
Name ____________________________________________
Poetry
Class period ______
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Narrative poem: is like a short story because it tells a story
Figurative language: a figure of speech that makes comparisons (simile, metaphor)
Haiku: a Japanese poem with three lines and 17 syllables
Stanza: a group of lines forming a unit in a poem
Free Verse: poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza
arrangement
6. Poets: write poetry to share ideas and emotions
7. Auditory image: an image we can “hear” through the poet’s writing
8. Ballad: a short musical narrative song or poem, often with a refrain
Poetry Devices: be able to identify these poetic devices in poems.
1. Alliteration: Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
2. Personification: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
3. Simile: This dress is perfect because it fits like a glove.
4. Metaphor: He was drowned in a sea of grief after his mother died.
5. Onomatopoeia: Chug, chug, puff, puff I heard as the little train rumbled over the tracks.
Parts of a Novel
What is PLOT? ______________________________________________________________
What is SETTING? ____________________________________________________________
What is FORESHADOWING? _____________________________________________________
What is CONFLICT? ____________________________________________________________
Internal Conflict: struggle within the mind of a character
External conflict: character struggles with an outside force
What is the CLIMAX? ___________________________________________________________
Tone: the author’s attitude toward the written material
What is the RESOLUTION? _____________________________________________________
What is 1st PERSON POINT OF VIEW? ___________________________________________
What is 3rd PERSON POINT OF VIEW? ___________________________________________
Theme: what message the author wants the reader to apply to their own life
Dialogue: when characters have conversations between each other
DRAMA
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Drama and novels have: plot, exposition, settings, conflicts, climax, protagonist, and
resolution
Protagonist in a drama: the main character
Comedy: a play that ends happily for the main character and has humor
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Antagonist in a drama: opposes the main character
Exposition in a drama: when characters are introduced and described
Tragedy: a play with a serious tone with main characters who have an unhappy ending
Stage Directions: instructions that tell the actors when and where to move on stage
FORMAL WRITING
1. Where is the thesis statement found in the essay? _______________________________
2. How many thesis statements are in an essay? _____________________
3. In an essay, what part of the paper tells what the composition will be about?
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4. What does a good introduction to a paper do? Grabs the reader’s attention
5. Introductory paragraph includes: a hook, supporting ideas, thesis
6. Interesting or startling facts: add curiosity to the introduction
7. Begin an introduction with: a question, an interesting fact, a quote, or a startling fact
8. To provide coherence to supporting paragraphs: use transitions
9. Transition sentences are found: at the beginning of each new paragraph
10. Body paragraphs: must have supporting details
11.Conclusion paragraph: restates the thesis in a different way
12. Conclusion: summarizes the paper and signals the paper is complete
GRAMMAR
Object and Subject Complements. Identify each underlined word as DO (direct object), IO
(indirect object), PA (predicate adjective), or PN (predicate nominative/noun)
________1. I’ll tell you and your friends an American tale or two.
________2. According to legend, Pecos Bill was the inventor of the lasso.
________3. Coyotes raised the young Pecos Bill.
________4. His horse was Widow-Maker, and his wife was Slue-Foot Sue.
________5. According to another tale, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind rescued Davy Crockett.
________6. Then she married him.
________7. While growing up, she had given her brothers strong competition in wrestling, running, and
fishing.
________8. The physically powerful Paul Bunyan issued lumbermen their orders.
________9. In one meal he devoured half of a wagon load of vegetables and several sides of beef.
________10. Paul Bunyan’s pet ox Babe was huge and blue.
________11. John Henry was incredibly strong as well.
________12. In tall tales, he is a railroad worker in West Virginia and other.
Connotations of Words: can be negative, positive, or neutral
negative There are over 2,000 vagrants in the city.
neutral There are over 2,000 people with no fixed address in the city.
positive There are over 2,000 homeless in the city.
Connotation (positive & negative). Circle the correct answer for each example.
Which word has a POSITIVE connotation?
a. skinny
b. thin
c. lean
d. bony
Which word has a POSITIVE connotation?
a. cheap
b. tightwad
c. penny-pincher
Which word has a NEGATIVE connotation?
a. fat
b. overweight
c. large
d. plump
Which word has a NEGATIVE connotation?
a. plain
b. ugly
c. unattractive
d. homely
Which word has a POSITIVE connotation?
a. ruthless
b. cutthroat
c. stern
d. vicious
Which is the best answer?
Which is more polite?
a) sip a drink
b) gulp it
Which would you be if you hadn't eaten for several days?
a) hungry
b) starving
Which would you be after a walk in the mud?
a) filthy
b) dirty
d. thrifty