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Language Arts 7 Semester One Study Guide
Name:_________________________________________
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Elements:
Characters are the _________________ and ______________ who take part in a
story’s action. Characters are directed by _________________-the reason or
reasons that explain why characters act the way they do.
Characterization is ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
In direct characterization, the writer ____________________________________.
In indirect characterization, the writer reveals the character through __________
and _________________.
Theme is __________________________________________________________.
A universal theme, or recurring theme, is a message about _____________ that is
expressed in different ________________ and _____________ periods.
Plot is the _________________ of _____________ in a story. It is usually divided
3.
into _________ parts.
2.
4.
5.
1.
Literary Devices:
Foreshadowing is the use of _________________________________ to hint at
events that are going to occur later.
Flashback is the placement of a ______________________________ that
interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences.
Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involve
______________, _________________, or _________________ contradictions.
Internal Conflict:
External Conflict:
Grammar
Verbs show _____________ or a ___________________________.
An action verb is a word_____________________. It may contain
more_________________. An action verb can____________________, such as
writing and running, or _______________________such as thinking and honoring.
Linking verbs tell what _______________________________________.
A linking verb connects _________________________with a noun or an
adjective_____________________.
Homonyms are words that _____________ alike but have different ___________.
their:
there:
they’re
too:
to:
two:
its:
it’s:
affect:
effect:
your:
you’re:
A noun names a ______________, ___________________, thing or __________.
Please give three examples of the following types of nouns:
proper noun:
common noun:
possessive noun:
plural noun:
collective noun:
Vocabulary:
abate:
compelled:
beseech:
resilient:
endure:
tumultuously:
flabbergasted:
acrid:
gaudy:
allege:
analogy:
apathy:
venerable:
astute:
theme:
admonish:
aspire:
verisimilitude:
bigot:
ominous:
concur:
perilous:
despondent:
-ance:
inundate:
ac-:
perfunctorily:
-tion:
mal-:
reposing:
-tract-:
gore:
per-:
sagacious:
-spir:
vex:
-ment:
irrevocable:
trans-:
idiom:
-vit-:
presumptuous:
-viv-:
malicious:
-manere-:
rash:
impede:
perpetual:
peevish:
dispelled:
perturbed:
dignitaries:
retort:
melancholy:
impromptu:
ajar:
perverse:
aversion:
feeble:
succumb:
allay:
toiling: