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Language Arts 7 Semester One Study Guide Name:_________________________________________ ______/50 Points 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: