ELA EXAM REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|AGRADE

ELA EXAM REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|AGRADE Mood - Answer- Feeling that a reader gets when reading a story Simile - Answer- A comparison of two unlike things using like or as Theme - Answer- The lesson learned in a story Protagonist - Answer- Main character in a story, good guy Tone - Answer- Word choice of an author that helps us know how he/she feels about a character or topic Alliteration - Answer- At least 2 words in a line that start with the same sound Conflict - Answer- A struggle between opposing forces. Man vs. Man, Man vs. society, Man vs. himself and Man vs. nature. Imagery - Answer- Author's description that paints a picture in your mind Climax - Answer- Most exciting moment of the story; turning point Antagonist - Answer- A character or force in conflict with the main character, bad guy Symbolism - Answer- A device in literature where an object represents an idea. Pun - Answer- A play on words, "the tides have turned" extended metaphor - Answer- a comparison of two unlike things without like or as for an entire poem, not just one line Oxymoron - Answer- two words next to each other that have opposite meanings Metaphor - Answer- A comparison without using like or as Central Idea - Answer- a one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech or essay Thesis - Answer- Most important line of an informational essay that tells the topic and the 3 main reasons that will be covered in the essay. Stanza - Answer- A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph Plot - Answer- Sequence of events in a story Personification - Answer- the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea Idiom - Answer- A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. Hyperbole - Answer- extreme exaggeration Setting - Answer- The time and place of a story Noun - Answer- A person, place, thing, or idea Verb - Answer- An action word Adjective - Answer- A word that describes a noun Adverb - Answer- A word that describes a verb Pronoun - Answer- A word that takes the place of a noun, like I, he, she, it or you Preposition - Answer- A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word, like on, above, or next to connotative meaning - Answer- meaning we give to a word, not dictionary meaning (denotative) Allusion - Answer- A reference in a story to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art Point of View - Answer- the perspective from which a story is told, such as first person or third person (omnipotent or limited) Synonym - Answer- a word that has the same meaning as another word Antonym - Answer- a word that means the opposite of another word