Grade 7 Final Exam Review

Reading Comprehension

- This section focuses on reading skills followed by related questions.

Literary Terms (Figurative Language)

- This section will focus on the understanding of literary terms.

- Use the literary terms lists and figurative language packet as a study guide.

Literature

- This section will focus on your recall of literature covered throughout the school year.

- Use your literature packets and quizzes as a study guide.

Grammar

- This section focuses on understanding and application of grammar rules including; parts

of speech, run-on sentences, sentence fragments, capitalization and common grammar

rules.

- Use your grammar packet and notes as a study guide.

- Use your writing rules sheet as a study guide.

List Any Other Necessary Materials

Final Exam Literary Terms Review

Alliteration – The repetition of initial consonant sounds, like “slowly slipping.”

Conflict – The basic struggle between central elements in fiction. It usually is one

character verses another character, one character verses him/herself, a

character versus society or a character.

Fiction – A category of literature that has imaginary characters and events:

includes novel, short stories, etc.

Flashback – The interruption of a narrative to tell about an incident from the past.

Foreshadowing – Hints or clues that suggest that certain events will occur later.

Hyperbole – An overstatement or exaggeration used for humor or emphasis.

Irony – A discrepancy: the contrast between what is expected or what appears to

be and what actually exists: it implies the opposite of what is said.

Metaphor – An implied comparison between two unlike things.

Nonfiction – Literary works other than fiction.

Onomatopoeia – Words that sound like what they mean, like “crash” or “sizzle.”

Personification – Giving human qualities to non-human objects.

Plot – The sequence of events in a written work.

Setting – Where and when a story takes place.

Simile – A figure of speech in which two unlike items are compared by using the

terms “like” or “as.”

Theme – The message a reader gets from a story.

Final Exam Grammar Review

Define each term and give three examples.

Noun

Verb

Conjunction

Subject & Predicate

Run-on Sentence

Sentence Fragment

List the three parts of a paragraph.

List the three parts of an essay.

Using your environment notes packet explain the following terms.

Deforestation

Overfishing

Endangered Species

Pollution

Final Exam Literature Review

Title: “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed”

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Setting:

Plot Summary:

Title: “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”

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Title: “Exploring the Titanic”

Main Characters:

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Title: Chains

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Title: The Outsiders

Main Characters:

Setting:

Plot Summary: