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”
Main Characters:
Setting:
Plot Summary:
Title: “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
Main Characters:
Setting:
Plot Summary:
Title: “Exploring the Titanic”
Main Characters:
Setting:
Plot Summary:
Title: Chains
Main Characters:
Setting:
Plot Summary:
Title: The Outsiders
Main Characters:
Setting:
Plot Summary: