7th Grade FAST ELA Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

How does a poem's structure contribute to its purpose?

By organizing ideas & emotions so they enhance meaning

By adding random breaks and lines that confuse the reader

By limiting the number of themes the poem can explore

By providing a clear summary at the end of the poem

In what way does setting help develop the character?

By influencing the character's decisions and actions

By providing obstacles or challenges the character must over

By reflecting the character's emotions or personality traits

By offering background that has no impact on the characters

Why might an author include a shift in POV?

Provide additional perspectives & insights into characters

To confuse the reader about who is narrating the story

To reduce the focus on the main character's experiences

To avoid describing the setting in detail

What does it mean if a question asks, "How does the author develop the argument?"

Explain the evidence, reasoning & techniques the author uses

Summarize of the author's main points

Critique of the author's argument & its flaws

Compare the author's argument with another argument

If you need to quickly find the definition of a term in a book, where should you look?

The glossary

The table of contents

The index

What is the function of a footnote in a text?

To provide additional information or references

To summarize the main points of a chapter

To introduce a new section or chapter

To list sources used throughout the entire book

Which of the following is typically found in the index of a book

A detailed alphabetical list of topics and the pages where t

Definitions of terms

A list of all chapters and their page numbers

A summary of the author's main ideas

Where would you most likely find the glossary in a book?

At the end, near the back of the book

At the beginning, before the introduction

On the same page as the index

Throughout the text as side notes

What is the main purpose of the table of contents in a book?

To list chapters and their page numbers for easy navigation

To provide definitions of difficult terms used in the text

To summarize the main arguments of the book

To give credit to sources used by the author

What does the suffix -ize mean?

To make or cause to become

Stop

Fast

To stop or cause to cease

What does the suffix -ous mean?

Full of

Many

Different

Beautiful

What does the prefix ante- mean?

Before

After

Outside

A different room

What does the prefix post- mean?

After

Before

Send

Stick

What does the prefix pro- mean?

Before or go forward

Professional

Backward

After

What is the prepositional phrase: A large piano stood inside the music room.

inside the music room

inside

music room

large piano

What is the prepositional phrase: The flood damaged many buildings near the shore.

near the shore

damaged many buildings

flood damaged

many buildings near the shore

What is the prepositional phrase: Tommy threw the ball over the fence?

over the fence

over

ball

ball over the fence

Which is an example of hyperbole?

Mrs. Callan repeated her instructions 100 times.

Gilly gets gummies.

Whoosh

The wind screamed through the open door

Which of the following words has a negative connotation?

Fearful

Celebratory

Optimistic

Playful

Which is an example of onomatopoeia?

Zap!

It's raining cats and dogs!

You are my sunshine.

Crazy cats count cars.

Identify the figurative language and tone: "The gloomy clouds began to cry."

Personification: Somber

Metaphor: Nervous

Metaphor: Cheerful

Personification: Rainy

What is the tone? "I have been waiting for you all day - I am going to be late for my appointment, thanks to you."

Annoyed

Calm

Threatening

Ecstatic

What does it mean to paraphrase text?

To restate the information of a text in your own words.

To write an explanatory essay about a specific topic.

To build an argument about the text.

To explain a genre of storytelling.

Identify and analyze the figurative language: "Love is a young green willow / shimmering at the bare wood's edge."

Metaphor: Love is new and exciting

Simile: Love is new and exciting

Simile: Love is a young tree

Metaphor: Love is a young tree

"Endless wealth, I thought, held out its arms to me," is an example of:

Personification

Metaphor

Similie

Alliteration

"I laugh like I have gold mines," is an example of:

Similie

Metaphor

Personification

Aliteration

How the author "grows" the central idea and topic throughout their piece:

Development of an idea

Summarizing

Evidence from the text

Topic

Also known as the main idea, the most important thought of the text tells the reader the author's main points in writing:

Central idea

Topic sentence

Author's purpose

Topic

The subject that the passage/text focuses on is the:

Topic

Topic sentence

Central idea

Author's purpose

The subject that the passage/text focuses on is the:

Topic

Topic sentence

Central idea

Author's purpose

This type of poem has two lines that repeat throughout the poem,

Vilanelle

Sonnet

Couplet

Quatrain

Which is not true?

Themes are the setting and the characters.

Themes are usually universal.

Themes are more than one word.

Themes describe the moral or the lesson of the story.

Which is not a theme?

Friendship

Love conquers all

Be careful what you wish for

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

The setting and characters are introduced during the

Exposition

Rising Action

Falling Action

Climax

Which element includes time and place of action?

Setting

Character development

Plot

Theme

The most exciting moment in a story is known as the

Climax

Rising Action

Exposition

Resolution

What is an example of contrasting ideas?

Whales are bigger than cats

Apples and oranges are both fruit

Tom, Kate, and Jim are wearing jeans

There are two trees in my backyard

Which of these is a contrast word?

On the other hand

Alike

As well as

Similarly