8th Grade Final

Acharacter or a force in conflict with a main character

Themain character in a literary work; usually the “good guy”

A traditional tale that presents beliefs or customs of aculture

Atype of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given humancharacteristics

Astatement that is generally accepted to be true, but cannot always be proved

Step by step instructions for completing a task or project

Wordsused that cause a strong emotional reaction

Thereason the author wrote the passage

A central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work

The central point that the author conveys

Persuasive techniques that do not rely on sound reasoning

Somethingthat can be proved with evidence

Text organization that presents details in time order from 1st to last or sometimes last to 1st

Which one of these is NOT one of the 3 main purposes for an author's writing?

Hints that an authorgives to help define a difficult or unusual word

Pointof view in which the narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of onlyone character

Gods,goddesses, or other supernatural beings

Acomparison between 2 things on the basis of their structure andfor the purpose of explanation

Afigure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else

Questionsthat suggest the desired answer or tries to make the audience think in aparticular way

Textorganization that shows the ways in which 2 or more subjects are similar anddifferent

Reveals the author’s emotions about a subject through wordchoice

Pointof view that uses the pronouns “he” and “she”

Aperson’s judgment or belief; cannot be proved

Point of view that uses the pronoun “I”

Pointof view in which the narrator knows and tells about what each character feelsand thinks