8th Grade Language Arts Review

Type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects.

Obvious exaggeration. A figure of speech not intended to be taken literally 

A speech given by a character alone on stage, for the benefit of the audience.

A word part that came to English from an older language

A pattern of end rhyme designated by letters of the alphabet.

The events that make up a story

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

Words with similar meanings.

Central or main idea of a piece of writing.  Usually a message about life or human nature.

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Qualities shown by the character.  May be inferred or directly stated by the author.

The point in the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

Story’s greatest moment of intensity, turning point where conflict is resolved

The struggle between opposing forces

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. (She sells seashells by the seashore)

Statement of belief or feeling

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

Instructions for how the drama is to be performed in front of an audience, often in parenthesis

Word part that appears at the beginning of a word or root.

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

Struggle between a literary character and an outside force such as nature or another character

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

The main unit of a poem.

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

A category or class of literature

A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience

Growing tension and excitement of a story felt by the reader.

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of a poem.

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

Words that echo a sound from nature. (e.g., ring, meow, tinkle, buzz).

The element of plot where the story begins to draw to a close

An opinion piece that usually appears in the opinion section of a newspaper

Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.  

Person, place, or object that stands for something beyond and greater than itself.

Comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

A brief retelling of the main points of a story or text

A group of lines in a poem

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

Traditional story that attempts to explain human nature, creation, or nature and has a moral.

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

A story that can be online, in print, or broadcast on television

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

The reasons for the character’s behavior

The time and place of the action in a story.

Gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.