8th Grade ELA Review

A true statement that can be proven:

The SINGLE sentence that tells your claim and your three brief reasons for believing that claim:

Repetition of sounds at the end of words:

The lesson or moral of a story:

The problem a main character has in a story:

The side that disagrees with you:

Writing that expresses the author's opinion and aims to convince the reader to feel the same:

The person telling a story:

Extreme exaggeration:

How the problem is solved:

A group of literary devices that mean more than just what they say:

The story is about the person telling the story (uses pronouns "I," "me," and "my"):

The perspective a story is told from:

A point that the opposition would make against you:

A conversation between two people:

Comparing two unlike things using "like," "as," or "such as":

The person/thing that causes a conflict for the main character:

A category or type of literature:

The main character who wants something:

Giving human qualities to non humans:

To have a strong argument, you MUST make sure you have:

The genre of poetry with no restrictions:

When and where a story takes place:

Something that stands for or represents something bigger than itself

A type of writing that shows the process of how to do something:

Poetry competitions in which poems are performed allowed:

A statement that is based on personal feelings:

A comparison of two unlike things without using "like," "as," or "such as":