8th Grade Language Arts Review

These are the people or animals who take part in a literary work.

The key point made in a passage is called its ____ idea.

This is a version of a type of genre which is turned into a film, a musical, or a play. 

This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are SIMILAR.

This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

Narrator or writer who puts their own opinions, feelings into telling the action in literature.

This describes something that is complicated, difficult, or consists of interrelated parts.

This is whoever will be reading, listening or watching a story, text, or drama.

The message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to explore in a literary work

It is the way words, sentences, and paragraphs are organized to create a complete work.

This is a work of literature, especially a play, that has a happy ending.

This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.

This is the specific part of a subject that is dealt with in a research paper or in an essay.

This is the theme of a passage, story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life.

A form of suspense or potential conflict between characters or arise from general situations.

The way an author expresses ideas through words, literary devices, & sentence structure.

This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

This is a person, book, document, website or record that provides information.

This is to state briefly or bring to a close

This is to separate a whole into its parts.

This is a character in a work that represents a certain type of person.

A state of heightened anticipation & tension, from events in or the setting of a story.

One or more reasons presented by a speaker/writer to lead the audience/reader to a conclusion.

This is an individual's mental or moral quality in literature

This is the reason for creating written work that informs, persuades, or entertains.

Something widely recognized as a model or example of a type of literary work.

These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.

The combination of ways an author shows readers what a person in a literary selection is like.

This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion

To strengthen your ideas & opinions with examples, facts, or evidence is to add _____ details.