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ELA test prep review 8th grade
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Words with repeated beginning sounds (ex: sally sells seashells)
metaphor
simile
alliteration
2
When an author interrupts the present moment to tell what happened in the past
flashback
flashaction
foreshadowing
3
The comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
personification
synonym
metaphor
simile
4
Identify the adjective: No one wanted to live by the smelly landfill.
smelly
by
landfill
live
5
The message or moral in a story
characters
tone
theme
mood
6
Struggle between opposing forces
conflict
characters
novel
plot
7
A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a story
character
genre
setting
plot
8
A person, object or action that represents something else
conflict
narration
symbol
picture
9
The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
dialogue
plot
metaphor
simile
10
Which type of conflict is this? The Batman tries to capture or kill the Joker.
man vs. man
man vs. self
man vs. society
11
Time and place of a story
climax
symbol
moral
setting
12
A category or type of literature (fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, etc)
characters
genre
plot
setting
13
The writer's attitude toward the subject they're writing about
tone
metaphor
irony
mood
14
Genre with informational facts
folktales
non-fiction
fairy tale
fiction
15
What type of conflict? Suzy is sooo nervous about asking out David to the dance.
internal
external
16
Story with magic and things that wouldn't exist in today's world.
fantasy
non-fiction
historical fiction
biography
17
What is another word for PERSUADE?
inform
convince
entertain
18
Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
short story
onomatopoeia
personification
theme
19
Identify the verb(s): I ran like the wind today.
wind
I
ran
today
20
The narrator is in the story and uses words like I, ME, MINE, WE, US
4th person
3rd person
1st person
2nd person
21
Which type of conflict is this? I went skiing and there was an avalanche.
man vs. nature
man vs. man
man vs. society
22
The overall atmosphere of a literary work (how the reader feels)
tone
mood
conflict
symbol
23
The turning point or high point in a story
rising action
exposition
climax
resolution
24
The sequence of events in a literary work
setting
speaker
narrator
plot
25
When the author gives clues and hints as to what might happen later in the story
suspense
foreshadowing
symbol
flashback
26
Identify the nouns: Mrs. Bamer is our school secretary.
Mrs. Bamer, school
Mrs. Bamer, secretary
Mrs. Bamer, school, secretary
is
27
Adjectives? An old and overweight dog sat under the bright sun.
old, overweight, bright
old, overweight
sat
overweight, old, sun
28
A speaker or character who tells a story
mood
climax
stanza
narrator
29
Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.
I
ate
taco
yesterday
30
A story that takes place in the future and has scientific advances in technology
fiction
science fiction
historical fiction
fantasy
31
A conversation between characters
plot
dialogue
narrator
stanza
32
Fictional characters with events in a historical setting
historical fiction
genre
fiction
fantasy