8th Grade ELA Test Prep Review

A conversation between characters

The narrator is NOT in the story and only knows ONE person's thoughts and feelings

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

A category or type of literature (fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, etc)

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

When an author interrupts the present moment to tell what happened in the past

A well-developed character- you know a lot about them

Which type of conflict is this? I went skiing and there was an avalanche. 

Which type of conflict is this? The Batman tries to capture or kill the Joker.

The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

Struggle between opposing forces

The message or moral in a story

A person, object or action that represents something else

A character who stays the same during the story

Mrs. Godley's students will try their best on the EOG test!

Words with repeated beginning sounds (ex: sally sells seashells)

What type of conflict? Suzy is sooo nervous about asking out David to the dance.

The sequence of events in a literary work

The turning point or high point in a story

The writer's attitude toward the subject they're writing about

Identify the nouns: Mrs. Bamer is our school secretary.

When the author gives clues and hints as to what might happen later in the story

Which type of conflict is this? Another classmate is spreading rumors about you.

A story that takes place in the future and has scientific advances in technology

A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a story

The use of words to imitate sounds (bang, pow, pop...)

Genre with informational facts

The narrator is in the story and uses words like I, ME, MINE, WE, US

Story with magic and things that wouldn't exist in today's world.

Adjectives? An old and overweight dog sat under the bright sun.

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

Identify the adjective: No one wanted to live by the smelly landfill.

A character who changes during the story

The narrator is NOT in the story and knows EVERYONE'S thoughts and feelings

A speaker or character who tells a story

The overall atmosphere of a literary work (how the reader feels)

Which type of conflict is this? Sam got arrested for stealing a car.

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

Time and place of a story

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

What is another word for PERSUADE?

Identify the verb(s): I ran like the wind today.

The comparison of two things using "like" or "as"