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ELA test prep review 8th grade
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In favor of or against one thing unfairly
plot
theme
bias
2
When an author interrupts the present moment to tell what happened in the past
flashaction
flashback
foreshadowing
3
Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.
I
ate
taco
yesterday
4
Time and place of a story
climax
symbol
moral
setting
5
Fictional characters with events in a historical setting
historical fiction
fantasy
genre
fiction
6
A story that takes place in the future and has scientific advances in technology
fantasy
fiction
science fiction
historical fiction
7
What type of conflict? Suzy is sooo nervous about asking out David to the dance.
internal
external
8
When the author gives clues and hints as to what might happen later in the story
suspense
symbol
foreshadowing
flashback
9
A speaker or character who tells a story
stanza
mood
narrator
climax
10
The overall atmosphere of a literary work (how the reader feels)
conflict
tone
mood
symbol
11
The message or moral in a story
characters
tone
mood
theme
12
Adjectives? An old and overweight dog sat under the bright sun.
overweight, old, sun
sat
old, overweight
old, overweight, bright
13
Story with magic and things that wouldn't exist in today's world.
biography
fantasy
non-fiction
historical fiction
14
The turning point or high point in a story
exposition
resolution
rising action
climax
15
A person, object or action that represents something else
conflict
symbol
narration
picture
16
The narrator is NOT in the story and knows EVERYONE'S thoughts and feelings
3rd person omniscient
3rd person regular
1st person
17
What is another word for PERSUADE?
convince
inform
entertain
18
Main idea of a passage
the gist
the theme of the story
the moral
What the story means
19
Identify the adjective: No one wanted to live by the smelly landfill.
by
smelly
landfill
live
20
A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a story
setting
plot
character
genre
21
Synonym for close reading:
slowly reading
critically reading
kindly reading
carefully reading
22
short response questions should
Have at least 4 sentences
Be an essay
Never re-state
Be 2 sentences
23
Extended response questions should:
be an essay (1 paragraph)
be an essay (3 paragraphs)
be short
be 4 sentences
24
A conversation between characters
stanza
dialogue
narrator
plot
25
Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
personification
onomatopoeia
short story
theme
26
The narrator is NOT in the story and only knows ONE person's thoughts and feelings
2nd person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
1st person
27
Identify the nouns: Mrs. Bamer is our school secretary.
Mrs. Bamer, school
is
Mrs. Bamer, secretary
Mrs. Bamer, school, secretary
28
Words with repeated beginning sounds (ex: sally sells seashells)
alliteration
metaphor
simile
29
Which type of conflict is this? Another classmate is spreading rumors about you.
internal
external
30
Genre with informational facts
non-fiction
fairy tale
fiction
folktales
31
The narrator is in the story and uses words like I, ME, MINE, WE, US
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
4th person
32
The use of words to imitate sounds (bang, pow, pop...)
metaphor
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
similie
33
Identify the verb(s): I ran like the wind today.
ran
I
today
wind
34
The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
dialogue
plot
metaphor
simile
35
The sequence of events in a literary work
speaker
plot
narrator
setting
36
The comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
personification
metaphor
synonym
simile
37
Struggle between opposing forces
plot
conflict
novel
characters
38
A category or type of literature (fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, etc)
genre
characters
plot
setting
39
The writer's attitude toward the subject they're writing about
metaphor
tone
irony
mood