Eighth Grade ELA Test Prep Review!!!!*****

Genre with informational facts

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

Identify the prepositions

Identify the adverbs

Identify the conjunctions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

Identify the interjections

What is another word for PERSUADE?

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

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

A conversation between characters

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

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

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

Identify the pronouns

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

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

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

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

The message or moral in a story

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

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

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

Time and place of a story

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

Struggle between opposing forces