8th Grade Language Arts Final Exam Review

The same sound repeated over and over again in a sentence:

The series of actions that make up the story:

The problem in a story that the characters work out; this includes rising action:

I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.

The runners sliced through the snow, and the snow whipped at his face.

The writer sends you back to an earlier event and interrupts the ongoing action of the story:

The field looked like the Garden of Eden.

The speech the characters use in a story. These words are found in quotation marks.

A comparison using "like" or "as"

.... by nightfall the young girls felt like soft teacakes..

The voice of the story which is often told in first or third person:

"Ouch," he said loudly after hitting his knee, and collapsed on the bed. "Owww!"

Giving the reader small clues by hinting at things to come:

The ending of the story or how the problems are worked out:

I am tired of bending over backwards for you in order to try to make you happy.

The beginning of the story which often introduces the setting and characters:

Some tinfoil was sticking in a knothole just above my eye level, winking at me in the sun.

Now that's the way to answer, punctual, precise, with punch.

Giving an inanimate (non-living object) life like characteristics:

An object used to represent an idea or feeling (The American flag represents freedom.)

She crosses her hear with her left hand and raises it in a swearing gesture...

Words that imitate sounds (For example: BANG, BOOM, ZIP, OUCH, etc.)

He watched with eagle eyes.

I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

A comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

The high point of a story's plot: the moment of greatest tension:

The feeling or atmosphere you get from the story (scary, sad, peaceful, weird, etc.,)

Message or point of the story: the lesson learned:

He could see the ice crystals gather on the backs of his hands like cold fur.

Which of the following comes before the climax on the plot diagram?

The people, animals, or objects whose actions create a story:

Where and when the story takes place: