8th Grade Language Arts Review for Post-Test

Question 1

These are the people or animals who take part in a literary work.

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Characters

Question 2

This is the specific part of a subject that is dealt with in a research paper or in an essay.

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Topic

Question 3

This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion

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Allusion

Question 4

This is an individual's mental or moral quality in literature

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Character

Question 5

This is the reason for creating written work that informs, persuades, or entertains.

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Author's Purpose

Question 6

This is whoever will be reading, listening or watching a story, text, or drama.

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Audience

Question 7

A state of heightened anticipation & tension, from events in or the setting of a story.

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Suspense

Question 8

This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are SIMILAR.

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Compare

Question 9

The way an author expresses ideas through words, literary devices, & sentence structure.

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Style

Question 10

This is to separate a whole into its parts.

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Analyze

Question 11

Something widely recognized as a model or example of a type of literary work.

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Classic

Question 12

The combination of ways an author shows readers what a person in a literary selection is like.

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Characterization

Question 13

This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

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Analogy

Question 14

This is a person, book, document, website or record that provides information.

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Source

Question 15

This is to state briefly or bring to a close

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Summarize

Question 16

The message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to explore in a literary work

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Theme

Question 17

This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.

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Setting

Question 18

These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.

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Supporting Evidence

Question 19

The key point made in a passage is called its ____ idea.

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Central

Question 20

It is the way words, sentences, and paragraphs are organized to create a complete work.

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Structure

Question 21

This describes something that is complicated, difficult, or consists of interrelated parts.

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Complex

Question 22

To strengthen your ideas with examples, facts, or evidence is to add _____ details.

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Supporting

Question 23

One or more reasons presented by a speaker/writer to lead the audience/reader to a conclusion.

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Argument

Question 24

This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

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Tone

8th Grade Language Arts Review for Post-Test

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8th Grade Language Arts Review for Post-Test

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