8th Grade ELA Test Prep Review

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

Time and place of a story

What is another word for PERSUADE?

A character who changes during the story

Struggle between opposing forces

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

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

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

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

The turning point or high point in a story

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

A conversation between characters

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A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A character who stays the same during the story

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

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

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

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

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

The message or moral in a story

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

Genre with informational facts

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

A speaker or character who tells a story