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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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

Genre with informational facts

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

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

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

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

Identify the conjunctions

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

A conversation between characters

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

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

Time and place of a story

Identify the pronouns

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

Identify the interjections

Identify the prepositions

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

The message or moral in a story

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

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 verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

Struggle between opposing forces

A person, object or action that represents something else

Identify the adverbs

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

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

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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