-8th Grade Reading Mid Term Exam 2024-2025

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An educated guess made from gathering clues given in a text.

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Inference: A conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning.

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A type of author’s purpose in which the goal is to tell a story; for example, plays, poems, stories.

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Author's Purpose - Entertain: The intent to amuse or engage the audience through storytelling.

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Language that appeals to the 5 senses (touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight).

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Imagery: Descriptive language that creates vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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The main character in a story or other literary work; can also be known as the hero.

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Protagonist: The central character around whom the story revolves.

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When the story is being narrated by one character; uses words such as I, me, my, etc.

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First Person POV: A narrative perspective where the narrator is a character in the story.

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The opposing force or character in a story that creates conflict for the protagonist.

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Antagonist: The character or force that opposes the main character.

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Metaphor: A direct comparison between two different things.

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A brief and often humorous poem consisting of five lines with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme.

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Limerick: A form of poetry that follows an AABBA rhyme scheme.

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The central idea or message in a literary work.

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Theme: The underlying message or main idea that the author conveys.

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A narrative perspective where the narrator tells the story from an outside perspective, using 'he', 'she', or 'they'.

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Third Person POV: A narrative style that uses third-person pronouns.