8th Grade Final Review Elements

A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means

• Figurative Language

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

A comparison not using like or as

• Simile

• Satire

• Metaphor

• Irony

Repetition of consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Puns

• Flashback

This is the essence of fiction, it creates plot

• Dialogue

• Setting

• Conflict

• Action

Any person in the story

• Narrator

• Dialogue

• Character

• Flat character

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Flashback

• Allusion

• Archetype

• Coincidence

A character or force in conflict with the main character

• character

• narrator

• hyperbole

• antagonist

The exchange or conversation between characters; "talk"

• Dialogue

• hyperbole

• suspence

• tone

A way of narration where present action is stopped so that the reader can witness past events.

• Mood

• Characterization

• Flashback

• Theme

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion.

• Hyperbole

• Figurative Language

• Alliteration

• Style