Grade 8 Vocabulary Type B

What is the sequence of events in a story, including the main conflicts and their resolution called?

• Characterization

• Theme

• Plot

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the process of creating and developing characters in a story, including their personalities, motivations, and behaviors?

• Theme

• Characterization

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the central idea or underlying meaning of a literary work?

• Allusion

• Theme

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art, often used to add depth or context?

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to non-human things or abstract ideas?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an exaggeration or overstatement used for emphasis or effect?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a sentence structure where the subject performs the action of the verb?

• Passive Voice

• Active Voice

• Subjunctive Verb Mood

• Conditional Verb Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a sentence structure where the subject receives the action of the verb?

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

• Imperative Verb Mood

• Interrogative Verb Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D