8th Grade English Language Arts Terms

What is the definition of the term 'Accurate'?

• correct in all details; exact

• roughly estimated; approximate

• completely unrelated; irrelevant

• partially true; incomplete

What does the term 'Affect' mean?

• to act on; to produce an effect or change

• to ignore something completely

• to describe a physical object

• to measure temperature

What is the definition of 'Alliteration'?

• repeating end sounds

• repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• the repetition of words in a passage

• the sound effect of a word

What does 'Allusion' mean in literature?

• a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art within a literary text

• a direct statement made by the author

• a type of figurative language that uses exaggeration

• a conversation between two or more characters

What is an 'Analogy'?

• a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

• a type of mathematical equation

• a form of government

• a musical instrument

Who is an 'Antagonist' in a story?

• the character who opposes the protagonist of a story; he/she does not have to be the villain

• the main character who drives the story forward

• a minor character who provides comic relief

• the narrator of the story

What is meant by 'Author's purpose'?

• the reason an author writes his/her piece

• the main character in a story

• the setting of the story

• the genre of the book

What is the 'Central idea' of a text?

• the most important point that an author makes in a text

• the setting where the story takes place

• the names of the main characters in a text

• the order of events in a story

Fill in the blank: The ______ is the idea an author is trying to make; it is often called the main idea.

• central idea

• supporting detail

• summary

• conclusion

What is a character in a story?

• A person

• An animal

• A personified object

• All of the above