ELA GRADE 8 PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ELA GRADE 8 PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

protagonist - Correct Answers -the character whom which the action revolves

settings - Correct Answers -time place and circumstances the story or event takes place

conflict - Correct Answers -the struggle between opposing forces

suspense - Correct Answers -a feeling of excitement and curiosity created by the writing

personification - Correct Answers -when human like quality are given to animals or
objects

simile - Correct Answers -a compairison using like or as

irony - Correct Answers -the contrast of what is expected to happen and what actually
happens

climax - Correct Answers -the turning point of the plot

paragraph - Correct Answers -a group of sentances relating to a single idea or topic

resolution - Correct Answers -the part of the story after the climax which pulls together
the loose threads of the story

foreshadowing - Correct Answers -hints about what is to come in a story

stanza - Correct Answers -divisions of a poen

metaphor - Correct Answers -a direct compairison

symbol - Correct Answers -an object which stands for a quality or an idea

noun - Correct Answers -person, place or thing