1. 8th GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS
BENCHMARK REVIEW

2. Perfectly, Pleasant, PLOT
1) What is Plot?
___________________________________
_____________________________
Plot is a series of events in a story. Many say
plot is the story’s skeleton! It holds the story
together!

3. 2) Label the Plot Mountain with the
proper story parts.
Basic
situation
events/ conflicts
climax
resolution

4. 3) Foreshadowing is when an _____________ gives readers
___________ about events that will happen in the
_____________.
author
clues future

5. THEME
• The theme of a story
is________________________
________________________________
___
message, moral, or truth
discovered in a story

6. 6
YOU MIGHT BE ASKED ABOUT WRITING!

7. 4) What do you need to
remember about summaries?
• Only need m________ story events
• Learn what a story or article is all about
ain

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5) In a response to literature, you are
writing to answer
a specific _____________.
YOU SHOULD:
-read/reread the prompt
-use the _________ of the novel, and the
author
-Search for strong _________, telling you
what to do.
-Use the prompt in your essay to be sure
you stay on t______________.
-Use e_____________ from the _______ to
support your ideas.
prompt
title
verbs
opic
vidence text

9. 5) You will see Latin Words or Word
parts!
• Root of a word is like the b_______
• Prefix is the _____________ of a word
• Suffix is the _______ of a word
• Synonym =__________________
• Antonym= __________________
ase
beginning
end
word that means the same
word that means the opposite

10. 6) Example Test Question:
Choose the answer that BEST describes the meaning of the underlined word part
below.
Circumference
A) Forward C) Within
B) Around D) Above

11. Characterization
7) Characterization is the process of
r______________ a character’s traits in
a story. Readers decide who characters
are by looking at character
t_____________.
evealing
raits

12. 12
Direct characterization is when the a
readers directly what a character is litells
9)

13. 13
10) Indirect characterization is
the process of s___________
readers what a character is
like by describing 5 elements
of
c_________________________
howing
haracterization

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1- appearance
2-speech
3- thoughts/feelings
4- actions
5- reactions of others

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16. Delineate means to describe a
character’s qualities in detail.
The author uses ___________ diction to
_______________ characters in stories.
(precise verb)
Authors can delineate characters
______________________________
(elaboration)