8th Grade ELA
ELA Vocab
Analogies
Teacher's Choice
8th Grade Writing
100
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
What is First Person
100
words that mean the same as another are called
What is synonym?
100
Violin : Orchestra :: Saxaphone : ______
What is band.
100
A type of figurative language that places opposite words or phrases together to create contrast.
What is oxymoron?
100
What piece of punctuation do we use to omit (or take out) extra words or phrases when we want to shorten text evidence?
Ellipses or dot dot dot (...)
200
The message or lesson that can apply to you/me
What is theme?
200
The type of irony that includes sarcasm, or means saying the opposite of what is meant.
Verbal Irony
200
Amateur : Professional :: ______ : Non-fiction
What is Fiction
200
A. Combine
200
What is the role of the conclusion paragraph?
Restates what the entire essay covered; leaves the reader with a final thought.
300
What is dramatic irony?
When we as the reader or viewer know more than the characters in the story/ show/ play know.
300
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
300
Alterations : Clothes :: Revision : _____
What is paper, manuscript, writing
300
Which sentence contains punctuation to indicate omitted words?
Option C
300
You are given roughly 60 minutes on the writing prompt. What should you do in the LAST few minutes before you turn in your essay?
READ OVER YOUR ENTIRE ESSAY! Look for errors in spelling, captialization, and punctuation.
400
A comparison that uses like or as.
Simile
400
** DAILY DOUBLE***
When the opposite of what we expect occurs, what type of irony do we have? For exampe, the fire house burns down in the middle of the night.
Situational Irony
400
Motzart : Composer :: Einstein : _____
What is Scientist
400
What type of sentence is this?
Because the soup is too cold, I wanted to warm it up in the microwave.
What is a complex sentence?
400
Name at least 3 transition words.
For example, however, additionally, so, in addition, first, lastly, etc.
500
The 7 Coordinating Conjunctions.
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
500
Hyperbole, Allusion, Personification
What is "Figures of Speech"
500
Rain:Flood:: ______ : Drought
What is the sun
500
****DAILY DOUBLE *****
What is the part of the essay that acknowledges the opposite opinion and attempts to disprove it? HOW do you disprove it?
What is a Counterclaim, with an effective rebuttal.
500
What type of writing does the following prompt ask for? What will be the structure of your essay?
Argument Essay
Five Paragraphs: Intro Paragraph with Thesis, Body 1, Body 2, Counterclaim Paragraph, and Concluding Paragraph
600
Five Text Structures.
What is Chronological, Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Sequence
600
Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives
What is "Types of Verbals"
600
Poseidon: Ocean::Aphrodite: _____
what is love
600
Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
The ball was kicked by the child.
Passive. To change to active we would say the following:
The child kicked the ball.
600
When providing a parenthetical citation (author's last name and page number), where does the end punctuation ALWAYS go if it is a period?
AFTER the parentheses.
For example, "An average of 20% of people prefer owning a cat to a dog" (Brown 24).