8th Grade ELA
ELA Vocab
8th Grade Skills
Argument Making
8th Grade Writing
100
What is SUSPENSE?
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
100
words that mean the same as another are called
What is synonym?
100
What is a citation?
Using someone else idea and giving them the credit.
100
What is the most important sentence in an Arguement
The Thesis
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
There are two ways to give credit to the author when using text evidence. Name one of those two ways!
1. Parenthetical Citation (Author's Last Name and Page Number)
EX: For example, "An average of 20% of people prefer owning a cat to a dog" (Brown 24).
2. Introduce the quote by saying the author's name.
EX: According to Henry Brown, author of best selling book Dogs vs. Cats, "An average of 20% of people prefer owning a cat to a dog."
200
The type of irony that includes sarcasm, or means saying the opposite of what is meant.
Verbal Irony
200
A reference to something with historical, cultural, literary, or political importance.
Allusion
200
How many reasons should you have in an argument
3
200
You are given roughly 60 minutes on the writing prompt. What should you do in the first few minutes before you begin writing your essay?
Make a plan! If it's a narrative determine your beginning, middle, end, characters, and setting. What text will you incorporate?
If it's argument or informative decide what your 5 paragrahs will cover. Intro has thesis, have 3 body paragraphs with text evidence, and conclusion paragraph.
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
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).
300
Where can I find the Thesis
First Paragraph
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
When a narrator uses "he, she, they, their," the story is written in _____ person.
Third (3rd) Person Point of View
400
What is the role of the conclusion paragraph?
Restates what the entire essay covered; leaves the reader with a final thought.
400
When going from paragraph to paragraph, what words should I use?
Transition words or any examples
400
Name at least 3 transition words.
For example, however, additionally, so, in addition, first, lastly, etc.
500
What is theme?
The message of the story.
500
A direct comparison to something that DOES NOT USE like or as.
Metaphor
500
What three things do we need in a introduction paragraph?
Hook
Background Information/ transition information
Thesis
500
Make a brief argument why: ELA is the best subject
A teacher's response
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
What is a logical fallacy?
Parts of an argument meant to mislead the audience (a bad argument)
600
A. Combine
600
What role does the reasoning serve in an argument/analysis essay?
Connects the evidence to the claim and helps to show how the evidence proves the overall thesis.
600
What type of writing will you do for this prompt? What will be the structure?
Explanatory/ Informational Writing
5 Paragraph Essay
This will be just like our argument essays, but will not include a counterclaim paragraph. Instead, the third body paragraph will be another paragraph that includes examples and text evidence to prove your thesis/ assertion.
700
Which sentence contains punctuation to indicate omitted words?
Option C
700
What is an oxymoron?
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory