8th Grade ELA
The Author of Night
Who is Elie Wiesel?
words that mean the same as another are called
What is synonym?
What is mood?
Mood is how the reader feels
A person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
An author's reason or intent for writing
Author's Purpose
Author of All Summer In a Day
Who is Ray Bradbury?
What is connotation?
The Idea or feeling a word brings up versus its literal meaning
The type of noun italicized in the following sentence:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor, was a famous humanitarian.
Appositive
This describes a noun
Adjective
When something happens because something else happened. _________ and ________
Cause and Effect
Name all the points of views
First Person, Second Person, Third Person
The literary term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
Inference
Is the following sentence active or passive?
Every two weeks, my body armor drinks are delivered by Amazon.
Passive
Describes a verb
adverb
Daily Double!
One thing Mrs. Murphy says all the time.
Answers will vary.
What are the three structural parts of a word?
Prefix, Root, Suffix
The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning
Context Clues
Read the sentence below. Determine the part of speech and its function of the word BURNING as it is used in the sentence below.
Amazingly, the man climbed out of the burning vehicle unharmed.
Adjective - describing vehicle
A word that describes action or a state of being
Verb
What figurative language is used in the sentence below?
Fall Fridays feel fantastic
Alliteration
Restate this sentence in the passive voice: I ate the strawberry pie.
The strawberry pie was eaten by me.
What compares or contrasts things by putting two things together? (_____ is to _____ as _______ is to ______)
Analogy
Where should the dash go in the following sentence? (say the two words it goes between)
The American flag has three colors red, white, and blue
colors-red
The part of speech that receives that action. What the action is being done to.
Ex. I threw the ball
direct object
What is tone?
the feelings that the author create or their attitude towards a subject.