8th Grade Vocabulary
To make a public statement
The turning point of a story
What is the climax?
The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
What is an inference?
The sea lashed out in anger at the ships.
What is personification?
What kind of sentence has a subject and a verb?
Simple
Complete the sentence: The abuse of the prisoners is ______________________________
Abominable
The primary problem that drives the action of the story; what the protagonist needs to overcome
What is the conflict?
This type of evidence, such as facts and statistics, is used to make an argument more convincing.
What is logos
I can run as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile?
What type of sentence is this? After she finishes the dishes, Tracy will take the dog for a walk.
Complex
Fill in the blank: Finding $100 bill in her pocket _________ Lorraine because she couldn't think where it had come from.
Mystified
The introduction to a story, including the characters and setting
What is the exposition?
This rhetorical appeal helps a speaker or writer build trust with their audience.
What is ethos
I planted purple petunias in the park.
What is alliteration?
How many types of sentences have we learned about in class and what are they?
3. Simple, Compound, and Complex
A plan or trick to deceive or mislead someone
Hoax
What is the resolution?
Before choosing which rhetorical appeals to use, a writer or speaker should understand this group.
Audience
The classroom is an ice box today!
What is a metaphor?
What type of sentence is this? I love swimming and I love water slides too!
Compound
Fill in the blank: After his breakup, Niles walked around in a fog of _____________.
Melancholy
All of the events that lead to the eventual climax, including character development and events that create suspense.
What is the rising action?
Personal stories in a persuasive speech can make the message more relatable through this rhetorical appeal.
What is Pathos
I can smell pizza from a mile away!
What is hyperbole?
Name 4 different types of punctuation marks.
periods, commas, exclamation marks, quotation marks (There are 14 in all!)