8th Grade ELA
ELA Vocab
8th Grade Skills
Parts of Speech
8th Grade Pop Culture
100

Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" 

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

100

words that mean the same as another are called 

What is synonym?

100

The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence

What is inference

100

What is a proper noun?

A proper noun is a noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing. To distinguish them from common nouns, proper nouns are always capitalized in English. Proper nouns include personal names, place names, names of companies and organizations, and the titles of books, films, songs, and other media.

100

Who is the half-blood prince in Harry Potter?

Severus Snape

200

TITLE and AUTHOR of a text/poem that we read together this year.

answers vary

200

Two words that mean the opposite of one another are...

antonyms

200

The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning 

What is context clues 

200

This is a description word that modifies a noun

What is adjective?

200

Which tech entrepreneur named his son X Æ A-12?

Elon Musk

300

What is the term for the message or lesson of a story that can be applied to anyone, anywhere?

theme

300

Horror, romance, fantasy, science fiction....are all examples of literary __________.

What is genres?

300

Explain figurative versus literal language.

In this example of literal language, the writer means to explain exactly what is written. 

Figurative language is used to mean something other than what is written, something symbolic, suggested, or implied.

300

How do you write the plural of 'buffalo'?

buffalo

300

What is the name of the alternate dimension in Netflix's Stranger Things?

The Upside Down

400

How do you properly write a parenthetical citation?

(author's last name, page number)

400

What type of figurative language gives human characteristics to a non-human object?

Personification

400

What is it called when you are presenting the opposing side's argument?

counterargument

400

A word that describes action or a state of being

What is a verb?

400

Who is the actor that plays Soda's best friend Steve in the movie, "The Outsiders" ?

Tom Cruise

500

What genre is "There will come soft rains"?

science fiction short story, dystopian

500

Draw a PLOT diagram. Label the 5 main parts.

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

500

What type of sound device is being used in the italicized phrases?

Every time I write these words they become a taboo,
Making sure my punctuation curve
every letter is true
Living my life in the margin and that metaphor was proof

alliteration

500

What part of speech are the italicized words?

You live life on an everyday basis
With poetic justice, poetic justice
If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it ?
I mean write poems in these songs dedicated to you...






pronouns

500

What is the most watched YouTube video of all time?

Baby Shark

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