8th Grade ELA
ELA Vocab
8th Grade Skills
Parts of Speech
8th Grade Figurative Language
100

Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" 

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

100

To break down

What is analyze?

100

Capitalization should happen....

What is at the beginning of a sentence and when a word is a proper noun?

100

A name for a specific person, place, or thing. Always capitalized. 

What is a proper noun?

100

The use of descriptive and figurative language to create a picture in the reader's mind.

What is imagery?

200

The use of this made Unbound more interesting to read.

What is imagery?

200

All the ways things are alike. All the ways they are different.

What are compare and contrast?

200

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

What are context clues?

200

A word that describes an action or state of being

What is a verb?

200

Future events/outcome are suggested by the author to keep the reader interested.

What is foreshadowing?

300

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

What is theme?

300

Judge

What is evaluate?

300

The four types of sentences are...

What are statement, question, command, and exclamation?
300

A descriptive word that modifies a verb

What is an adverb?

300

Words/ phrases are used to exaggerate for emphasis.

What is hyperbole?

400

You should always support your claim with this.

What is relevant evidence?

400

Create

What is formulate?

400

When you are presenting the opposing side of the argument

What is a counterclaim?

400

This is a descriptive word that modifies a noun

What is an adjective?

400

Human qualities are given to a non-human thing.

What is personification?

500

The reason for writing a story/book.

What is author's purpose?

500

Back up with details

What is support?

500

The 3 types of irony are...

What are situational, dramatic, and verbal?

500

Tells the relationship between words in a sentence.

What is a preposition?

500

Words that imitate the sounds.

What are onomatopoeis? 

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