8th Grade ELA
What are the Literary Conflicts
Man Vs. Man, Man Vs. Self, Man Vs. Society, Man Vs. Nature, and Man Vs. Fate
words that mean the same as another are called
What is synonym?
The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
What is inference
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
What is a simile?
Summarize a story we have read this year
answers vary
What is the Theme of a story?
The overall lesson that the author is trying to teach the reader
The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning
What is context clues
This describes a noun
What is adjective?
What is a Hyperobole?
An extreme exaggeration
Name all the points of views
First Person, Second Person, Third Person
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
How is mood different from tone
Mood is how the reader feels, and tone is the feelings that the author create or their attitude towards a subject.
This part of speech modifies a noun and gives info about where or when
What is a preposition?
What is Alliteration?
A repetition of sounds throughout several words in a line
What are the two types of character motivation?
internal and external
What is the plot of the story?
The sequence of events that make up the story line
What day do you complete 8th grade?
May 15th
A word that describes action or a state of being
What is a verb?
What is a Metaphor?
A direct comparison of two unlike things
Name 2 genres we have read this school year
Short Story, Historical Fiction, and/or Drama(Play)
What is the main idea or central idea of the story?
The main idea is the central, or most important, idea in a paragraph or passage
What three things do we need in a introduction paragraph?
Hook
Background Information
Thesis
Label the parts of speech in this sentence
"Ms. Crook is dressed fabulously today, and her makeup is beautiful."
"Ms. Crook is dressed fabulously today, and her makeup is beautiful."
nouns- Ms.Crook, today, makeup , her (pronoun)
verbs - is , is , dressed
adverb - fabulously
adj - beautiful
conjunction- and
What is personification?
Giving an object human-like qualities