8th Grade ELA
ELA Vocab
8th Grade Skills
Parts of Speech
Rhetorical Appelas
100

Author of the Cross Over

Kwame Alexander

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

A person, place, thing, or idea

What is a noun?

100

What is Logos?

Logic

200

Paraphrase a story we have read this year 

answers vary

200

The students were __________ by Mr. Bozic's confusing directions. They had no idea what to do.

Perplexed                 Audacity             Juxtaposed

What is perplexed?

200

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

What is context clues 

200

This describes a noun

What is adjective?

200

What does Ethos appeal to?

Ethics, Credibility, Expertise, and Trust.

300

Name all the points of views

First Person, Second Person, Third Person

300

To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text

What is annotate?

300

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.

300

This part of speech modifies a noun and gives info about where or when

What is a preposition?

300

What does Pathos appeal to?

Emotions. feelings, Values, and Opinions.

400

What are the two types of character motivation?

internal and external

400

Mr. MJ had the ________ to assign homework the night before NWEA.

Perplex                 Audacity             Juxtapose

What is audacity?

400

What day do you graduate 8th grade?

May 17th

400

A word that describes action or a state of being

What is a verb?

400

Who was the Greek philosopher who identified/defined the Rhetorical Appeals?

Aristotle

500

Name 2 genres we have read this school year

informational, science fiction, horror, short story, fiction (any two)

500

The photographer ________ the gymnast and basketball player to show the incredible differences required for each sport.

Perplex                 Audacity             Juxtapose

Juxtaposed

500

What three things do we need in a introduction paaragraph?

Hook

Background Information

Thesis

500

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 


500

The primary purpose of using rhetorical appeals—ethos, pathos, and logos—in an argument is to achieve this.

What is persuasion?

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