8th Grade Story Elements
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
What is First Person
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 type of figurative language that places opposite words or phrases together to create contrast.
What is oxymoron?
Name two reasons why we use a dash.
Added or extra information, long pause, interruption
3rd person limited point of view tells the reader the thoughts and feelings of whom?
Only the main character.
Words that mean the opposite of another are called
Antonyms
The words and phrases around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning. Gives us hints and helps us to better understand.
What is context clues
At the meeting, the teachers realized they would need to consolidate their math teams so they would have enough people to participate in the competition on Saturday morning.
What does the word consolidate mean as it is used in the sentence?
A. Combine
Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
The ball was kicked by the child.
Passive voice
What is the part where the protagonist's luck starts to change called?
The Climax
What is extreme exaggeration called?
Hyperbole
A reference to something with historical, cultural, literary, or political importance.
Allusion
** DAILY DOUBLE***
What is a theme of A Christmas Carol?
Remember the past, but live well in the present, in order to have a good future.
Be a good human.
The things we do in life could have consequences.
Name two things that need to be capitalized.
First word of sentence, the word "I", names, languages, states, countries, big words in titles, days of the week, months of the year
What is the message or lesson about life/human nature called?
Theme
What the text is mostly about is known as the _______ ________ of the text.
Central Idea
What do the letters in RACE stand for?
Restate the question, Answer the question, Cite the evidence, Explain the evidence.
****DAILY DOUBLE *****
What is the part of the essay that acknowledges the opposite opinion and attempts to disprove it?
Counterclaim
What piece of punctuation do we use to omit (or take out) extra words or phrases when we want to shorten text evidence?
Ellipses or dot dot dot (...)
The plot (events in the story) is always centered around what element?
Conflict (big problem)
A direct comparison to something that DOES NOT USE like or as.
Metaphor
Break apart a text to understand the whole meaning and how it is developed
Analyze
Which word is incorrect in the following sentence, and how do you fix it?
There is more then enough money to cover our vacation to Disneyland.
then should be than
Which word in the following sentence is incorrect? How do you fix the sentence?
Yesterday we went to the store and buy snacks for the party.
buy should be changed to bought
(Incorrect verb tense shift)