Hortonisms
ELA Vocab
8th Grade Skills
Parts of Speech
8th Grade
100

Get here when?

When you can.

100

words that mean the same as another are called 

What is synonym?

100

How the reader feels about what they've read

What is mood?

100

A person, place, thing, or idea

Noun

100

An author's reason or intent for writing

Author's Purpose

200

What is Jeopardy if not _________

What is love persevering?

200

Vibe or feeling a word brings up versus its literal meaning

What is connotation?

200

Identify the gerund

Lacey turned off her phone and shut the door so she could focus on studying.

Studying

200

This describes a noun

Adjective

200

When something happens because something else happened. _________ and ________

Cause and Effect

300

You say something that I don't like. What do you need to do for yourself?

What is love yourself.

300

Words in a sentence that look like verbs but are not, and act as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs

Verbals

300

Is the following sentence active or passive?

Every two weeks, my body armor drinks are delivered by Amazon.

Passive

300

Describes a verb

adverb

300

Name a crucial part of a paragraph 

Topic Sentence

Claim

Evidence

Elaboration

400

You ask Mr. Horton something he doesn't know the answer to or doesn't want to answer. What does he say in reply?

Look man, I just work here.

400

The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence

Inference

400

Where should the - go in the following sentence? (right the two words it goes between)

The American flag has three colors red, white, and blue  

colors-red

400

Name the three types of verbals

Gerund, Participle, Infinitive 

400

the feelings that the author create or their attitude towards a subject.

What is tone?

500

You fail the ELA Milestone, where is Mr. Horton gonna see you next year?

Summer School or 8th grade next year!

500

What compares or contrasts things by putting two things together? (_____ is to _____ as _______ is to ______)

Analogy

500

Name all the points of views

First Person, Second Person, Third Person

500

A Gerund always ends in what?

-ING

500

Name the elements of narrative writing

Dialogue

Sensory Details

Characterization

Plot

Conflict