8th Grade ELA Vocabulary

8.1-8.2

100

Cite

What is 

1.  Quote as evidence 

200

Textual Evidence 

What is evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and/or assertions about the text itself

300

Infer/Inference 

1.  a conclusion derived from logical reasoning following an investigation of available evidence

400

Explicit 

1. stated clearly and directly, leaving no room for confusion or interpretation 

500

Theme 

1. the moral or message the author is trying to convey 

8.2-8.3

100

1. the sequence of events in a story, play, movie, etc.

Plot

200

Setting

1. the time and place of the action in a book, play, story, etc.

300

Analyze 

to critically examine the components of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole

400

Central idea

1.  the unifying concept within an informational text to which other elements and ideas relate

500

Dialogue 

1. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.

8.4, Fig Lang, L4, L5

100

Personification

giving inanimate objects and non humans, human capabilities 

200

Tone

Tone - the attitude an author takes toward the subject or topic of a text, generally revealed 

300

Allusion

1. an indirect reference to a person, place, object, literary work, historical event, etc. from an external context

400

Imagery 

1. visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

500

Extended Metaphor 

1. a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as over time 

8.5-8.6

100

Refine 

1. to make clearer 

200

Key Concept 

1. an important concept or idea in a text 

300

Humor

1. he quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.

400

Perspective 

1.  an attitude toward or outlook on something

500

Irony

1. a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.

8.6-8.8

100

Argument

1.  value statement(s) supported by evidence whose purpose is to persuade or explain

200

Claim

an assertion(s) of the truth of something, often a value statement; generally, an author uses evidence to support the assertion of truth

300

Author's Purpose

1.  the reason for a particular action or creation (e.g., literary work or speech); the reason for which something exists (e.g., to persuade, to inform, to express, and/or to entertain)

400

1. a narrator’s, writer’s, or speaker’s position with regard to the events of a narrative; one’s stance on events or information given his/her orientation (physically and/or mentally) to the events or information; the vantage point from which one relates the events of a story or makes an argument

Point-of-View

500

Delineate

to describe something precisely