Figurative Language
ELA Vocab
8th Grade Skills
Parts of Speech
8th Grade Pop Culture
100

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using "like" or "as".

What is a Simile 

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

Who wrote "Perfect Chemistry"?

Who is Simone Elkeles?

200

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is compared to an object or action.

What is a Metaphor?

200

Having just enough, but not too much.

What is sufficient?

200

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

What is context clues 

200

This modifies a noun

What is adjective?

200

This dystopian young adult trilogy about a world where kids have to battle to the death against districts has been made into a movie in 2012.

What is "The Hunger Games"

300

Representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form.

What is Personification?

300

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

What is annotate?

300

What kind of writing is "trying to convince the reader of the validity of a certain position or argument"?

What is persuasive?

300

Used in place of a noun.

What is a pronoun?

300

Author of "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven"

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

400

Exaggerated statements or claims not to be taken literally.

What is Hyperbole?

400

Extremely bold or aggressive

What is audacity?

400

The purpose of analogies are 

What is to connect something difficult to understand to something most people understand 

400

A word that describes action or a state of being

What is a verb?

400

This is the number of Harry Potter movies

What is 8?

500

An indication that something will happen in the future.

What is foreshadowing?

500

What does rebuke mean?

What is an expression of sharp disapproval or criticism?

500

an idea that recurs in a work of art or literature. (The main idea)

What is Theme? 

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

Uses the metaphor 

'I was all alone with the love of my life
She's got glitter for skin '

in one of his songs.

Who is JVKE?