8th Grade ELA
Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
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 person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
Who was Frederick Douglass?
What is the term for the lesson of a story that can be applied to anyone, anywhere?
theme
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
Explain what the author's tone is.
the attitude of the author toward the subject and/or characters of a story
and, but, or
conjunction
What was the name of the era in between the end of slavery and before the Civil Rights Movement? It is known as a period of racial segregation.
Jim Crow
Who gave the speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
Frederick Douglass
What is a synonym for the word annoy?
What is it called when you are presenting the opposing side's argument?
counterargument
A word that describes action or a state of being
What is a verb?
What did Frederick Douglass do that was forbidden?
He learned to read
The author of "The Monkey's Paw"
W.W. Jacobs
What type of figurative language is the phrase "she spilled the beans?"
Idiom
These are the words around a difficult word that will help the reader determine the meaning of the unknown word or phrase.
What are context clues
This is a description word that modifies a noun
What is adjective?
Who refused to give up her seat on the bus, sparking a bus boycott?
Rosa Parks
What genre is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
horror or short story
Two words that mean the opposite of one another are...
antonyms
What is the most important part of an introduction paragraph?
The thesis statement
What part of speech is the word fabulously in this phrase?
"Ms. Crook is dressed fabulously."
adverb
What is the name of the woman who is famous for helping slaves escape through the underground railroad? She went by the nickname "Moses"
Harriet Tubman