8th Grade ELA
ELA Vocab
8th Grade Skills
Parts of Speech
8th Grade Writing
100
What is SUSPENSE?
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
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
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 (...)
200
There are two ways to give credit to the author when using text evidence. Name one of those two ways!
1. Parenthetical Citation (Author's Last Name and Page Number)
EX: For example, "An average of 20% of people prefer owning a cat to a dog" (Brown 24).
2. Introduce the quote by saying the author's name.
EX: According to Henry Brown, author of best selling book Dogs vs. Cats, "An average of 20% of people prefer owning a cat to a dog."
200
The type of irony that includes sarcasm, or means saying the opposite of what is meant.
Verbal Irony
200
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
200
This describes a noun
What is adjective?
200
You are given roughly 60 minutes on the writing prompt. What should you do in the first few minutes before you begin writing your essay?
Make a plan! If it's a narrative determine your beginning, middle, end, characters, and setting. What text will you incorporate?
If it's argument or informative decide what your 5 paragrahs will cover. Intro has thesis, have 3 body paragraphs with text evidence, and conclusion paragraph.
300
What is dramatic irony?
When we as the reader or viewer know more than the characters in the story/ show/ play know.
300
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
300
When providing a parenthetical citation (author's last name and page number), where does the end punctuation ALWAYS go if it is a period?
AFTER the parentheses.
For example, "An average of 20% of people prefer owning a cat to a dog" (Brown 24).
300
This part of speech modifies a noun and gives info about where or when
What is a preposition?
300
You are given roughly 60 minutes on the writing prompt. What should you do in the LAST few minutes before you turn in your essay?
READ OVER YOUR ENTIRE ESSAY! Look for errors in spelling, captialization, and punctuation.
400
A comparison that uses like or as.
Simile
400
When the opposite of what we expect occurs, what type of irony do we have? For exampe, the fire house burns down in the middle of the night.
Situation Irony
400
What is the role of the conclusion paragraph?
Restates what the entire essay covered; leaves the reader with a final thought.
400
A word that describes action or a state of being
What is a verb?
400
Name at least 3 transition words.
For example, however, additionally, so, in addition, first, lastly, etc.
500
I will go to the house.
Infinitive or Prepositional Phrase?
Prep Phrase!
An infinitive is to plus a verb!
500
A direct comparison to something that DOES NOT USE like or as.
Metaphor
500
What three things do we need in an introduction paragraph?
Hook, Author and title, Thesis/claim
500
Which VERB MOOD describes a hypothetical, a wish, a hope, a suggestion, or a regret?
Interrogative, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive, Conditional
Subjuntive
I wish I had a million dollars.
500
What type of writing does the following prompt ask for? What will be the structure of your essay?
Argument Essay
Five Paragraphs: Intro Paragraph with Thesis, Body 1, Body 2, Counterclaim Paragraph, and Concluding Paragraph
600
Dancing is fun.
Gerund, participle, or inifinitive?
Gerund (functioning as the subject of the sentence)
600
A. Combine
600
What are the six things you need in a body paragraph?
Topic Sentence, 2 pieces of evidence, 2 reasonings, and a tie-in/conclusion sentence.
600
What verb mood is being used in this sentence?
If I were you, I would proofread the essay.
Interrogative, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive, Conditional
Conditional
600
What type of writing is required from this prompt? What must you include?
Narrative
Dialogue, Details, Descriptions, Vivid Verbs, Sensory Details
700
The bouncing clowns made the children laugh.
Gerund, Participle, or Infinitive?
Participle (used like an adjective)
700
Which sentence contains punctuation to indicate omitted words?
Option C
700
Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
The ball was kicked by the child.
Passive. To change to active we would say the following:
The child kicked the ball.
700
Be and Bring. Both give a COMMAND!
700
What type of writing will you do for this prompt? What will be the structure?
Explanatory/ Informational Writing
5 Paragraph Essay
This will be just like our argument essays, but will not include a counterclaim paragraph. Instead, the third body paragraph will be another paragraph that includes examples and text evidence to prove your thesis/ assertion.