8th Grade ELA
ELA Vocab
8th Grade Skills
TKAM
Random Trivia
100

When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective

What is First Person

100

A direct comparison to something that DOES NOT USE like or as.  

Metaphor 

100

The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence

What is inference

100

Jem's real name 

Who is Jeremy Atticus Finch?

100

****DAILY DOUBLE *****

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

When a narrator uses "he, she, they, their," the story is written in _____ person. 

Third (3rd) Person Point of View

200

What the text is mostly about is known as the _______ ________ of the text. 

Central Idea

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 is the small town where the novel is set.

What is Maycomb, Alabama?

200

The largest ocean on Earth

What is the Pacific Ocean?

300

Formal or Informal Language?

I think...I believe...really, really,...so, so much

Informal

300

Verbal Irony

Sarcasm; saying opposite of what is intended

300
The meaning of the prefix "bio-"

What is life?

300

The reason why Tom Robinson’s arm is important in the trial

What is his left arm is useless, making it unlikely he could have committed the attack?

300

The Mona Lisa was painted by this artist

What is Leonardo Da Vinci?

400

A comparison that uses like or as.  

Simile 

400

What is the difference between objective and subjective?

Objective is unbiased without personal opinions while Subjective has a bias/includes personal views.

400

This text structure shows events in the order they happen

What is chronological order?

400

This symbol in the novel represents innocence harmed by evil.

What is the mockingbird?

400

The hardest natural substance on Earth.

What is the diamond?

500

The message or lesson that can apply to you/me

What is theme?

500

When a character has a struggle against nature, like a storm or wild animal, what type of conflict is this

What is Man vs. Nature/ Character vs. Nature

500

A word beginning with “anti-,” means

What is against or the opposite?

500

Atticus tells Scout that you never really understand a person until you do this.

Hint: Chapter 3

What is “climb into their skin and walk around in it”?

500

The value of π (pi) rounded to three decimal places?

3.142 

3.14159....... (rounded)

600

What does the word ominous mean in the following sentence?

'Who knows what will happen', he said in an ominous tone

something "bad" will occur

600

****DAILY DOUBLE *****

A reference to something with historical, cultural, literary, or political importance.

Allusion 

600

*********Daily Double*****************


Define noun, pronoun, proper noun, adjective, verb, and adverb

Answers vary.

600

The reasons Scout gets in trouble on the first day of school

What is for knowing how to read and for trying to explain Walter Cunningham’s situation?

600

This country invented paper

What is China?