8th Grade ELA Terms Part 1

Front

What is an individual in a text called?

Back

character

Front

What is the term for the beginning of a text when the reader is introduced to the characters, setting, and basic conflict?

Back

exposition

Front

What do we call the time and place of the action in a book, play, story, etc.?

Back

setting

Front

What is the unifying concept within an informational text to which other elements and ideas relate?

Back

central idea

Front

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

Back

textual evidence

Front

What is the term for the main character in a story?

Back

protagonist

Front

What do we call a character that opposes the main character?

Back

antagonist

Front

What is the term for the sequence of events in a story?

Back

plot

Front

What is the term for the underlying message or lesson in a literary work?

Back

theme

Front

What do we call the perspective from which a story is told?

Back

point of view