8th ELAR Vocab 1

allegory

• a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms

• polite

• eager to learn

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

character witness

• eager to learn

• a person who testifies in court as to the moral character

• polite

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

connotative

• feelings a word invokes

• polite

• eager to learn

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

dialogue

• conversation between two or more people

• dictionary meaning of a word

• polite

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

drama

• a love story

• a story involving conflict

• an informational passage

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

explicit

• fully or clearly expressed

• in hiding

• eagerness

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

figurative

• illogical

• understated

• of nature or involving a figure of speech

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Film noir

• a motion picture with an often grim setting

• a diary

• a comic book

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

flashback

• a glimpse into the future

• a memory from the past shown in the present

• a camera flash

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Genre

• a class or category of artistic endeavor

• general statement

• motion picture

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D