Eighth Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

This type of character does not change or develop over the course of a story.

• Static character

• Dynamic character

• Flat character

• Round character

This type of character changes or develops over the course of a story. These characters learn about themselves and are different at the end of the story.

• Static character

• Dynamic character

• Flat character

• Round character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story. This type of character has no backstory to tell us why he/she acts a certain way.

• Static character

• Dynamic character

• Flat character

• Round character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

This character is fully developed; the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background

• Static character

• Dynamic character

• Flat character

• Round character

What is characterization?

• A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.

• The main character in a story.

• The main character's opponent in a story. The character who is trying to stop the main character from achieving a goal.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is a protagonist?

• A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.

• The main character in a story.

• The main character's opponent in a story. The character who is trying to stop the main character from achieving a goal.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is an antagonist?

• A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.

• The main character in a story.

• The main character's opponent in a story. The character who is trying to stop the main character from achieving a goal.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which TWO of the following would be examples of figurative language?

• Noun

• Comma

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The repetition of initial consonant sounds. For example, she sells seashells by the seashore.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4