8th Grade ELA Vocabulary 2019-2020

The process by which the writer shows the character's personality through speech, actions, and appearance.

• Direct Characterization

• Dynamic Character

• Indirect Characterization

• Static Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

• Tone

• Inference

• Personification

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Indirect Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• Inference

• Central Idea

• Logos

• Bias

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A comparison of two unlike things that are not meant to be literal.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An expression that takes on a figurative meaning when certain words are combined which is different from the literal definition of the individual words.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The underlying message. In other words, what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story, or poem?

• Central Idea

• Bias

• Theme

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The most important throught of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.

• Central Idea

• Theme

• Connotation

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The literal or primary meaning of a word. The dictionary definition.

• Inference

• Connotation

• Bias

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3