8th Grade ELA Terms Part 1

The unifying concept within an informational text to which other elements and ideas relate. The main point of an informational text.

• central idea

• theme

• setting

• supporting detail

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

Evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and/or assertions about the text itself

• textual evidence

• dialogue

• quotes

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

A conclusion that you come to by evaluating the evidence and details that have been presented

• inference

• quote

• textual evidence

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

The universal truth, lesson, or moral about life that a text presents

• theme

• central idea

• drama

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

A brief account of a text’s central or main points, themes, or ideas that is free of bias, prejudice, and personal opinion and does not incorporate outside information

• objective summary

• opinion

• claim

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The sequence of events in a story, play, movie, etc.

• plot

• conflict

• setting

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.W.8.3A

The time and place of the action in a book, play, story, etc.

• setting

• conflict

• plot

• character

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

The conversation in a text that takes place between characters

• dialogue

• direct quote

• thoughts

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.3B

The attitude an author takes toward the subject or topic of a text, generally revealed through word choice, perspective, or point of view

• tone

• mood

• dialogue

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The feeling the reader gets when reading a text

• tone

• mood

• dialogue

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4