8th ELA Vocab (fiction & nonfiction)

the opposing view on the author's position is also referred to as the...

• Controlling idea

• claim

• author's purpose

• counterclaim

Reorder the following: What are the steps you must follow when taking a test?

• Annotate for important components of the text

• "break down" each question

• Read the text for comprehension

• Go back into the text to find text evidence

• Answer the questions using text evidence

The author's position on a topic is called a __________.

Another name for "main idea" is​ ​ (a)  

• controlling idea
• counterclaim
• central message

Match the following

• resolution

• How the story ends, all things are resolved

• exposition

• The turning point for the main character

• conflict or inciting incidence

• Where the characters and setting are introduced

• Rising action

• Where most of the story takes place, before the climax

• Climax

• The "problem" or "issue" that needs to be resolved in the text

When you are writing an argumentative essay, you must provide _______ in order to prove your claim

• Evidence

• theme

• Author's purpose

• main idea

How to write a summary for a non-fiction text: ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• controlling idea/claim
• supporting detail
• character
• conflict
• resolution

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TEK 8.6D (Summary)

How to write a summary for a fiction text: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• character
• conflict
• resolution
• ​ ​ supporting detail
• Main idea
• controlling idea

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TEK 8.6D

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

• flashback

• foreshadow

• climax

• conflict

People, animals or other beings that take part in the story's action are referred to as