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8th Grade Eng Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antonyms | a word that means the opposite of another word |
| Author's purpose persuade | The writer is trying to talk you into something. (advertisement) |
| Author's purpose inform | The writer is trying to give you new information or teach you something. (textbook) |
| Author's purpose entertain | The writer made up a story to entertain you. (some novels & short stories) |
| Chronological Order | To put in the order of when the events took place. |
| Details | Important information that supports the main idea |
| Fiction | A story that is false; not real. |
| Flashback | Interruption of a plot to go back in time and tell about something that has already happened. |
| Imagery | Words that create a picture for you. |
| Inferences | Information that can not be found in the passage - you have to use your own knowledge and story clues to figure it out. |
| Main Idea | What a passage or story is mostly about. |
| Plot | The events of a story. |
| Prefixes | Letters attched to the beginning of a root word that alters the meaning of the root word |
| Setting | The place and time in which the story happens- where and when. |
| Suffixes | Letters added to the end of a word. |
| Synonyms | Words that have similar or the same meanings. |
| Theme | A message or lesson in a story |
| Contrast | To tell how two ideas are different |
| Dialogue | spoken conversations between two or more characters |
| First person point of view | a character tells his or her own story - using words like I, me, we |
| Foreshadowing | author gives clues of what will happen in the future. |
| Irony | A weird coincidence in a story. |
| Third person limited point of view | When the story is told by a narrator outside the story |
| Non-fiction | a story that is real; true. |
| Root word | The smaller base part of a word |
| Third person omniscient point of view | When the story is told by a narrator outside the story |
| Protagonist | The main character who the story is mostly about. |
| Antagonist | The character fighting against the hero. They can be destructive |
| Flat Character | a character that is not well-developed. Only one or two traits |
| Round Character | a character that is complex and has many sides |
| Direct Characterization | the author describes a character straight out |
| Indirect Characterization | the author reveals a character through speech and actions |
| External Conflict | a struggle between a character and an outside force |
| Internal Conflict | takes place within a character's mind |
| Exposition | Introduces the setting, characters and the main conflict. |
| Climax | is the turning point or most exciting part of the story |
| Resolution | the conclusion of a story |
| Exaggeration | the describing of something and making it more than it really is. |
| Noun | Person, place or thing |
| Pronoun | replaces a noun (instead of "Sally" - use "She") |
| Adjective | Describes a noun or pronoun |
| Verb | An action word (think, jump, sleep) |
| Simile | Making a comparison between two or more things using like or as. |
| Metaphor | Making a direct comparison between two or more things not using like or as. Sometimes using words like is or was. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of sound in a line of literature. |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. |
| Onomatopoeia | A word whose sound reflects its meaning. |
| Hyperbole | Using exaggeration to make a point. |
| Idioms | Are phrases which people use in everyday lanugage which do not make sense literally but we understand what they mean. |
Created by:
mrsgohl
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