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English ~ 8th Grade
Words for English 2017-2018
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Predict | Make a logical assumption about future events |
| Anticipate | Look forward to, expect |
| Formulate | Make a statement, form an idea |
| Modify | Change |
| Revise | Correct, improve, or change |
| Virtuous | Moral; upright |
| Retribution | Punishment for wrongdoing |
| Unobtrusively | Without calling attention to oneself |
| Anguish | Great suffering from worry |
| Prodigy | An unusually talented person |
| Reputation | Widely-held opinion about a person, whether good or bad |
| Prefix | One or more syllables joined to the beginning of a word or root to forma new word |
| Plot | The sequence of events in a story |
| Exposition | Basic information about the characters and situation |
| Conflict | Struggle between opposing forces |
| Rising Action | Events that increase the tension |
| Climax | High point of a story, usually the point at which the eventual outcome will be revealed |
| Falling Action | Events that will follow the climax |
| Resolution | The final outcome |
| Make Predictions | Use the details in what you read to make logical, informed guesses about what will happen later in a story |
| Conflict | The struggle between two opposing forces |
| External Conflict | Occurs when a character struggles against another character, natural forces, or some aspect of society |
| Internal Conflict | A struggle between competing feelings, beliefs, needs, or desires within a single character |
| Innumerable | Too many to be counted |
| Preliminary | Introductory, prepatory |
| Descendants | Children, grandchildren, and continuing generations |
| Pretext | Reason or motive used to hide one's real intentions |
| Judicious | Showing sound judgement; wise and careful |
| Indulgent | Tolerant; not strict or critical |
| Narrative Structure | The form or pattern a story follows |
| Flashbacks | Scenes related to events that happened in the past |
| Foreshadowing | The author provides clues that hint at events to come |
| Affectionate | Loving |
| Scarce | Few in number, not common |
| Partition | An interior dividing wall |
| Studious | Devoted to learning |
| Decadent | Marked by decay or decline |
| Tantalized | Tormented by something just out of reach |
| Analyze | To study the parts of something |
| Intention | Purpose; goal |
| Establish | To show or prove |
| Determine | To figure out |
| Achieve | To succeed; to accomplish |
| Mood | Atmosphere, the overall feeling that a literary work creates for a reader |
| Sinister | Threatening harm or evil |
| Compliance | Agreement to a request |
| Tangible | Able to perceived by the senses |
| Serene | Not disturbed or troubled; calm |
| Luminous | Giving off lights shining; bright |
| Conceivably | In an imaginable or believable way |
| Author's Purpose | The reason he or she has for writing |
| Author's Style | His or her particular way of writing |
| Impaired | Made weaker or less useful |
| Rigorous | Very harsh or strict |
| Inexplicable | Not possible to explain |
| Celestial | Heavenly |
| Unequivocal | Clearly; plainly understood |
| Antithesis | Direct opposite |
| Paradoxes | Two things that seem directly at odds |
| Exploitaion | The act of using another person for selfish purposes |
| Fictional Narrative | Tells a story about imaginary characters and events |
| Nonfictional Narrative | Presents a story about real characters and events |
| Exertion | Energetic activity; effort |
| Manuver | Series of planned steps |
| Ascent | The act of climbing or rising |
| Descent | The act of climbing down |
| Sustain | Keep up |
| Diffused | Spread out widely in different directions |
| Narrative | Any type of writing that tells a story |
| Subplot | A secondary story line that adds a depth to the main plot |
| Character Traits | The qualities, attitudes, and values that a character possesses-such as dependability or intelligence |
| Character's Motives | The reasons for a character's actions. |
| Stated Theme | Is expressed directly by the author |
| Implied Theme | Is suggested, or stated indirectly through what happens to the characters |
| Universal Theme | A recurring theme, a message about life that is expressed regularly in many different cultures and time periods |
| First-Person P.O.V. | Presents the story from the perspective if a character in the story |
| Third-Person P.O.V. | Tells the story from the perspective of a narrator outside the story. |
| Omniscient | A narrator who knows everything that happens, and reveals what each character thinks and feel. |
| Conseuently | As a result |
| Respectively | In the order previously named |
| Evidently | Obviously, clearly |
| Dexterity | Skill using the hands or body |
| Affluence | Wealth; abundance |
| Radical | Favoring chance in the social structure |
| Degrading | Insulting, dishonorable |
| Comparison | Tells how two or more things are alike |
| Contrast | Tells how two or more things are different |
| Round Chcarcters | Complex, showing many different character traits |
| Flat Characters | One-sided, showing just a single trait |
| Distinctions | The noting differences between things |
| Refugees | People who flee from their homes in times of trouble |
| Melancholy | Sad; depressed |
| Acute | Sensitive; sharp |
| Distinctness | Clarity; awareness of detail |
| Ceased | Stopped |
| Derision | Contempt; ridicule |
Created by:
GabriellePowell
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