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ELA8 Priority Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Central Idea | an author’s main or primary message about a topic in nonfiction text |
| Theme | the life lesson or moral to be learned from a work of prose or poetry |
| Cite | to give credit to the original source of information or ideas you use in your work |
| Textual Evidence | refers to specific details, quotes, or information from a text that you use to support your ideas, arguments, or interpretations. |
| Plot | the structure of a story; includes the exposition (beginning), rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution |
| Character Development | the process by which a character in a story changes, grows, or evolves |
| Points of View | refers to the way in which a story is told |
| First Person | The narrator is a character in the story, using pronouns like "I" or "we." |
| Second Person | The narrator addresses the reader directly using "you." |
| Third-Person Objective | The narrator only describes what can be seen or heard; without knowing what the characters are thinking or feeling. |
| Third-Person Limited | The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. |
| Third-Person Omniscient | The narrator knows the thoughts of feelings of more than one character in the story. |
| Suspense | a feeling of excitement, tension, or uncertainty |
| Dramatic Irony | when the audience or reader knows something important that the characters in the story do not. |
| Verbal Irony | when a person says something but means the opposite; sarcasm |
| Context Clues | clues that help the reader identify the meaning of unknown words |
| Connotation | An emotional connection to a word |
| Denotation | the literal (dictionary) definition of a word |
| Active Voice | the subject of the sentence is performing the action of the verb |
| Passive Voice | when the subject of a sentence receives the action of the verb rather than performing the action |
| Parallel Structure | Two or more words, phrases, or clauses that are similar in length and grammatical form |
| Fragment | an incomplete sentence that is missing either its subject or its main verb |
| Run-on Sentence | made up of two or more independent clauses that are not joined correctly or should be made into separate sentences |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | the subject and the verb of a sentence agree in number with each other |
| Writing Process | the steps in planning a piece of writing (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) |
| Sequence | the logical progression of events in a story |
| Mood | the feeling created in the reader by a piece of writing |
| Tone | the writer’s attitude toward his audience and subject |
| Claim | the argument that a writer presents and aims to support with evidence |
| Credible | the quality of being trustworthy and factual, especially concerning information from diverse media sources |
| Style | the characteristic way in which an author conceives of and expresses ideas through language |
| Informative/explanatory writing | nonfiction writing in which the author explains, defines, or interprets ideas, events, or processes |
| Transitions | words, phrases, or sentences that connect ideas, such as sentences, paragraphs, or sections of an essay |
| Paraphrasing | restating information in one’s own words |
| Plagiarism | the practice of falsely representing the work of another writer as one’s own |
| Perspective | a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view |
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LindsayNoteboom
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