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Eighth Grade ELA EOG

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  • struggle between opposing forces
    conflict
  • central message not usually stated but implied; a message about life or human nature conveyed by a work of literature
    theme
  • information that can be checked to see if it is true
    a fact
  • dictionary definition of a word
    denotation
  • word with strong emotion behind them (either positive or negative)
    loaded words
  • a conversation between two or more characters
    dialogue
  • giving human qualities to something that is not human (Ex: The sun smiled down on us.)
    personification
  • person who tells a story
    narrator
  • writing that tells about real people, places, and events
    nonfiction
  • repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Ex. the "big, bad bear")
    alliteration
  • type of writing in which the author presents a point of view and tries to persuade the reader to do or believe something
    editorial
  • literature that is a work of imaginative narration, especially prose
    fiction
  • language not to be taken literally (Ex: My heart is broken.)
    figurative language
  • true story of a person’s life written by someone other than that person
    biography
  • sequence of events in a story
    plot
  • quality or trait
    characteristic
  • the use of clues to prepare the reader for future development in a work of literature
    foreshadowing
  • attitude or feeling that the writer takes toward the reader or subject
    tone
  • the time and place a work of literature happens
    the setting
  • to combine and reduce information into what is most important
    to summarize
  • the focus statement of an essay which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based upon
    thesis
  • Name a strategy that helps YOU do well on tests.
    answers vary
  • to express something in different words, often making it easier to understand
    paraphrase
  • a minor character in a story or play who serves to bring about a change in the main character
    antagonist
  • feelings associated with a word
    connotation
  • to draw conclusions about what you have seen or read
    to infer; inferring
  • the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning (Ex: buzz, hiss, beep, bang)
    onomatopoeia
  • the perspective from which the author presents a story or idea
    point of view
  • personal and largely unreasoned judgment either for or against a person, position, or thing; a prejudice
    bias
  • group of lines forming a unit in a poem
    stanza
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