8th GRADE ELA EOG TERMS

The purpose of details is to give the main idea _______________.

Give special importance to.

The narrator of a piece of poetry.

A statement of 'truth.'

Show how two things are different.

Example: Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.

Reveal definition.

Point of view where the author speaks directly to the audience.

The feeling created by the setting of a piece of literature.

Central Idea

Theme

Something that is not important to the story.

To figure out.

Show how two or more things are similar.

A scene in the novel set in a time earlier than the main story.

When two characters speak to one another in a piece of literature.

Not enough.

The main character of a piece of literature.

Example: BOOM!

Author's choice of words.

External Conflict

The author's attitude.

Example: The lightning danced across the sky.

A character that recounts the events of a novel.

Point of view that uses I, me, my, us, we

Example: As cute as a button.

Example: "While I pondered weak and weary."

Example: A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.

Convey Definition

Internal Conflict

Example: Seriously Funny

Example: It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing coats.

Sentences that support the main idea of a piece of literature.

Point of view that uses he, him, she, her, they, them.

The key to success is?

Conclude from evidence or reasoning.

The feeling created by the author's diction.

The reason an author writes a piece of literature.

Visually descriptive language.

Think carefully about.