ELA EOG Vocabulary Review 8th

Arranged in order of time

Building of the action; problem or conflict builds

The way people speak in certain locations and cultures

The big picture of a story, text or passage

An author writes a story about their own life; true story

Drawing conclusions; reading between the lines

Highest point of conflict; turning point in a story

Character that has lots of details; they change and develop throughout the story

Character with common traits, sometimes based off stereotypes, found in several stories

Person, place, thing, or idea

Put into your own words

Short version summary

A formal discussion of opposing viewpoints.

Main character tells the story; uses I, we, my

Real stories or informational text

Giving human qualities to inanimate objects

A response you want from readers

A personal view

Something that can be proven true

A short statement usually one sentence that summarizes the main point using evidence/examples

Who is telling the story (main character, narrator)

The character that is against the main character

Describes a noun

Addressing the opposing argument

An author or character says something, but means something else

Words that connect independent clauses or sentences together

Language that describes or use figures of speech

Narrator tells the story and knows all the characters; uses they, he, she

Comparison without using like or as

All loose ends of the conflict are tied up

Storyline; series of events

Narrator tells the story; focuses on one character; uses he, she, they

To suggest without saying it exactly

Clues of what will happen next

Beginning of the story

Comparison in which relationship must be figured out; i.e. (sugar:candy::flour_____)

Visually descriptive or figurative language

A reason behind a thought, action,or event

Fortune; predetermined; declaration of what must be

Comparison using like or as

Usually a one-sided opinion; lacks neutral point of view

Usually refers to repetition of consonant sounds in stressed tables

A, an, the

Similar to an autobiography, but doesn't tell about all the events of a person's life; themes

A reference within a work to something famous in a story i.e. work of art, literature

Lists similarities or likeness

An account of someone's life written by someone else

Modify nouns, verbs, or adjectives

Ending

An expression or saying with a meaning that is unpredictable

Description of character; qualities

Action word

To convince or get someone to believe something

Proof or major reason to support your idea

Universal, underlying message

Something that can be used to represent something else (i.e dove)

Educated guess

Describes a verb

What actually happens is not what is expected to happen

Descriptive words; lots of details

The paragraphs where your main ideas are supported

Literary technique where the full effect of a character's words or actions are not fully known

The end; closing

Is the result of a thought, action or event

Reason why an author writes

The reader knows something about the character situation that the character doesn't know

The reader's feelings; reader feels this way because of the author's tone

Distinctive way an author writes

A nonfiction text about a specific topic who did not experience the event i.e. newspaper

Fake/made up stories

The character central to the action of the story

A process of reasoning: series of reasons

Author's attitude of time

Narrator addresses the audience; uses you

Lists differences