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8th Grade English Language Arts Vocabulary Words for Unit #1
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A verb is:
A thesis statement that can be understood by the audience.
a phrase to describe an action, state or occurrence.
A conclusion of an essay.
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.
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An example of a "character" of the MARVEL series is:
Black Panther
Naruto
The Noun
Pikachu
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What is evidence?
Knowledge on which to base a belief & supports your claim.
Knowledge that is extra and not necessary.
Knowledge that makes people laugh when they read.
Knowledge on which the author relies to make a simple story.
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What is a conflict in literature?
When you are happy with yourself!
When the characters are angry.
The problem in any life situation.
The problem in any piece of literature.
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What are two types of conflict?
All of them are correct
Internal and external
External and conclusive
Internal and Analytical
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How can you show a reflection in a story?
Thinking about the future.
Using the narrator's thoughts on what is being narrated.
Thinking about what will be next in the story.
Using the characters to be funny in the story.
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Some examples of transition words are:
In contrast, similarly, furthermore, and consequently.
Beautiful, lovely, and extravagant.
Theme, main idea, and supporting details.
Likewise, tomorrow, yesterday, and this morning.
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What is falling action?
All the action that leads to the climax.
The series of conflicts that lead to the climax.
All the action which follows the climax.
All the actions that you read in a story.
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Some examples of Literary Elements are:
Point of View, Setting and Character.
Language arts, vocabulary, and narrative.
Princess, prince and beast.
Analogy, simile, and essay.
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What are some examples of figurative language?
Alliteration, idiom, simile, and metaphor.
Lovely, greatly, and clearly.
Hyperbole, personification, hugs, and kisses.
Personification, beautiful, and faster.
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An adverb function is to:
understand what it is being said.
qualify what you are saying to see if it is right.
modify or qualify an adjective, verb, or other adverb.
change the way things function.
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What are some key words that you can use when you are describing something?
In addition, furthermore, moreover.
Nonetheless, furthermore, in conclusion.
Although, significant, marvelous.
For example, looks like, tastes like, feels like.
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Resolution is:
A very funny cartoon.
The end of the story.
The middle of the story.
The beginning of the story.
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What is the Point of View?
It is the conclusion of a story.
When the narrator narrates a story.
It is the opinion that all the plants have.
When the characters reveal personal thoughts & feelings.
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What is rising action?
All the figurative language words.
Conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax.
Conflicts and crisis that follow that climax.
All of the action that fallows the climax.
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What does the setting provide:
The comparisons between bad and good.
The analogies.
The characters.
The time and place of a specific scene. Also the mood!
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The definition of Characterization is:
The process in which the reader shows who the character is.
The process in which it is discovered who is the bad person
The process in which the character knows who he is.
Process in which the writer reveals the personality of chara
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What is a synonym of Dialogue?
Conversation
Conflict
Dance
Fight
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A pronoun is:
a place where you can stay.
a word that serves as an adjetive.
is a word that takes the place of a noun.
a words that takes place of a verb.
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What is pacing?
It is how slowly the story unfolds.
It is how quickly the story unfolds.
It is when your heart beats really fast.
It is when you walk and check your pace.
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A good summary is:
In the author's words, long and clear.
In your own words, long and easy to read.
In your own words, short, clear, and easy to read.
All the answers are correct.
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I should cite all my sources to avoid:
Corrections
Getting a wrong answer.
Summary
Plagiarism
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What is the effective use of transition words?
To move the verbs from one story to the next.
Move your topic from 1 idea to the next using precise vacab
To have something nice to read about.
To move the nouns from one page to the other.
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The definition of phrases is:
The reference to an article to avoid plagiarism.
A group or words that express a concept & is used as a unit.
A group of adjectives that describe things.
All the elements that the authors use to write a sad story.
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What is the theme?
It is the general idea or insight about a broad topic.
It is the general idea of one sentence.
It is the general idea of a paragraph.
It is the general idea of a book.
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An introduction is:
The first paragraph in your essay & contains the conclusion
The first paragraph in your essay & contains last detail.
The first paragraph in your essay & contains the thesis.
The last paragraph of your essay & contains the thesis.
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The characteristics of a Narrative are:
A story created in a constrictive format.
Describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events.
A work of writing, speech, poetry, prose, theater, or song.
All of the answers are correct!
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Sensory Language is:
Language that used figurative language.
What the readers use to be able to understand the story.
What the authors use to describe things.
Language that appeals to the reader's five senses.
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What does it mean to analyze?
To break down information so it can be difficult to read.
Break down a topic into parts and find how each other relate
To break down the text so it can be better.
To separate pieces so it is not boring
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Why do writers need figures of speech?
To help with the images that the readers already know.
To help create a clear image in the reader's mind.
All of the answers are correct!
To help use the senses so readers can understand.
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A conclusion is:
The last paragraph of your essay and includes the adverbs.
The first paragraph of your essay and includes the thesis.
The body paragraph that describes your ideas.
The last paragraph of your essay & reviews your main points.
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An adjective is:
A word naming an attribute to describe a noun.
A person that is described.
A phrase to complete the noun.
A place that can be be added to a sentence.
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The definition of Plot is:
Built a house of wood.
Built a house of straw
A chain of events that make up a good story.
Built a house of brick.
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A noun is:
a word used to identify people, places or things.
A sentence to identify where you are going.
A word to identify only places.
A sentence to identify only things.
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What is the definition of research?
It is a way to not be bore.
A way to discover how to be funny.
A way to make things more exciting.
It is a search for facts, answers to questions and solutions
