BJHS 8th Grade Academic Vocabulary
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Words you need to know for the ELA STAAR test.
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Clark, Clark at Peet, Watson-Reading Enrichment 7, Watson-Reading Enrichment 6, Watson-Reading Enrichment 3, Watson-Reading Enrichment 2 (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Autobiography | a writer's account of his or her own life. In almost every case, it is told from the first-person point of view. |
| Biography | the true account of a person's life, written by another person |
| Drama | a form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience |
| Fiction | writing that tells an imaginary story. |
| Nonfiction | writing that tells about real people, places, and events |
| Narrative | Writing that reflects the writer's experiences, feelings, and personality |
| Poetry | a type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects |
| Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words Example: the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, |
| Assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within nonrhyming words. Example: It's had tacks in it |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as buzz, whisper, gargle, and murmur |
| Rhyme | the occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words, such as suite, heat, and complete |
| Allusion | a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature |
| Author | The person who wrote the piece of work. |
| Character | the people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a work of literature |
| Antagonist | force working against the protagonist |
| Protagonist | the main character in a story, play, or novel. |
| Dynamic Character | A character who undergoes important changes as a plot unfolds |
| Characterization | The way a writer creates and develops characters |
| Confilct | a struggle between opposing forces |
| External Conflict | When a character struggles against a force outside him- or herself |
| Denotation | A words dictionary definition |
| Connotation | the ideas and feelings associated with the word, as opposed to its dictionary definition |
| Dialogue | written conversation between two or more characters |
| Static Character | A character who remains the same throughout a story |
| Epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight |
| Flashback | an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time |
| Foreshadowing | when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect. |
| Idiom | an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words |
| Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common. |
| Mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader |
| Character Motivation | The reason why a character does the things her/she does |
| Personification | The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea |
| Plot | The series of events in a story |
| Exposition | The first stage of a typical plot which provides important background information and introduces the setting and the important characters |
| Rising Action | the stage of the plot that develops the conflict, or struggle |
| Point of View | the method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of nonfiction |
| First Person Point of View | Point of view where the narrator is a character in the story |
| Third Person Limited Point of View | Point of view where the narrator is not part of the story and narrator tells what only one character thinks, feels, and observes |
| Third Person Omniscient Point of View | Point of view where the narrator is not part of the story and the narrator sees into the minds of all the characters |
| Rhetorical Question | Questions that have such obvious answers that they do not require a reply. |
| Setting | the time and place of the action |
| Simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the word like or as. Example The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair; —Eve Merriam, "Simile: Willow and Ginkgo |
| Suspense | a feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by a reader. |
| Symbolism | When s a person, a place, an object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself |
| Theme | a message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader |
| Tone | expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject |
| Internal Conflict | Conflict that occurs within a character |
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