8th Grade Reading STAAR Vocabulary

the main subject that is being discussed, the message, moral, or lesson of the story

• theme
• setting
• main idea
• detail

to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture, or appearance

• synthesize

• emphasize

• convey

• infer

to form an opinion from evidence, to reach a conclusion based on facts

• infer/inference
• analyze/analysis
• synthesize
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.9A

drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity

• idiom
• allusion
• simile
• analogies

an exaggerated statement

• hyperbole
• allusion
• symbol
• evaluate

a figure of speech that makes a reference to people, places, events, or literary works directly or by implying them

• simile
• allusion
• metaphor
• analogy

the action of following in order

• logical order
• plagiarism
• theme
• infer

to give special importance or prominence to something in speaking or writing

• formulate
• convey
• summarize
• emphasize

a smaller plot in a play, novel or short story that helps move the story along

• subplot
• plot
• climax
• resolution

arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

• setting
• theme
• fact
• opinion