8th ELA vocabulary review

a figure of speech that is contradictory such as "good grief" or "icy hot"

• opinion

• oxymoron

• subtitle

• allusion

protagonist

• the main character in a work of fiction

• use of words that imitate sounds

• the author provides hints that suggest future events in a story

• the unifying element of the story, the generic truth found in the story

ode

• a poem that is about one specific thing that you think is truly amazing and praiseworthy; it is lyrical in nature, but not very lengthy

• a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained

• components of a text that are not part of the main body that assists the reader and provides additional/further information

• favor for or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be undair

a statement that can be proven to be true

• factual claim

• protagonist

• autobiography

• alliteration

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• main idea

• oxymoron

• dialogue

• symbolism

the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry

• exposition

• alliteration

• rhyme scheme

• main idea

a text structure in which events are told in a specific order or steps

• subtitle

• compare/contrast

• sequential

• subjective

hyperbole

• great exaggeration used to make a point

• the main character in a work of fiction

• provides information about a graphic aid

• writing that explains or informs

falling action

• the unifying element of the story, the generic truth found in the story

• a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative

• the point in the plot where the story begins to come to a close

• a question that prompts or encourages the desired answer and/or outcome

point of view

• the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry

• the persepective from which a story is narrated

• a text structure in which one event brings about another

• the unifying element of the story, the generic truth found in the story