8th Grade Q1 ELA Vocabulary

A time, place, or environment in which a story occurs

• setting

• annotation

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The main character in the story (often the good guy)

EX: Simba from the Lion King

• antagonist

• protagonist

• annotation

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

the opponent of the main character traditionally the "bad guy"

EX: Scar from the Lion King

• antagonist

• protagonist

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

critical or explanatory note added to a text

• annotation

• setting

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

having a lot of space inside/roomy

• vice versa

• wage

• capacious

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

very skilled or proficient at something

• vice versa

• adept

• capacious

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks

• wage

• banter

• vice versa

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

a fixed regular payment made by an employer to an employee

• vice versa

• capacious

• wage

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

in reverse order from the way something has been stated

• vice versa

• banter

• wage

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion

• languish

• memoir

• pang

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4