8th Grade ELA Terms to Know Vocabulary quiz

The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables is known as:

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The components of a story or article that are not the main body of the text, including the table of contents, index, glossary, headings, bold words, sidebars, pictures and captions and labeled diagrams are called:

• Text Features

• Text Structures

• Rhetorical Appeals

• Narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Writing about objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our five physical senses is known as:

• Imagery

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The reason an author has for writing a text and engaging their audience; these reasons often overlap (e.g., persuade, inform, entertain) is called:

• Author's Purpose

• Central Idea

• Theme

• Perspective

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

The underlying message or big idea of a talk, book, film or other work is known as:

• Theme

• Narrative

• Text Structure

• Paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Language characterized by figures of speech (e.g., metaphor, symbolism) is called:

• Figurative Language

• Expository

• Narrative

• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people is known as:

• Rhetoric

• Paraphrase

• Narrative

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A coherent series of reasons, statements or facts intended to support or establish a point of view is called:

• Argument

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Representing a thing or idea as a person in art, literature is known as:

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To study or examine something in detail in order to discover more about it is to:

• Analyze

• Infer

• Evaluate

• Paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D