2nd Quarter 8th Grade Review Vocabulary

What is a distraction?

• diversion

• deteriorate

• disorganization

• diagnosis

What is a flashback?

• explains reasons why something happened

• Barking up the wrong tree

• statement one is trying to prove

• to remember something from the past

Which word means to communicate, to let someone know something?

• curiosity

• convey

• cooperation

• congratulate

What is a word that means a slanted writing style?

• • infringement

• • inquiry

• italics

• • infrared

Which word means the message, the lesson the author wants you to learn, or moral?

• • transient

• tone

• theme

• thesis

Which word means the same?

• similar

• • section

• • sincerity

• simmer

Which word can mean key idea or main idea?

• • conceive

• central thought

• • courageous

• • chandelier

Which word means to come to an end or finish?

• crumbled

• concerned

• chatter

• conclude

When the author is trying to get you to do something, the author's purpose is?

• to explain

• to entertain

• to inform

• to persuade

When the author wants you to visualize, experience something or to know how something works, their purpose is?

• to persuade

• to describe

• to entertain

• to inform