8th Grade ELA Vocabulary and Strategies

Use your Interactive ELA Notebook to study for DQA #3

Genres
Non-fiction
Fiction
Drama
Poetry
Persuasive
Expository/Informational

Inference
What you know + What the text says = Inference
Stated inference (words directly from the text)
Implied inference (a conclusion drawn by making a strong prediction about what the text states)

Expository/Informational Text
Captions
Text Structure
Compare/Contrast
Problem/Solution
Descriptive
Sequence
Chronological
Cause/Effect

Summary
What, Who, Where, When, Why, How (G.I.S.T)
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Beginning, Middle, End
Whole Summary
Paragraph Summary
Line Summary

Author’s Purpose
P.I.E.E. - Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain
Perspective
Point of View
Theme
Central message

Root Words
Prefix
Suffix
Base word
Latin root

Author’s Craft/Literary Techniques

Word Choice
Sensory Language
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Figurative Language
Imagery
Claim
Fact
Opinion
Perspective
Premise
Assertion
Rhetorical Question

Poetry
Lines
Stanza
Repetition
Theme
Alliteration
Symbolism
Rhyme (internal and external)
Rhyme Scheme
Rhythm
Meter
Simile
Imagery
Sensory Language
Metaphor
Extended Metaphor

Fiction
Plot Development
Exposition
Conflict
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

Characterization
Character Traits (qualities)
FASTR - Feelings, Actions, Sayings, Thoughts, Relationships
Character Motives
Character Conflict (internal, external)
Protagonist
Antagonist
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So What Strategies Can Readers Use to Interpret the Texts?

Title - Predictions, Main Idea of text

Text Evidence
MTT- Mark the text
Key words
Inside, Outside, Outside (vocabulary)
Signposts (word gaps, numbers and statistics, contrasts and contradictions, quote
words, absolute and extreme language)
Process of Elimination (POE)
Dictionary
Tally System - Self Monitoring Strategy
Inferences
Inside-outside-outside
Writing In The Margin
Signal Words
Summary - BME and Whole, Part, Sentence
S.N.O.T.S (Small notes on the side)
Q.E.G. - Question Exploration Guide (critical thinking about a question)
Concept Comparison (synthesis, make connections)
Double Bubble Thinking Map (synthesis, make connections)
TGPRSITE (mnemonic) - Tim’s Grandmother Picked Red Strawberries in the Evening