8th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. opinion, perspective, position; the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told
  2. 7. the pattern of events of a literary work, which includes: an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
  3. 9. to break into smaller components for the purpose of study or examination
  4. 10. important word or phrases
  5. 12. similarities between like features of two things on which a comparison may be made
  6. 13. to decide the value or worth after study
  7. 15. a logical assumption based on observed facts from the text and one’s own knowledge and/or experience
  8. 16. to incite or stimulate to action
  9. 17. disagreeing
Down
  1. 1. language that contains or uses figures of speech (e.g., simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idioms)
  2. 2. where the story takes place
  3. 3. the author's, character's, or narrator's attitude toward a subject
  4. 4. facts or information used as support for whether a belief or proposition is true or valid
  5. 6. the part of a text that surrounds a particular word, or phrase used by a reader to create meaning
  6. 7. a restatement of the source text in about the same number of words
  7. 8. the arrangement of and relationship between the parts or elements
  8. 11. a reference made to something that is not directly mentioned
  9. 14. proof; facts or information used as support for whether a belief or proposition is true or valid