8th Grade ELA Key Terms

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Across
  1. 5. when a character wants something but something else gets in the way
  2. 8. a disadvantage or handicap
  3. 9. the quality of being amusing or comic
  4. 10. the central idea/message or ideas explored in the story
  5. 14. improving a piece of writing by making necessary changes to your arguments, evidence, analysis, etc.
  6. 15. a system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race implemented in South Africa
  7. 18. a form of literature that shares information about real people, real events, and histories.
  8. 20. when and where a story takes place
  9. 21. a genre in which people write about themselves about just a specific theme or period in the author’s life.
  10. 23. discrimination in favor of able-bodied people.
Down
  1. 1. a form of literature created from the author’s imagination
  2. 2. a genre in which the stories are based on imagined science and technology of the future.
  3. 3. detailed examination of evidence in support of a claim/argument
  4. 4. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work
  5. 6. the main argument in an essay
  6. 7. a group of lines that form different sections in a poem
  7. 8. writing an version of something that will need additional work
  8. 11. a type of literary device in essays in the form of quotations presented to persuade readers
  9. 12. making corrections to written work
  10. 13. an activity that involves thinking/discussing ideas
  11. 16. a genre includes books written with specific word choice, rhythm, and usually line-breaks rather than full sentences
  12. 17. a conversation between two or more people or characters
  13. 19. a type of fiction in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but has some characters that are made up
  14. 22. a genre that uses magic or other supernatural elements in the plot, theme, or setting.