8th Grade ELA Academic Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. combining evidence and background knowledge to draw a logical conclusion
  2. 9. has no prefix or suffix; it's the most basic part of a word
  3. 10. set up in an orderly way
  4. 11. a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event
  5. 12. giving credit to evidence that is either quoted or paraphrased from a source
  6. 13. the end of an essay or paragraph that serves to summarize
  7. 16. the manner in which a story is narrated or depicted and who is telling the story
  8. 17. a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form
  9. 19. a conversation between characters in a poem, novel ,short story or play
  10. 20. using few sentences to give the most important information about something written or spoken
Down
  1. 1. a reliable text or form of media that is backed up with evidence
  2. 2. to make changes, correct mistakes, and to prepare the written piece to be published or used
  3. 4. to look at two or more things closely in order to see how they are different
  4. 5. the knowledge a person has based on what you already know in your head based on previous experiences
  5. 6. something that can be proven using the five senses
  6. 7. to repeat a word, phrase, or passage from another source
  7. 8. words or phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs
  8. 14. a statement that asserts something to be true
  9. 15. the act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person
  10. 18. to look at two or more things closely in order to see what is similar