8th Grade ELA Key Terms

5. when a character wants something but something else gets in the way
8. a disadvantage or handicap
9. the quality of being amusing or comic
10. the central idea/message or ideas explored in the story
14. improving a piece of writing by making necessary changes to your arguments, evidence, analysis, etc.
15. a system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race implemented in South Africa
18. a form of literature that shares information about real people, real events, and histories.
20. when and where a story takes place
21. a genre in which people write about themselves about just a specific theme or period in the author’s life.
23. discrimination in favor of able-bodied people.

1. a form of literature created from the author’s imagination
2. a genre in which the stories are based on imagined science and technology of the future.
3. detailed examination of evidence in support of a claim/argument
4. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work
6. the main argument in an essay
7. a group of lines that form different sections in a poem
8. writing an version of something that will need additional work
11. a type of literary device in essays in the form of quotations presented to persuade readers
12. making corrections to written work
13. an activity that involves thinking/discussing ideas
16. a genre includes books written with specific word choice, rhythm, and usually line-breaks rather than full sentences
17. a conversation between two or more people or characters
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
22. a genre that uses magic or other supernatural elements in the plot, theme, or setting.