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    The document provides an overview of strategies and concepts for 8th grade ELA vocabulary and genres that students should review for an upcoming assessment. It includes definitions and examples of different genres of writing, as well as techniques for making inferences, summarizing texts, identifying an author's purpose, understanding root words and literary devices. Poetry elements and components of fiction such as plot development and characterization are also outlined. Finally, specific reading strategies are presented to help interpret texts including using signal words, annotations, inferences and graphic organizers.

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    The document provides an overview of strategies and concepts for 8th grade ELA vocabulary and genres that students should review for an upcoming assessment. It includes definitions and examples of different genres of writing, as well as techniques for making inferences, summarizing texts, identifying an author's purpose, understanding root words and literary devices. Poetry elements and components of fiction such as plot development and characterization are also outlined. Finally, specific reading strategies are presented to help interpret texts including using signal words, annotations, inferences and graphic organizers.

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    The document provides an overview of strategies and concepts for 8th grade ELA vocabulary and genres that students should review for an upcoming assessment. It includes definitions and examples of different genres of writing, as well as techniques for making inferences, summarizing texts, identifying an author's purpose, understanding root words and literary devices. Poetry elements and components of fiction such as plot development and characterization are also outlined. Finally, specific reading strategies are presented to help interpret texts including using signal words, annotations, inferences and graphic organizers.

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    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
    8th Grade ELA Vocabulary and Strategies
    Use your Interactive ELA Notebook to study for DQA #3
    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
    8th Grade ELA Vocabulary and Strategies
    Use your Interactive ELA Notebook to study for DQA #3

    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

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