ELA 8

What is a tip about finding theme?

Is not just one word- should be a full statement

How to find poem themes?

Tone is connected to rhythm and word choice

How to find theme in biography?

Key events, challenges and achievements

Author tone- admiration or criticism

What should you analyze in advertisement or historical ads?

Whats being sold?

Persuasive techniques?- slogan, emotion

Look for ethos, pathos, logos

What is a simple predicate?

Verb that tells what the subject does

What is a complete predicate?

Verb + words that tells what the subjects does or is

What is a simple subject?

The main noun the sentence is about

What is a complete subject?

Simple subject + words that describe it

What is 1 POV?

The narrator is a character

“I” or “we”

What is 2 POV?

The narrator speaks directly to the reader using you

“You walk into a room”

What is 3 POV?

the narrator is outside the story

Uses “he”, “she”, “they”

What is omniscient POV?

the narrator know thought and feelings of all characters

What are the 6 types of conflict?

• Character vs Character

• Character vs Self

• Character vs Society

• Character vs Nature

• Character vs Technology

• Character vs Supernatrual

What is irony?

Opposite of what is expected to happen

What is an alliteration?

Repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in a series of words

What is imagery?

Descriptive language that appeals to senses

What is hyperbole?

An extreme exaggeration for emphasis or humor

What is personification?

Giving human traits to non-human things

What are interrogative sentences?

Sentences that ask a question and end with a question mark

What are imperative sentences?

Sentences that give a command, request, or instructions

What are declarative sentences?

State a fact or opinion

What are exclamatory sentences?

Sentences that express strong emotion or excitement

What is a clause?

Group of words with a subject and a verb

What is a simple sentence?

one independent and no dependent clause

What are compound sentences?

two or more independent clauses joined with but or and

What are complex sentences?

One independent and dependent clause- dependent clause starts with because, since, after

What are compound-complex sentences?

Two or more independent clauses and one dependent clause

What is an independent clause?

Clause that can make sense on its own as a complete sentence

What is a dependent clause?

needs an independent clause to make sense and can't stand alone

What is ethos and pathos?

Ethos is an appeal to credibility or ethics

Pathos is an appeal to emotions