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8th Grade 1st Quarter Vocab Games and Flashcards
Prractice for 1st Quarter Vocabulary Final
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| Preposition | A ______________ is a word that relates a noun or a pronoun following it to another word. Examples: is, on, over, among, between |
| Conjunction | A ____________ is a word that connects words or a group of words. Examples: and, but, or |
| Interjection | An _______________ is a word that expresses feeling or emotion and functions independently of a sentence. Examples: Wow! Oh! |
| Prediction | A ___________ is a reader's guess or forecast about what is going to happen in a story. |
| Inference | An _____________ is a judgement based on reasoning rather than on direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances. |
| Theme | A __________ theme is the central message, concern, or purpose in a litarary work. |
| Characterization | ________________ ia the act of developing a character. Authors create characters by what a character says, what is said about the characters, and how a character interacts with other characters. |
| Exposition | The ____________ is the introduction of a story's setting, characters and basic situation. |
| conflict | One of the most important elements of a story, __________________ is a struggle between opposing forces. |
| Rising Action | The ____________ _____________ is made up of the introduction of the story's conflict and the events which lead up to the high point of the story. |
| High Point | The ______ _________ is the decisive moment in a story. This is the turning point of the story which determines the outcome of the conflict. |
| Falling Action | The ________ ________ is the series of events which take place after the high point. The ________ ______ of a drama leads to the story's resolution. |
| Resolution | The ______________ of a story is the story's ending. The _______________ explains how a story's conflicts are or are not resolved. |
| Abasement | to be demoted; lowered in rank |
| bifurcate | to divide; separate |
| coruscate | sparkle; glitter; dazzle |
| dogmatic | stubborn; unwilling to change |
| expedient | fast or easy way to do something |
| felicity | great happiness |
| geriatrics | medical treatment for the elderly |
| heresy | To speak out against the accepted beliefs of a culture |
| "ped" | foot |
| "man", "manu" | hand |
| "spec" | see, look |
| "dict" | speak |
| "ject" | throw |
| "sect" | cut, separate |
| "port" | carry |
| "graph" | writing |
| "scrib", "script" | write |
| "cred" | believe |
| "jur", "jus", "jud" | law, justice |
| "ben", "Bene", "bon" | good, well |
| "mal", "male" | bad, abnormal |
| "bio" | life |
| "vit", "viv" | live, life |
| "flect, "Flex" | bend |
| "frail", "fract", "frag" | break, shatter |
| "e-", "ex-" | out, out of |
| "in" | inside, into |
| "non" | not |
| "il-", "im-", "in-", "ir-" | not |
| "pro-" | for |
| "retro-" | back |
| "an-", "anti-" | against |
| "ab-" | away |
| "ad-" | to, toward |
| "de-" | down |
| "dif-", "dis-" | apart, away |
| "equ-", "equi" | equal, same |
| "hemi-", "semi-" | half, halfway |
| "cent-", "centi-" | hundred |
| "dec-", "deca-" | ten |
| "penta-" | five |
| "oct-" | eight |
| "sol-", "soli" | one, only, alone |
| "multi-" | many |
| "auto-" | self |
| "micro-" | tiny, very small |
| "mega-" | large, great |
| "dys" | difficult, bad |
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