Word List Tennessee Academic Vocabulary – 8th Grade Language Arts 29 words

Tennessee Academic Vocabulary – 8th Grade Language Arts Vocabulary Word List (29)

• A

  allusion (define concept with simple illustrations), antecedent* (pronoun/antecedent agreement)

• B

  bias

• C

  clincher sentence, coherent order, composition structure (structural patterns in composition), cross-reference

• D

  debate, derivation, dramatization

• E

  elaboration (supportive details)

• F

  facilitator (role identification/groups)

• G

  gerund and gerund phrase

• H

• I

  infer from unstated assumptions

• J

  jargon

• K

• L

  logic (inductive/deductive reasoning)

• M

  mnemonic device

• N

• O

  oral language techniques (inflection enunciation rate and pitch)

• P

  participial phrase and participles, persuasive writing techniques, preface

• Q

• R

  reliability

• S

  sensory detail, shades of meaning, synthesize/analyze

• T

  tension, thesis statement

• U

• V

• W

  writing process

• X

• Y

• Z