Download Bloom`s Taxonomy—Levels of Understanding

Language Arts 8 Vocabulary Words
Here is your set of vocabulary words for the year. You will have a weekly quiz on 9 randomly
selected words from this list. The score from this quiz will not go into the grade book.
However, you will chart your progress individually and we will chart the class average. After
several practice quizzes, you will have a test which will be graded. It is your job to study these
words on your own. See me if you need help! 
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Bloom’s Taxonomy—Levels of Understanding
Knowledge
The lowest level of understanding where you can only recall
or recognize information, ideas, etc.
Comprehension
Understanding the main idea and being able to put it into
your own words.
Application
Taking an idea or skill from one place and using or applying
it in another.
Analysis
Breaking down a concept or idea into its parts and showing
the relationship among the parts.
Synthesis
Bringing together different parts of concepts or ideas to form
a new understanding or new whole.
Evaluation
Making informed judgments about the value of ideas or
materials. Using criteria to support your opinions and views.
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Literary Terms—Short Story
Plot
The series of events (what happens) in a story.
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Exposition
The part of the story that sets the scene, identifies characters,
and establishes the beginning situation of a story or play.
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Inciting Incident
The incident (event) or moment that upsets the normal
situation and sets the rest of the story in motion.
10. Rising Action
The collection of events that lead up to the climax.
11. Climax
The turning point or highest point of action in a story.
12. Falling Action
Events after the climax that lead to the resolution.
13. Resolution
The end of a story.
14. Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces, such as between two
people (man vs. man), a person and something in nature (man
vs. nature) or society (man vs. society), or even between two
drives, impulses, or parts of the self (man vs. self).
The time and place of a story, poem or play.
15. Setting
16. Protagonist
The main character in a story (usually the good guy).
17. Antagonist
The character in opposition to or struggling with the
protagonist (usually the bad guy).
18. Round
A character that we know a lot about and that is fully
developed.
19. Flat
A character we do not know a lot about and who is not well
developed.
20. Dynamic
A character that changes throughout a story.
21. Static
A character that does not change throughout a story.
22. Point of View
The perspective a story is told from, as in first person, third
person, omniscient, etc.
23. Narrator
The person who tells the story.
24. First Person
The point of view where the narrator is telling the story
directly; uses “I” rather than “he” or “she”.
25. Third Person
The point of view where the narrator is not a character in the
story; uses “he” or “she” rather than “I”.
26. Omniscient
The point of view where the narrator is all knowing.
27. Theme
The point or message of a story.
28. Fiction
A type of writing that is untrue and made up.
29. Non-Fiction
A type of writing that is true.
30. Genre
A type, category, or division of literature like mystery,
romance, action, adventure, or science fiction.
Literary Terms--Poetry
31. Narrative Poetry
Poetry that tells a story.
32. Lyric Poetry
Poetry that expresses a poet’s personal thoughts, feelings, and
emotions in vivid language. It may resemble a song in form
or style (that’s why it’s called lyric, as in song lyrics).
33. Stanza
A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in an essay.
34. Couplet
A two-line stanza.
35. Repetition
Using the same or similar words, sounds, images, rhythms,
meters, etc. for effect.
36. Alliteration
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning
of words. EX: Show respect, responsibility, and restraint.
37. Assonance
The repetition or a pattern of similar vowel sounds
EX: After every evening event…. or as in the tongue twister
"Moses supposes his toeses are roses."
38. Consonance
The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the
ends of words, as in lost and past or confess and dismiss.
39. Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of the rhyme in a poem.
40. Free Verse
Poetry that has no set meter or pattern. It can be rhymed or
unrhymed.
41. Epic
A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure,
like the Iliad and Odyssey by the Greek writer Homer.
42. Sonnet
A poem that is 14 lines long with a particular rhyme scheme.
43. Haiku
A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five,
seven, and five syllables, often reflecting on some aspect of
nature.
44. Concrete Poem
A poem that forms a distinct shape on the page, which is
related to the subject of the poem. EX: A poem about
raindrops where the words fall down the page like drops of
rain.
45. Meter
The rhythmical pattern of a poem; the number of stresses or
beats in a line.
46. Foot
The smallest unit of rhythm in a poem.
Literary Terms—General
47. Figurative Language
The category of words or language that creates a mental
picture for the reader by going beyond the literal meaning of
words, as in metaphors, similes, and personification.
48. Literal
The actual or true meaning of a word or phrase. What is said
is what is meant.
49. Connotation
The emotional and imaginative association surrounding a
word; what you think of when you hear a word.
50. Denotation
The strict dictionary meaning of a word.
51. Symbolism
When something stands for or represents something else. EX:
night might represent death.
52. Simile
A figure of speech where two things are compared using the
word "like" or "as." EX: “Life is like a box of chocolates.”
53. Metaphor
A figure of speech where two things are compared by saying
one thing is the other. EX: “my love is a rose” NOT “my
love is like a rose.”
54. Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech where words are used to imitate sounds
like buzz, crash, hiss, cluck, splat.
55. Hyperbole
An exaggeration made for effect and should not be taken
literally. EX: “I’ve got a million things to do.”
56. Euphemism
A polite way of saying something, like “passed away” instead
of “croaked” or “died.”
57. Personification
Giving a non-human object human characteristics. EX: “the
sea was angry” or “the leaves danced”.
58. Irony
A situation or statement where there is a significant difference
between what is expected and what actually happens. EX: A
fire station burning down is an example of irony.
59. Flashback
An interruption of a story where a writer presents a scene that
happened in an earlier time.
60. Foreshadowing
When hints are given in a story about events that will happen
in the future.
61. Juxtaposition
The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions,
settings, phrases, or words side-by-side for the purpose of
comparison, contrast, or effect. EX: a picture of a Hummer
next to a tricycle could be juxtaposition.
Writing Terms
62. Narrative Writing
Writing that tells a story.
63. Expository Writing
Writing to explain.
64. Persuasive Writing
Writing to convince.
65. Content
In six trait writing, the trait that refers to the main idea of a
piece of writing, or what the writing is about.
66. Organization
In six trait writing, the trait that refers to the internal structure
of the writing; how it is put together.
67. Word Choice
In six trait writing, the trait that refers to the use of precise,
colorful and rich words to communicate.
68. Sentence Fluency
In six trait writing, the trait that refers to smoothly using
sentences of varying length and style.
69. Voice
In six trait writing, the trait that refers to the personality of the
author coming through in writing.
70. Conventions
In six trait writing, the trait that refers to the mechanical
correctness of the writing, including spelling, grammar, and
punctuation.
71. Thesis Statement
The sentence that expresses the main point, main idea, or
argument the author is trying to make in a piece of writing.
72. Paraphrase
To put something into your own words.
73. Plagiarism
Taking credit for someone else’s ideas or words; copying
someone else’s work without quoting it.
Grammar Terms
74. Noun
This part of speech is a person, place, thing or idea. EX: cat,
love, mom, freedom
75. Pronoun
This part of speech is used in place of a noun. EX: his, me,
they
76. Adjective
This part of speech modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun.
EX: beautiful
77. Verb
This part of speech expresses an action or state of being. EX:
run, jump, be, are.
78. Adverb
This part of speech modifies (describes) a verb, adjective, or
adverb. EX: quickly, fast, slowly, very
79. Preposition
This part of speech shows the relationship between a noun or
pronoun and some other word in a sentence. EX: on, above,
below, into
80. Conjunction
This part of speech joins words or groups of words. EX: and,
or, but, nor
81. Interjection
This part of speech is a word that expresses strong emotion.
EX: wow, bang, darn.
82. Synonym
Two words that mean basically the same thing, like pretty and
beautiful.
83. Homonym
Words that sound the same but mean different things, like to,
two, and too or hear and here.
84. Antonym
Words that have opposite meanings, like hot and cold or soft
and hard.
85. Run-On Sentence
Two or more sentences run together and incorrectly
punctuated as one.
86. Sentence Fragment
A group of words that is punctuated as if it were a complete
sentence, but lacking a subject, verb, or complete thought.
Reading Terms
87. Infer or Inference
An educated guess based on information in the text and your
prior knowledge.
88. Prediction
An educated guess specifically about what will happen in the
future or a later point in a story.
89. Author’s Purpose
The author’s reason for writing a particular piece of text.