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Vocabulary Word List for Tennessee Academic Vocabulary - 8th Grade Language Arts (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
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W)Writing process
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