Monday, March 9, 2015

8th Grade Week of March 9

WEEKLY  ELA   LESSONS





ELA

Due Tuesday: Finish short answer classwork. New York Progress 140-145 be sure to use the R.A.P method to complete the short answers.


1.explanatory:  serving to clarify or account for.
2.mood:  in grammar, a kind of verb inflection that indicates the way in which the speaker intends an utterance to be understood, whether as a wish or supposition, a demand, or a fact; mode.
3. irony:  a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. __________ is often used as a literary technique, especially to produce humor or pathos.
4.perspective: the ability to perceive the relationships between aspects of a subject and to evaluate their relative importance.
5.tone: the pitch, accent, or stress of a word, group of words, or speaking voice, especially as an expressive quality.
6. humor: the ability to express, perceive, or understand what is funny or amusing.
7.analyze: to separate into parts for close scrutiny; examine.