Steven Shuchat, Principal




 

 

COMMON VOCABULARY WORDS
taken from 8th grade state tests
 
      SOCIAL STUDIES
  • bar graph
  • line graph
  • pictograph
  • pie chart
  • primary
  • conclusion
  • advantage
  • purpose
  • systematic
  • factor
  • major
  • undesirable
  • associated
  • economic
  • concept
  • significant
  • describe
  • illustrate
  • explain
  • state
  • effect
  • affect
  • analyze
  • introduction
  • paragraph
  • essay
  • point of view
  • historical documents
  • source of document
  • support with relevant facts, examples, details
  • additional related information
  • compare/contrast
  • evaluate
  • synthesize
  • political
  • social
  • culture
  • Venn diagram
  • primary source
  • opinion

     TECHNOLOGY
  • tension
  • compression
  • isometric
  • insulation
  • fluid
  • dimension
  • alternative
  • prototype
  • resources
  • elasticity
  • plasticity
  • opaqueness
  • translucence
  • fatigue
  • brainstorming
  • ergonomics
  • symmetrical
  • scale drawing
  • aerodynamic
  • efficient
  • trust
  • drag
  • system
  • open-loop
  • closed-loop

 


     SCIENCE

  • identify
  • list
  • similarity
  • difference
  • define
  • safety
  • laboratory
  • experiment
  • compare
  • contrast
  • Dichotomous Key
  • classify
  • density
  • mass
  • volume
  • area
  • motion
  • measurement
  • observation
  • inference

 

 

       ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
   
  • describe
  • explain
  • influence
  • spelling
  • grammar
  • punctuation
  • discuss
  • compare
  • contrast
  • essay
  • interpretation

 

  • infer
  • inference
  • imply
  • cause/effect
  • dialogue
  • literature
  • point of view
  • response
  • respond
  • paraphrase
  • expository

     ART

  • medium (noun)
  • perspective
  • organic
  • geometric
  • asymmetrical/symmetrical
  • scale (as in, "drawn to scale)
  • vertical
  • horizontal
  • kinetic
  • contour
  • collage
  • transparent
  • translucent
  • opaque

     MUSIC

  • repetition
  • contrast
  • tempo
  • dynamics
  • timbre
  • variation
  • theme
  • notation/notate
  • form
  • expression
  • contour
  • phrase
  • introduction
  • arrangement
  • folk song
  • improvisation/improvise
  • prefixes like: "penta-", "mono-", "poly-"
       

     MATH

  • prime
  • pattern
  • explain
  • congruent
  • trapezoid
  • angle
  • supplementary
  • proportion
  • equilateral
  • estimate
  • rectangle
  • equations
  • variables
  • perimeters
  • graph
  • approximately
  • strategy
  • polygon
  • mean
  • intersection
  • profit
  • probability
  • maximum
  • properties
  • integers
  • quadrilateral
  • right circular cylinder
  • box and whisker plot
  • circle graph
  • congruent figures
  • complementary angles
  • coordinate grid
  • cylinder
  • discount
  • equation
  • expression
  • function
  • histogram
  • stem-and-leaf diagram
  • supplementary angles


 

  • reflection
  • plot
  • venn diagram
  • coordinate grid
  • parallel
  • angle of elevation
  • total area
  • square inches
  • vertices
  • axis
  • discount
  • angle of elevation
  • bar graph
  • base and height
  • interpret
  • intersection
  • interval
  • line plots
  • median
  • mode
  • outlier
  • pentagon
  • parallelogram
  • probability
  • plot
  • polygon
  • profit
  • pyramid
  • range
  • ration
  • reciprocal
  • reflection
  • scale
  • simply
  • slopes
  • trapezoid
  • variables
  • vertices