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Common Core Standard L.8.5 Questions

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

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Grade 8 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5

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In which sentence does the author use exaggeration to make a point about the food?
  1. The owners offer a menu of Italian food.
  2. They also know how to make a hearty red sauce.
  3. They also seem to lace everything with truckloads of garlic.
  4. The food and low prices bring the customers in the door.
Grade 8 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5
Read the sentences below.

Everyone was so happy when the bullies were expelled, but it was just icing on the cake when we found out that they had to repeat their eighth grade year! Serves them right.

What does the idiom ICING ON THE CAKE mean?
  1. A sweet substance used to cover a cake
  2. Something that makes a good situation even better
  3. A horrible piece of news
  4. Something that hurts someone else
Grade 8 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.7, CCRA.L.5, RL.8.7, L.8.5, L.8.5a
Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?
  1. A mother expects her children to do well in school and they make the honor roll.
  2. A man meets his long-lost son and the reader knows it, but he doesn't.
  3. A little girl can see the future and predicts a storm is going to come.
  4. A teacher tells her students they did well on a test, but actually they all failed.
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word is a positive connotation of "greedy"?
  1. moneygrubbing
  2. avaricious
  3. covetous
  4. curious

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