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Grade 8 Story Elements
The attitude of the author towards his writing is called
  1. tone.
  2. conflict.
  3. plot.
  4. mood.
Grade 8 Story Elements
What is the problem or struggle in a story called?
  1. theme
  2. protagonist
  3. mood
  4. conflict
Grade 8 Alliteration
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
  1. The sun glistened, turning the lake into a pot of honey.
  2. The pond is beautiful.
  3. The pond was as cold as ice.
  4. The sun shone on the smooth surface of the pond.
Grade 8 Figurative Language
He was as blind as a bat. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
  1. metaphor
  2. simile
  3. personification
  4. hyperbole
Grade 8 Figurative Language
"A picture paints a thousand words" is an example of which figurative language device?
  1. simile
  2. idiom
  3. metaphor
  4. hyperbole
Grade 8 Summarizing CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.8.2

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Restating a passage or idea in your own words:
  1. paraphrasing
  2. contradicting
  3. empathizing
  4. restrategizing
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 Point of View
Which sentence is written using first person point of view?
  1. I left school early.
  2. You left school early.
  3. Tom left school early.
Grade 8 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
Becoming familiar with a reading selection before you begin to read is which active reading strategy?
  1. predicting
  2. monitoring
  3. inferencing
  4. previewing
Grade 8 Metaphor CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5

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"The road was a ribbon of moonlight," is an example of which of these literary techniques?
  1. oxymoron
  2. personification
  3. inference
  4. metaphor
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