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Grade 8 Text Elements
Studies show that eating a lot of fast food can lead to behavior problems in the future.

This is an example of
  1. understatement.
  2. appeal to reason.
  3. cause and effect.
  4. compare and contrast.
Grade 8 Summarizing
Unlike paraphrase this means to explain the meaning of in an understandable way:
  1. interpret
  2. summarize
  3. paraphrase
  4. cajole
Grade 8 Story Elements CCSS: CCRA.R.3, RL.8.3
A                 is a struggle between opposing forces.
  1. theme
  2. symbolism
  3. conflict
  4. allusion
Grade 8 Figurative Language
Which of these is an example of situational irony?
  1. Johnsie keeping track of the ivy leaves.
  2. Sue telling Johnsie that her chances for recovery are ten to one (instead of one in ten, as the doctor actually told her).
  3. Mr. Behrman died without knowing he painted his masterpiece.
  4. Both Sue and Johnsie were artists.
Grade 8 Onomatopoeia
Identify the type of figurative language.

The duck quacked at the ground.
  1. personification
  2. hyperbole
  3. simile
  4. onomatopoeia
Grade 8 Story Elements
Events leading up to the climax.
  1. Inciting Incident
  2. Exposition
  3. Rising Action
  4. Climax
  5. Falling Action
  6. Conclusion
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