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Grade 8 Opinion Writing
The opposite or opposing position on my argument. It goes against what I am arguing.
  1. counterclaim
  2. claim
  3. support
  4. evidence
Grade 8 Opinion Writing
Why is it helpful to move around while giving a speech?
  1. It helps move your speech and ideas forward.
  2. It keeps people from staring at you for long.
  3. It increases the number of breaths you take.
  4. It reduces stress and anxiety while speaking.
Grade 8 Opinion Writing
How can saying a tongue twister help you when preparing for a speech?
  1. It helps you relax and lose your nerves.
  2. It forces you to slow down and enunciate.
  3. It makes it easier to come up with words that sound good.
  4. It loosens your tongue so your mouth stays dry while you talk.
Grade 8 Opinion Writing
What can you do to make what you're saying more interesting?
  1. smile a lot
  2. stand as still as a statue
  3. change the inflection of your voice
  4. write your speech using tongue twisters
Grade 8 Conducting Research
The web site extension for a site developed by schools is
  1. .com
  2. .edu
  3. .org
  4. .gov
Grade 8 Opinion Writing
Using the same words over and over again
  1. parallel structure
  2. sentence structure
  3. repetition
  4. recognition
Grade 8 Opinion Writing
The overall feeling of a speech
  1. audience
  2. tone
  3. delivery
  4. purpose
Grade 8 Conducting Research
The web site extension for sites that are commercial is
  1. .com
  2. .edu
  3. .gov
  4. .org
Grade 8 Conducting Research
The web extension developed for government sites is
  1. .com
  2. .edu
  3. .org
  4. .gov
Grade 8 Opinion Writing CCSS: CCRA.W.1, W.8.1b
If you loved your class, you would bring your book everyday!


This is an example of ...
  1. Analogy
  2. Appeal to Reason
  3. Understatement
  4. Emotional Appeal
Grade 8 Conducting Research CCSS: CCRA.W.8, W.8.8
Which of the following is NOT an example of plagiarism?
  1. Using an author's exact wording without using quotation marks
  2. Buying and downloading a completed paper from the Internet to turn in for credit
  3. Copying and pasting text from a web pager without using quotation marks
  4. Paraphrasing (rewording) an author's idea with citation information
Grade 8 Writing
What is a topic?
  1. the main idea of a text
  2. supporting details in a text
  3. the central point of a text
  4. a broad idea repeated several times in a text
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