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PSSA ELA REVIEW- 8th GRADE
What is theme?
Ballad, haiku, ode, and sonnet are all forms of...
PSSA ELA REVIEW- 8th GRADE
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Ballad, haiku, ode, and sonnet are all forms of...
fiction
rhyming
non-fiction
poetry
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What is theme?
topic
main idea
central message
central idea
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It is important to write this before you start writing your essay?
pen
a book to read
an outline
paper
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Bandwagon appeal, generalizations, stereotyping, loaded language, author's bias are types of
persuasive techniques
incorrect techniques
prejudice techniques
informational techniques
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When you summarize, you...
Look for important information.
Take all the important information and put in own words.
Explain the beginning and ending.
Explain the main idea.
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What are the 5 parts of a plot mountain?
rising action, climax, falling action, exposition
exposition, rising action, falling action, climax,conclusion
exposition,rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion
exposition,rising action,falling action, conclusion
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Research, surveys, statistics, anecdotes, direct quotes are all examples of...
things used in a play
evidence used in persuasive writing
short stories
narrative writing tools
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What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
One compares using "like" and the other does not
One uses "similar to" and the other does not
Both look for differences
Both compare similar things
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Historical fiction is
happened in the past with all real events
based on the present, with all made up events
based on the past with real and made up events
a funny story about Mrs. Fortune
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An essay requires how many paragraphs?
5
10
3
1
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Headings, subheadings, charts, captions, tables, are all examples of
main idea
graphics
text features
text structure
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The tone of a poem is about how the
Audience's feelings
Character's feelings
Author's feelings
mom's feelings
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Which are the four types of writing?
narrative, questioning, drama, singing
narrative, informational, explanatory, argument
narrative, fiction, non-fiction
narrative, explain to me because I don't know
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Personification, symbolism, metaphors, and similes are all examples of
both literary devices and figurative language
figurative language
literary devices
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Which is an example of a theme?
Love
Love one another.
Love can be painful but worth it.
Family
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Biography, essay, speech, interview, textbook, are all examples of...
autobiographies
non-fiction
reality TV
fiction
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What does text-dependent question/prompt mean?
The answer depends on the text.
The answer is no where in the text.
The answers depends on your head.
The answer is your opinion.
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Setting, characters, problem, solution, all have to do with...
plot mountain
poetry
science
narrative
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First person, third person, the speaker, all have to do with...
point of view
reading
writing
perspective
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The word compound means...
two separate things coming together
two things separating
one big thing
pounding on the desk
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Chronological, problem-solution, compare-contrast, question-answer, are all examples of...
figurative language
literary devices
fiction
text structure
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What am I looking for when a question asks, "What is the author's purpose?"
the main idea
lesson of the text
the reason an author wrote something
theme
