Let's Review for the English Language Arts TNREADY Test! (8th Grade)

Question 1

What would your purpose be for writing a letter to the mayor about a new law?

Accepted Answer

to persuade

Question 2

A scene that interrupts the normal sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time

Accepted Answer

flashback

Question 3

When Barry Bonds retired, he holds the all time records for home runs and walks.

Accepted Answer

Change holds to held.

Question 4

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. Ex., woke up on the wrong side of bed.

Accepted Answer

idiom

Question 5

Identify the figurative language. The Marlins missed the mark to reach the milestone.

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 6

What is the turning point in any story?

Accepted Answer

climax

Question 7

What is the moral or central message of any story?

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 8

This point of view covers all characters and their feelings in a story.

Accepted Answer

third person omniscient

Question 9

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as. Ex., she was like a summer breeze

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 10

A comparison without using like or as is called a metaphor.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) is called imagery.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art is called allusion

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

What point of view is always used when giving instructions?

Accepted Answer

second person

Question 14

How do you determine the point of view of any story?

Accepted Answer

By focusing on the narration only.

Question 15

What type of figurative language purposely exaggerates?

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 16

A retelling of the most important parts of what was read maintaining logic and order. NO OPINIONS

Accepted Answer

summary

Question 17

If an author was writing an article about a disease, what would their purpose most likely be?

Accepted Answer

to inform

Question 18

The Track team brought its best athletes to the Regional meet.

Accepted Answer

Correct.

Question 19

Identify the literary device. California is drying up like the Midwest in the Dust Bowl.

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 20

Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We"

Accepted Answer

1st person POV

Question 21

Important details in a story that support the main idea are called key details.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Many TV series use this literary device to move from one episode to another.

Accepted Answer

foreshadowing

Question 23

refers to the main subject of discussion in the literary work, usually consisting of one word

Accepted Answer

topic

Question 24

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Accepted Answer

irony

Question 25

When a writer uses ... to remove words from a passage without affecting meaning, it is called?

Accepted Answer

ellipses

Question 26

Sequence of events in a story is called plot.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

how the information within a written text is organized

Accepted Answer

text structure

Question 28

In a story, the protagonist must overcome ________ to find resolution.

Accepted Answer

conflicts

Question 29

to form (an opinion) from evidence : to reach (a conclusion) based on known facts

Accepted Answer

infer

Question 30

Identify the figurative language. The alarm screamed at the first sign of fire.

Accepted Answer

personification

Let's Review for the English Language Arts TNREADY Test! (8th Grade)

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Let's Review for the English Language Arts TNREADY Test! (8th Grade)

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