stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Test Prep Quiz Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Test Prep Quiz
Test Prep Quiz
36 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
1,853 plays
Literary Devices, Important Terms and things to know about the Test! NYS8thGrade
Flashcards
36 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
36
Answers
1
What is the best score you can receive on a short answer?
10
4
100
2
2
What is an effect?
the manner in which the story was written
a little thing that adds to the story.
the change that is a result or consequence of the cause
the force that makes something happen
3
What is a character?
What makes the story happen
The result of what happens
A person in the story
Where the story takes place
4
What is style?
the author's unique way of writing
the page length
the characters in the story
the central topic of the story
5
What is a narrator?
how the story make you feel
how the story develops
Who tells the story
the way in which the events of a story happen
6
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.
Exaggeration for effect
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
How we learn about characters
7
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
to think about what will happen
the central topic
To find the similarities and differences between two things
the reason for writing a story
8
What is setting?
how the reader feels
how the story is written
the problem of the story
The place where the story takes place
9
What is a metaphor?
Comparing to unlike things using like or as
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
Exaggerating for effect
Simile's best friend
10
Which of these is not hyperbole?
School is like a prison
I have a ton of homework!
The Cheetos are flaming hot!
My dog weighs like 50 billion pounds.
11
What is a cause?
What makes something happen
The central topic of the story.
The result.
The purpose of the story.
12
What is symbolism?
When an object is used to represent a deeper meaning.
How the story is written. How it "sounds"
Where the story takes place
A memory from the past
13
What is foreshadowing?
When the story hints that something is going to happen
Who is involved in the story
What is true and what is something people believe
What happened in the past
14
What is the average word count for passages on the 8th Grade ELA Exam?
100-200
300-500
900-1000
1200-1400
15
What is theme?
The author's main point or lesson
the central idea
something we can guess
the use of words or phrases in a non-literal way
16
What is point of view?
the meaning of the story
what is likely to happen next in the story
the view from which the story is narrated
where the story takes place
17
Which of the following is a simile?
Kindness smells like lilacs on a warm summer day
Stop and smell the roses
I have a ton of HW tonight
Tommy's hair is a lion's mane
18
How much time do you to complete each day of the test?
3 periods
90 minutes
As much as you need
3 hours
19
What is a fact? What is an opinion?
The language in the story. The images in the story.
Something true. Something people believe.
The present. The past.
The little things. The big things.
20
What is tone?
something many people believe
the author's expressed attitude or feeling
how the reader feels while reading
what will happen
21
On the 1st day of the state test how many multiple choice questions will you answer?
42
35
49
28
22
How many days is the NYS 8th Grade ELA Exam?
1
2
4
3
23
What is the best score you can receive on an extended response?
10
2
100
4
24
What is author's purpose?
How the story is written
who tells the story
things that are true and things that are beliefs
The reason the author writes the story
25
What is the main idea?
the problem in the story
the ending
the big point of the story
what happened in the story
26
If you are absent on the day of the test what happens?
You do not have to retake it
Mr. Drouin drives to your house
You take it on the make up days
You get a detention
27
What is an inference
How the story ends
What we cannot conclude
Something we can conclude based off of evidence
What happens in the story
28
What is plot?
an object represents something greater than itself
the main events of a novel; beginning, middle, and end
the problem of the story
the main character
29
What days will the test be given?
April 12 & 13
April 10 & 11
April 10, 11 & 12
April 3 & 4
30
What is conflict in a story?
something we can conclude
The main problem of the story
The solution
little things that add to the story
31
What is dramatic irony?
When the audience knows more than the characters
When the opposite of what is expected occurs
A play that ends on a cliffhanger
Sarcasm
32
What is the antagonist/protagonist?
what creates something
how the reader feels
the results of something
the major character/the person against the major character
33
On day 2 of the state test how many short answer questions will you write?
7
11
5
3
34
What is mood?
the lesson of the story
the authors manner of expression
the perspective of the story
how the text makes the reader feel
35
What is summary?
a memory
little things that add to the story
an account of the main points of the story
what will happen in the future
36
On day 2 of the state test how many extended response questions will you write?
1
2
4
3
