2023 8th Grade ELA - Unit 1 Exam Review

Which type of detail would you use to speed up the moment?

Which of the following is NOT a type of sensory detail?

Which characters in "Going Solo" did NOT share any dialogue?

What is the purpose of these details? ... it was springtime and the sky a milky-blue and the air just pleasantly warm.

What quality did Kaitlyn's school encourage in debate?

Which of the following is true about central idea?

What is the mood created with this quote?

Which personal narrative involves a new military recruit heading into World War II?

Which of these are not one of the 3 ways to add detail to your writing?

What is useful to revealing theme?

What is the corporal's tone: "You bring it (the plane) all the way from ruddy Egypt to this godforsaken place!?"

The topic for the main theme in "My Mother's Garden" is...

This means paying close attention to the choices that writers make and thinking about why they made those choices.

The following is an example of what? Amy learned to take pride in her Chinese heritage after an embarrassing meal.

How would you describe the personality traits of the Corporal (first) and David Cook (second)?

Which of the following writing techniques is NOT an example of Vivid Details?

Which of the follow was not a setting of the story "My Mother's Garden" by Kaitlyn Greenidge?

The following is an example of what? To teach a lesson, kindness can be more powerful than punishment.

Within which perspective did Amy learn to appreciate her mother's lesson?

Which of the following describes 2nd-Person Point of View?

Which of the following refers to describing, without explicitly stating, an emotion in one's writing?

These decribe actions perfectly. They can capture the image, emotion, and impact of the action.

"Crash, bang, wallop!" This would be an example of what?

This is quote is an example of what?

In which scene did the author of "Fish Cheeks" slow down the narrative to show greatest detail?

Which of the following sentences is TELLING, rather than SHOWING emotion?

What is the author's tone in this quote?

Which word means to write exclusively about one moment or idea in order to fully develop it?

Who does Dahl describe as "warm-hearted and brave and generous, and ...we becoame close friends"?

I saw planes with pieces of metal flying off their fuselages. I saw the bright-red flashes coming from the wings"