ELA Review - 8th Grade 2014-15 Round 2!

Question 1

Identify the adjective: We were pleasantly surprised when we heard the news on the radio.

Accepted Answer

pleasantly surprised

Question 2

If you are asked to distinguish between two things, you are supposed to...

Accepted Answer

point out the differences that make each thing special.

Question 3

Identify the figurative language: I had to wait forever.

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 4

Identify the mistake: Playing in snow on a winter day.

Accepted Answer

sentence fragment

Question 5

Authors generally employ a humorous ___ and light-hearted ____ throughout comedic stories.

Accepted Answer

tone, mood

Question 6

Identify the mistake: I saw a woman in the crowd who was crying.

Accepted Answer

misplaced modifier

Question 7

When considering the figurative meaning of a word, you are thinking about its...

Accepted Answer

non-literal meaning-- metaphoric, idiomatic, ironic meaning.

Question 8

Which types of essay must contain a clear thesis (factual topic statement) in the introduction.

Accepted Answer

TDA & Informative

Question 9

What type of literature do you analyze mainly for its evidence and explanation of a claim?

Accepted Answer

nonfiction: editorial

Question 10

Identify the figurative language: Stacking their luggage, the squad prepared to hit the road.

Accepted Answer

idiom

Question 11

If a homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another (e.g. sea, see), then a homograph is

Accepted Answer

a word that looks/is written exactly like another (bow, bow)

Question 12

When you are asked to find the central idea of a piece of text, you are considering the...

Accepted Answer

overall, unifying element that the author conveys.

Question 13

Which phrase best completes the sentence by using parallel form? ____ primarily speak English.

Accepted Answer

The Americans, British, and Canadians

Question 14

What is the literary term for a lesson or principle conveyed by a text?

Accepted Answer

moral

Question 15

Identify the figurative language: For as much as she lies, her nose should be growing.

Accepted Answer

allusion

Question 16

When the time comes, we will know what to do.

Accepted Answer

This is a complex sentence.

Question 17

A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and can stand alone is called a(n)...

Accepted Answer

independent clause

Question 18

A good summary must be objective and state the main events or ideas. Objective means...

Accepted Answer

factual and unbiased

Question 19

Identify the sound device: "say to the down-keepers,/ the sun-slappers,/ the self-soilers,"

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 20

Use proper pronoun-antecedent agreement: Does anybody remember __ lines for the play?

Accepted Answer

his or her

Question 21

"No pain, no gain" is an old adage she remembers while training for a competition.

Accepted Answer

Adage means a saying that states a truth believed over time.

Question 22

"[The man] was surprised... at the cold. ...[The dog] knew that this was no time for traveling"

Accepted Answer

This is in third person omniscient point of view.

Question 23

What type of literature do you analyze mainly for its plot, conflict and character development?

Accepted Answer

fiction

Question 24

The episode title Idiot Box, one of many SpongeBob episodes, would be written this way:

Accepted Answer

"Idiot Box" (in quotations)

Question 25

What type of literature do you analyze mainly for its figurative language and sound devices?

Accepted Answer

poetry

Question 26

Peter Slevin recently wrote a(n) ___ about Michelle Obama's life called Michelle Obama: A Life.

Accepted Answer

biography

Question 27

When considering the connotative meaning of a word, you are thinking about its...

Accepted Answer

associations, or the feelings attached to the word.

Question 28

When considering the denotative meaning of a word, you are thinking of its...

Accepted Answer

meaning as is in the dictionary.

Question 29

The runner didn't know that the course had been changed, so she missed an important turn.

Accepted Answer

This is a compound-complex sentence.

Question 30

The television series title Spongebob Squarepants would be written this way:

Accepted Answer

Spongebob Squarepants (italicized or underlined)

Question 31

and, but, so, for, nor, or, yet are all...

Accepted Answer

coordinating conjunctions

Question 32

What is the technical term for an author's position in an argumentative text?

Accepted Answer

claim

Question 33

Identify the narrator's point of view: "We left Iowa at dusk the next evening."

Accepted Answer

first person

Question 34

What type of literature do you analyze mainly for its factual content?

Accepted Answer

nonfiction

Question 35

Which type of fictional story has been passed orally through generations of people?

Accepted Answer

folktale

Question 36

Shooting stars are always there, even when you can't see them; so are the good things in life.

Accepted Answer

This is an example of an analogy.

Question 37

Which should be analyzed for its stage directions as well as plot, conflict, character, etc.?

Accepted Answer

drama

Question 38

Slender, thin, and scrawny have different connotations. Name the connotation of each word.

Accepted Answer

slender = positive; thin = neutral; scrawny = negative

Question 39

Identify the verb mood: I wish it were Friday.

Accepted Answer

subjunctive

Question 40

The antonym for an objective description would be...

Accepted Answer

a subjective description.

ELA Review - 8th Grade 2014-15 Round 2!

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ELA Review - 8th Grade 2014-15 Round 2!

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