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Mr. Lundberg's ELA Midterm Review
Mr. Lundberg's ELA Midterm Review
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Welcome to my official 8th grade ELA midterm review!
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1
"Spongebob sauntered to the Salty Spitoon" is an example of...
Onomatopoeia
Personification
alliteration
simile
2
Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
A newspaper article written about an event afterwards
An interview with a public figure
A Wikipedia entry about a TV star
A biography about an historical figure
3
When reading literature, tone is most closely related to:
Mood
Main Idea
Theme
Author's purpose
4
Sensory details help us to experience the five senses: sight, sound, taste, hearing, and touch.
False
True
5
In the six signposts for close reading, "I remember" or I looked back on" indicates a(n)...
Words of the Wiser
Again and Again
Aha! Moment
Memory Moment
6
In the six traits of writing, sentence fluency is compared to the...
back
quads
feet
nose
7
"Bang," "Pow!" and "Zap!" are examples of...
Figures of speech
Figurative Language
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
8
In the six traits of writing, voice is compared to the...
colon
spleen
Liver
heart
9
In the six signposts for close reading, "Suddenly I realized" indicates a(n)...
Tough question
Contrast and Contradiction
Aha! Moment
Memory Moment
10
In the 5 stages of writing, publishing comes last.
False
True
11
Freytag's Pyramid indicates that most stories have a five-act structure.
False
True
12
"The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches..."
ABBA
Free verse poem
sonnet
ABAB
13
I am going to ROCK this midterm tomorrow!
False
True
14
In TAPF Pre-writing, the "T" stands for:
Task
Theme
Time
Topic
15
In the five stages of writing, this is the stage where peer editing usually occurs.
Publishing
Revising
Pre-writing
Editing
16
Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
An autobiography
Original song lyrics
A painting
All of these
17
A sonnet consists of...
3 tercets
three quatrains and a couplet
2 quatrains and a tercet
four quatrains and a solo line
18
Which of the following is NOT a secondary source?
A history textbook
An online review of the latest movie in theaters
A live TV interview
a research paper about a famous person
19
"The ballerina leapt like a gazelle across the stage" is an example of...
Simile
vivid imagery
Personification
Metaphor
20
When determining the main idea of an informational text, look for:
The ending
The thesis
What comes at the beginning
Repeated words and phrases
21
In TAPF Pre-writing, the "F" stands for...
Final draft
Format
Function
freedom
22
Freytag's Pyramid sometimes includes an extra act that indicates the true ending, known as...
Denouement
Endoscopy
Conclusion
Finito
23
"The sun smiled down upon the town" is an example of...
Alliteration
Figurative of speech
Metaphor
Personification
24
In The
Catcher in the Rye,
Holden is a reliable narrator because he objectively tells the story
False
True
25
The Catcher in the Rye is an example of a coming of age story, or bildungsroman.
False
True
