stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Are you smarter than an 8th grader? Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Are you smarter than an 8th grader?
Are you smarter than an 8th grader?
148 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
2,500 plays
Questions from the entire 8th grade year
Flashcards
148 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
148
Answers
1
Who did Lebron James lose to in high school when he was a junior?
Badin
Hamilton
Mt. Healthy
Roger Bacon
2
What type of poem has 3 lines containing 5 syllables, 7 syllables and then 5 syllables?
Haynaku
Epic poem
Acrostic poem
Haiku
3
What superhero plays in the
Dark Knight
?
Spiderman
Ironman
Superman
Batman
4
Which genre is a story that uses made-up characters and events that could happen in real life?
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
Poetry
Traditional literature
5
When the writer tells the reader what a character looks like, it is called?
Hyperbole
Exposition
Direct characterization
Indirect characterization
6
A girl wanders into an abandoned building. She sees 50 people; she's alone. What does she see?
Mirrors
Ghosts
All of the above
Wax figures
7
What is a simile?
Using like or as to compare 2 things
Comparing 2 things not using like or as
When people start smiling for no reason
To cause one to smile
8
Imagine you are alone sinking in a rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
Feed them the guy next to you and swim away.
Stand still, and don't move.
Accept your fate.
Stop imagining.
9
What type of irony is when a person says the opposite of what they mean?
Verbal
Irony
Situational
Dramatic
10
What is logos?
Logical
Emotion
Credibility
Happy
11
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
Deez
Boom!
Shirt
Got 'em!
12
What do we end our nonfiction writing pieces, such as an argument, with?
Reflection
Claim
The end
Sizzle statement
13
Which superhero has a hammer?
Ironman
Captain America
Thor
Hulk
14
A story of someone's life written by another person is what?
Persuasive writing
Biography
Speech
Autobiography
15
Who won the 2014 Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Drama TV series?
Brad Pitt
Peter Dinklage
Will Smith
Bryan Cranston
16
The __________ jumped over the ____________.
cat, tree
horse, box
day, sun
cow, moon
17
What is a simile?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
A comparison of 2 unlike things not using like or as
An exaggeration that is not true
18
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 4 lines?
Verse
Quatrain
Couplet
Octave
19
What word almost rhymes with orange?
Potato
Door hinge
No words rhyme with orange
Cow
20
Which movie is this prince from?
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
Cinderella
Beauty and the Beast
21
Sarcasm is an example of what type of irony?
Vocal
Situational
Verbal
Dramatic
22
What is "personality on paper?"
Voice
POP
Variety
Tone
23
Which of these animals is not extinct?
Jaran tiger
Black rhino
Quagga
Tripod fish
24
What's 9 + 10?
19
21
1
11
25
What is a phrase?
A word used to identify topics
Verbs
A small group of words
Verbals
26
What does the A in the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
And
Any
Am
Are
27
What color is at the top of a stop light?
Blue
Green
Yellow
Red
28
The ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes is...
Assertion
Repetition
Generalization
Connotation
29
What word rhymes with potion?
Rant
Brant
Can't
Notion
30
Fiction does not have which genre?
Booklets
Folklore
Mystery
Fantasy
31
Which is not an example of informational text?
Textbooks
Essays
Flyers
Guides
32
Which is not an antonym for the word hapless in our unit 7 of our vocab book?
Unlucky
Fortunate
Blessed
Charmed
33
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
34
Where is the table of contents in a book?
Middle
Beginning
8th page
End
35
What is the cat's name from Shrek 2?
Lenny
Puss in Boots
Donkey
Boats in wuss
36
What is a single line of a poem called?
Couplet
Verse
Octave
Quatrain
37
What genre involves the search for answers surrounding an unexpected event?
Dystopian
Adventure
Mystery
Biography
38
Who was the first person to get 20 million followers on Twitter?
Ellen Degeneres
Lady Gaga
Bruno Mars
Miley Cyrus
39
What is characterization?
A character in a book
The way a writer develops a character in a book
A lie about a character
A character
40
The topic of an essay is called what?
Position
Statement
Road map
Subject
41
Mrs. Brown has _________ hot air balloons in her classroom.
4
3
14
7
42
What was the first assignment in Mrs. Brown's class?
Wrote our narrative essay
Lined up in ABC order by last name
Read a poem
Started unit 5 of our vocab book
43
What movie is Sully from?
A Bug's Life
Monsters, Inc.
Finding Nemo
The AristoCats
44
A haiku has _____ lines.
5
8
3
6
45
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll tootsie pop?
16
364
600
1
46
According to Olivia, what is the best ice cream?
Cookies and cream
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
47
What is a synonym for optimistic?
Sad
Positive
Happy
Furious
48
When is book share in this class?
Wednesday
Friday
Tuesday
Monday
49
What is the most exciting time in the story?
Rising action
Falling action
Conclusion
Climax
50
The reader or audience knows something a character doesn't know is
Irony
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
51
Which of these is an element of a memoir?
Ending the story abruptly so the reader doesn't get bored.
Using no dialogue to make sure the reader understands t
Using sensory details to describe characters/settings
Adding in as much irony as possible to affect the storyline
52
For, and, nor, buy, or, yet, so...stand for what?
THAMO
Conjunctions
Simile
FANBOYS
53
What word lets your language reflect the positive or negative of what you are saying?
Tone
Originality
Variety
Voice
54
What is the name of this class?
English
Language arts
English language arts
German language arts
55
How many elements to a memoir are there?
9
15
8
10
56
What does a sentence consist of?
All of the above
It expresses a complete thought.
It can stand alone.
It has a subject and verb.
57
What is pathos?
Happy
Sad
Angry
Emotion
58
What is an octave?
A stanza or poem that contains 2 lines
A stanza or poem that contains 8 lines
a stanza or poem that contains 5 lines
A stanza or poem that contains 10 lines
59
A sentence that consists of a subject and a verb is?
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
Simple sentence
Stanza
60
Which is not a definition for abide?
To endure
Unable to tolerate
To continue a relationship
To deny
61
What are the 3 types of persuasive techniques?
Primary, secondary, tertiary
Consonance, assonance, alliteration
Ethos, logos, pathos
Inform, describe, explain
62
Which one is not author's purpose?
Voice
Inform
Entertain
Persuade
63
Which author's purpose is when the author wants to give you information?
Describe
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
64
What does denotation mean?
Meaning
Dictionary definition
Different
Emotion
65
What is onomatopoeia?
The repetition of the same sound among words
Repeated consonant sound in a series of words
Can be any part in the word
A word that imitates its sound
66
What is "pop" an example of?
Hyperbole
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Carbonated drink
67
What is 1 type of author's purpose?
Express
Remember
Improve
Explain
68
What does underlining mean in the coding system?
Connection
New idea
Central idea
Football
69
How many sound devices did we study?
5
10
4
3
70
What year did Netflix come out?
1982
2000
1990
1997
71
Which type of fiction is set in the future?
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
Historical fiction
Fantasy
72
When the tone is serious, a writer is using ____________ language.
Complete
Proper
Formal
Informal
73
You're in a race and pass the person in second place. What place are you in?
Second
Who cares?
First
Third
74
A statement that supports your claim is?
Argument
Position
Thesis
Claim
75
How many types of nonfiction are there?
50,000
2
4
1
76
What does logos mean?
Credibility
Emotion
Logical
77
What genre is set in a post-apocalypse society where there is a loss of human rights?
Dystopian
Adventure
Realistic fiction
Mystery
78
Which is a quote from the student pledge?
"I will have every single supply."
"I will respect the rights of others."
"I won't cough in class."
"I will not disrupt class."
79
"I was so mad I ran my car into a mailbox." This sentence is an example of what?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
None of the above
80
The sentence "My shadow's the only one that walks beside me," is an example of what?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
81
What is the way a writer develops characters in a story?
Prose
Alliteration
Figurative Language
Characterization
82
What is one of our learning strands?
Reading: Informational Answers
Writing: Poetry
Reading: Literature
Language: Arts
83
What type of poems uses letters/words to form a shape?
Aloud poem
Concrete poem
ABC poem
The Bop
84
What is an example of alliteration?
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed & restless.
I stood still and stopped the sound effect.
Tick, tock, click, clack, drip, drop, sizzle
All mammals named Heather must be clammy.
85
Which of the following words is a vocab word in unit 6?
Inane
Cajole
Presumptuous
Aquatic
86
What page in our interactive notebook is fiction genres on?
47-49
65-66
50-52
42-43
87
How many syllables is in the word posterized?
4
5
3
6
88
The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something is what type of author's purpose?
Inform
Persuade
Describe
Entertain
89
An example of a transition for showing connection is?
Afterward
By the same token
First
Next
90
Which of the following is not a career cluster?
Human services
Acting and producing
Finance
Health services
91
What does I.R.A. stand for?
Inequality of Roman Applications
Interest Readability Appropriateness
Interactive Reading Automation
92
What is literature that is not poetry?
Prose
Simile
Poetry
Rhyme
93
What does connotation mean?
The feeling of the word
The dictionary definition
The meaning of an unknown word
The number of syllables in a word
94
"A cunning, cuddly, curious cat" is an example of?
Alliteration
Consonance
Assonance
Hyperbole
95
At the Grammys, who does Eminem sing the song "Stan" with?
Yogi the Bear
President Obama
Elton John
Dido
96
Mystery is a subgenre to ______________.
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
97
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 2 lines that have end rhymes?
Verse
Quatrain
Couplet
Octave
98
Which one is a genre of fiction?
Fantasy
Artistic
Funny
Cartoon
99
What part of speech is the word bashful?
Verb
Adverb
Noun
Adjective
100
How many wolves are in a pack?
4
5
6
7
101
Which one is a type of persuasive technique?
Emotion
Loaded words
Reason
All of the above
102
When the writer appeals to the reader's emotions, it's...
Pathos
Jargon
Logos
Ethos
103
A stronger personal judgement for one side or another is?
Bias
Voice
Tone
Diction
104
What is not a type of fiction?
Fable
Drama
Adventure
Literary nonfiction
105
The writer appeals to the reader's emotions is
Fathos
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
106
Which transition word/phrase shows relationship?
At the same time
Correspondingly
All of the sudden
Afterward
107
Words that were recently coined, are informal, and go out of style are called what?
Informal
Formal
Jargon
Slang
108
Which ones is a simile?
Her voice is music to my ears.
The assignment was a breeze.
Cute as a button
Boiling mad
109
Who is the best teacher?
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Karwisch
Miss Dizon
Mrs. Brischzon
110
In the movie,
The Little Mermaid
, what is Ariel's daughter's name?
Melody
Alana
Jewel
Pearl
111
Someone insults you, and you say, "Wow, thanks." This is an example of what?
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
FANBOYS
Situational irony
112
What is a hyperbole?
A comparison 2 things using like or as
A comparison of 2 things without using like or as
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
An extreme exaggeration
113
Which one is a type of rhyme?
Internal
Middle
Start
Beginning
114
Can cats taste things that are sweet?
No
Yes
Both
Depends on genes
115
The author wants to give you information is what type of author's purpose?
Inform
Explain
Persuade
Describe
116
Which of these is not an aspect of POP (Personality on Paper)?
Voice
Originality
Mood
Variety
117
There are ___________ bookshelves in this room.
1
2
6
4
118
What is irony?
A happy, cheerful event
Sarcasm or a verbal statement
Materials that have propertie of iron in it
When an event happens that wasn't expected
119
What is it called when a story is true?
Nonfiction
Simile
Fiction
Metaphor
120
What is Mrs. Brown's favorite color?
Red
Purple
Brown
Blue
121
What is the author's individual writing style?
Voice
Diction
Bias
Tone
122
What is the repetition of the same sound in two or more words?
Internal rhyme
End rhyme
Rhyme
Partial rhyme
123
When coding a passage and you can relate to it, what symbol do you use?
A circle
An "x"
An eye
A chain link
124
What is the name of the child who makes very inspirational videos?
Ronny Little
Ricky Raffle
Donald Duck
Kid President
125
Which one is a FANBOY?
Yes
For
Before
Not
126
Which one is not an author's purpose?
Impress
Persuade
Entertain
Explain
127
What does ROY G. BIV stand for?
Whiteboard symbols
Colors of the rainbow
Keys on the chromebook
Types of chairs
128
An example of a transition that builds suspense is?
Next
At once
First
Afterwards
129
What is the fourth letter of the alphabet?
E
D
G
A
130
What is the website that almost everyone disliked in Language Arts?
Wikipedia
Google
Schoology
NoRedInk
131
How far away in miles is the sun from the Earth?
92,960,000 miles
4,500,600.8 miles
9,000 miles
18 miles
132
What does POP stand for?
People on Pluto
Personality on paper
Party on paper
133
What is a thesaurus used for?
Pictures
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Synonyms/antonyms
134
How many words are in the dictionary?
3 million
9 thousand
15 million
1 million
135
The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of adjacent words is?
Consonance
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Assonance
136
What type of irony is what we say is the opposite of what we mean?
Situational
Verbal
Irony
Dramatic
137
What are the 2 types of characterization?
Simile & Metaphor
Situational & Characters
Nature & Plants
Indirect & Direct
138
"My church set up a fundraising carnival for cancer reasons." What type of sentence is this?
Simple
Complex
Compound complex
Compound
139
What is an example of a transition that shifts time?
By the same token
Consequently
In opposition
At first
140
Which is not a genre of fiction?
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
Drama
Fantasy
141
A genre of fiction set in the past involving real people, places, or events from history is
Historical fiction
Fantasy
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
142
What is a type of multiple intelligence?
Originality
Musical
Smartness
Kindness
143
What is a stanza?
Another name for refrain
A situation in a poem when conflict happens
A part in the song when the lines start rhyming
A group or set of lines i a poem
144
What color is Elmo?
Green
Pink
None of the above
Red
145
The sentence, "Life is a highway," is an example of (a):
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
146
What word does not rhyme with weird?
Potato
Beard
Seared
Cleared
147
What is Tiffany's favorite character from
The Lion King
?
Simba
Mufasa
Other
Scar
148
The most popular sport in the world is?
Soccer
Tennis
Basketball
Football
