Midterm Review ELA8

Titles of short stories or news articles are punctuated with:

Transition words, phrases, and clauses:

The struggle between opposing forces, including external and internal forces:

What is NOT a narrative technique used to develop experiences, events, and/or characters:

Which of the following is a strategy writers may use in the lead of a narrative text?

The main character in a literary work:  

Which of the following is NOT a reason to break into a new paragraph when writing?

Reading HAS BEEN an important part of my life.  HAS BEEN is:  

Literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions:

“For Sale: baby shoes, never worn (Hemingway).” What can we learn from six word memoirs?

What type of verb is the highlighted verb:  The 8th graders HAVE taken over the dance.

Which of the following is properly punctuated and capitalized dialogue?

"Anthro" means

When giving a book talk, it is important to do which of the following:  

"Quint" means: 

"Pyro" means:

What type of verb is highlighted:  The easiest levels in Super Mario World ARE the earliest.

When writing, it is important ALWAYS to consider:

What type of verb is highlighted:  You will have ANSWERED two questions by the end of the test.

What purposes can dialogue serve in literature?

"Mater" means:

I AM GOING to sleep in this weekend.  

The sequence of events in a literary work:

Which of the following should you not include in a written book review?

You should end a narrative piece of writing with a conclusion and then by stating:  The End.