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A review for PARCC testing (8th grade)
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1
Locate the DIRECT OBJECT: Juan read a book to Dave after they came home from school.
a book
Dave
Juan
after they came home from school
2
What is the defining characteristic of a DRAMATIC POEM?
The rhyme scheme
The narrator's point of view
The character engages in action
The content is related to death
3
Which is written in active voice?
Mistakes were made.
Books are checked-out daily.
Matthew did his homework.
Votes are tallied by machines.
4
When a character remembers something from the past
Foreshadowing
Rising Action
Flashback
Allusion
5
Which of the following is a COMPLEX sentence?
After missing the bus, I was almost late for school.
I forgot to set my alarm clock, so I woke up late.
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What is this?
dramatic irony
metaphor
inference
simile
7
Which of the following is an idiom?
Avoid cliches like the plague.
Treat others how you'd like to be treated.
I have a ton of homework.
Actions speak louder than words.
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What is this an example of?
Irony
Tone
Mood
Flashback
9
What kind of sentence is this: Take out your homework.
Interrogative
Exclamatory
Imperative
Complex
10
My mind is a black hole. Her house is a war zone. These are examples of...
Sarcasm
Metaphor
Imagery
Simile
11
Which type of story contain unbelievable elements?
Fable
Tall Tale
Autobiography
Fiction
12
Which is an example of hyperbole?
The silly snakes slid into school
I said it a thousand times.
BANG! POW! BOOM!
She is a snake
13
What is this: "She is sunshine, brightening my day."
tone
metaphor
mood
simile
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This type of story tries to explain natural events
Myth
Epic
Fable
Legend
15
Locate the INDIRECT OBJECT: Juan read a book to Dave after they came home from school.
Juan
Dave
after they came home from school
a book
16
Which of the following is considered a compound sentence?
The basketball game started, and the players shook hands.
Before the basketball game started, the players shook hands.
17
What is this an example of?
flashback
imagery
alliteration
foreshadowing
18
Correctional facility instead of jail, big boned instead of fat, passed away instead of dead
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Euphamism
Antithesis
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What is this?
simile
metaphor
allusion
irony
20
Which tense is this verb: The students had received a lot of homework.
Past Perfect
Present
Present Perfect
Past
21
LEFT
artwork entitled "Scream"
RIGHT
A mask from the movie
Scream
. WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS THIS?
allusion
metaphor
repetition
irony
