8th Grade STAAR Review

Question 1

Scuttle is to Ariel as Abu is to ....

Accepted Answer

Aladdin

Question 2

Which character trait does the bird exhibit in the falling action and resolution?

Accepted Answer

He shows he is resourceful.

Question 3

In this clip, the word elated means—

Accepted Answer

To make happy or raise spirits.

Question 4

Aladdin is to "A Whole New World" as Beauty and the Beast is to....

Accepted Answer

Tale As Old As Time

Question 5

“Gus, I’m a grenade and one day I am going to blow..." The metaphor is intended to...

Accepted Answer

Foreshadow sadness that is to come in the movie.

Question 6

How does the film FIRST foreshadow that the stork wants a different type of animal to deliver.

Accepted Answer

He longingly looks at the white clouds and the cute animals.

Question 7

What figurative language in being used in the song?

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 8

What type of figurative language is used in the excerpt from the clip?

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 9

We sing Yankee Doodle as a patriotic song; however, the actual nature of the term...

Accepted Answer

mocks the Americans from the Revolutionary War time.

Question 10

The reader can conclude which of the following from this commercial?

Accepted Answer

Drinking Evian will make you feel young

Question 11

According to the speech and our ELA teachers, we should doodle as we read because it...

Accepted Answer

helps us process difficult material.

Question 12

The reaction of the cloud becoming stormy reveals that the cloud feels ...

Accepted Answer

Betrayed

Question 13

What does the metaphor about love being evergreen mean?

Accepted Answer

The speaker's love will never grow old or die.

Question 14

What is the advertisement claiming?

Accepted Answer

Avoid disasters by getting Direct TV.

Question 15

Which line from the song reflects the lesson the singer is trying to convey?

Accepted Answer

“I can’t escape this now, unless you show me how”

Question 16

Simba is to Scar as Ariel is to

Accepted Answer

Ursela

Question 17

Which of the following words best describes the Narrator’s overall tone in this clip?

Accepted Answer

Intense

Question 18

The climax of the story is best summarized as the moment when...

Accepted Answer

The stork flies to another another cloud.

Question 19

“Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof.” The simile is used to reveal that he...

Accepted Answer

Feels free from worries.

Question 20

Why would the speaker include the information about us avoiding the habit of doodling?

Accepted Answer

To reveal that BRILLIANT minds have found power in doodling.

Question 21

When considering plot, what is the order of the story elements?

Accepted Answer

exposition, inciting action, climax, resolution., exposition, inciting action, falling action, resolution.

Question 22

What is the overall mood of the trailer?

Accepted Answer

eerie

Question 23

How would you describe the overall setting of Partly Cloudy?

Accepted Answer

whimsical

Question 24

Aurora in “Maleficent” and Cinderella in “Cinderella” both--

Accepted Answer

Are sweet, hopeful, and kindhearted people.

Question 25

According to the speaker, a commonplace assertion that our culture holds about doodling is...

Accepted Answer

It signals a person isn't engaged in learning., People who are distracted will doodle.

Question 26

What event triggers the main problem in this trailer?

Accepted Answer

The father wants to strip down a truck for money.

Question 27

Which statement best reflects the inciting action?

Accepted Answer

The cloud creates a baby alligator as the 1st delivery.

Question 28

Why does the speaker utilize this allusion "discothèque, Juliet, teenage dream"?

Accepted Answer

They are meant to be together just like Romeo and Juliet.

Question 29

How has the speaker organized her speech?

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She defines it, counter arguments, and positive impacts.

Question 30

Why would an author utilize repetition?

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To call attention to a particular word., To emphasize a message.

Question 31

What is the hyperbole in this image?

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Uncle Sam/America ignoring or avoiding global warming.

Question 32

What is this clip mainly about?

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Blue's family travel to the Amazon and reunite with macaws.

Question 33

Why does the artist exaggerate the reaction of Uncle Sam?

Accepted Answer

To illustrate the disregard we've had for global warming.

Question 34

The speaker addresses the need for someone to doodle. Which definition fits her topic?

Accepted Answer

to draw visuals that help us remember

Question 35

What do we learn through the simile?

Accepted Answer

Hurtful words can cause as much damage as a lethal weapon.

Question 36

What is the overall purpose of this movie trailer?

Accepted Answer

To persuade the viewer to go watch the movie

Question 37

What is the speaker's call to action?

Accepted Answer

Doodling should be considered an intellectual activity.

8th Grade STAAR Review

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8th Grade STAAR Review

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