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8th Grade ELA STAAR Vocabulary Review
8th Grade ELA STAAR Vocabulary Review
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A review of the most commonly used vocabulary from the 8th grade STAAR test.
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Which of the following is NOT a simile?
He was tall like a skyscraper.
He was a cheetah on the field.
She was as smart as a fox.
Her voice was as quiet as a mouse's.
2
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. Society are all examples of...
A man with serious personal issues
Climax
Resolution
Conflict
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The use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions is known as...
Art
Mental pictures
Imagery
Imagination
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The part of the text that introduces the reader to the setting, characters, and situation is...
The rising action
The exposition
The resolution
The climax
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The part of the plot that occurs after the climax and leads to the resolution is known as the..
Rising Action
Falling action
Characterization
Exposition
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The series of events that lead to the climax of the story is known as the...
Conflict
Rising Action
Resolution
Falling Action
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When the opposite of what you expect to happen happens, it is known as...
A mistake
Awkward
A twist
Irony
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Which of these is NOT a factual claim?
Octopuses have eight legs
Mr. Price is the principal of Tafolla Middle School
Ms. Sena and Ms. Salazar teach 8th grade ELA
The earth is flat
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Dialogue is the conversation that occurs between...
A single character
Any two or more characters
Only the antogonist
The main character
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Which of these characters is NOT an example of a protagonist?
Iron Man
Black Panther
Voldemort
Harry Potter
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A view or judgment on something that is not necessarily based on facts is known as an...
Educated guess
Opinion
Idea
Fact
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Mary Maloney getting away with murder by having the detectives eat the murder weapon is the...
Falling action
Exposition
Conflict
Resolution
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A character who is in conflict with the main character is known as the...
Antecedent
Antagonist
Protagonist
Sister
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The act of creating and developing a character both directly and indirectly is known as...
Character flaws
Prewriting
Brainstorming
Characterization
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"Diction" refers to...
The author's purpose for writing
The way the author chooses to spell certain words
A slang term for dictionary
the author's word choice to convey his/her message
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A playwright is someone who writes...
Plays (dramas)
Short stories
Informational texts
Persuasive essays
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A metaphor is a literary device that...
Draws comparisons between similar objects
Compares two unlike object while using like or as
describes meteors
Compares two unlike objects without using like or as
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The central message of the literary work, or the message the author wants you to learn is..
The central idea
The main idea
The moral
The theme
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A shortened version of a longer text is known as a...
Summary
Tweet
Summer
Paragraph
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A protagonist is...
A positive character in the story
The introduction to the characters in a story
The main character of the story
The bad guy of the story
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Also known as the turning point, this part of the story is the most exciting point of action
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Resolution
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The author's reason for writing a piece to persuade, inform, or entertain is known as the...
Author's purpose
PIE
Detail
Reasoning
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A plot is the...
Piece of land
The shortened version of the text
A picture that plans out what happens in the story
Series of events that make up a story
