8th Grade Language Arts exam

Question 1

What is the difference between action and linking verbs?

Accepted Answer

AV use direct/indirect objects; LV don't

Question 2

literal or dictionary meanings of a word

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denotation

Question 3

Which is an example of an onomatopoeia?

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The buzzing bee flew away.

Question 4

Which is an example of alliteration?

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A big bully beats a baby boy., But a better butter makes a batter better.

Question 5

literary element that evokes certain feelings or in readers through words and descriptions

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mood

Question 6

a short, interesting story to entertain others

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anecdote

Question 7

What is a type of piece that is meant to be a comical version of a subject or matter?

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satire

Question 8

Which is an example of internal conflict?

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George feels guilty for getting an F on his LA final

Question 9

What is indirect characterization?

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describes a character subtly through actions or words

Question 10

a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen

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suspense

Question 11

any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.

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motif

Question 12

Which of these are subjective pronouns?

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I, you, he, she, it, we

Question 13

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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connotation

Question 14

giving nonhuman objects human-like qualities

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personfication

Question 15

This test will ______ my average.

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affect

Question 16

Which example uses situational irony?

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You laugh at someone who tripped. Seconds later, you trip.

Question 17

What is true about active voice?

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subject performs action

Question 18

a point in the plot where things turn around for the protagonist

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reversal

Question 19

exaggeration, overstatement, understatement, sarcasm

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verbal irony

Question 20

The Mother's Day card _______ on the table for the girl's mom.

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lay

Question 21

What is an author's purpose?

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The reason an author writes about a specific topic

Question 22

Which is true about clauses?

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They have a noun and a verb., Clauses make up sentences.

Question 23

Joyce is the girl ______ got the job.

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who

Question 24

Describe the conditional mood.

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If this, then that

Question 25

gloomy; supernatural beings; damsels in distress; gruesome

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Gothic literature

Question 26

use of symbols to represent ideas by giving them important meaning

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symbolism

Question 27

What is the connotation of a dove?

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A dove implies peace

Question 28

What is the difference between participles and gerunds?

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You can take participles away from sentence, but not gerunds, gerunds act as nouns; participles act as adjectives

Question 29

What is the difference between static and dynamic characters?

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static characters don't change; dynamic characters chance

Question 30

What is true about infinitives?

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can act as adjs, nouns, or adverbs., to + verb

Question 31

intensifies conflict in the story

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complication

Question 32

an environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place

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setting

Question 33

Character vs. Society is a type of external conflict

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True

Question 34

True or false: Satire is an imitation of another writer

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False

Question 35

a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work

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theme

Question 36

a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

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foreshadowing

Question 37

This variable will have an ______ on our science experiment.

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effect

Question 38

What is the subject complement of this sentence: Brandon is a gifted athlete.

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athlete

Question 39

language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people

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dialect

Question 40

Which of the examples below uses imagery?

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The children were screaming and shouting in the fields., It was dark and dim in the forest.

Question 41

In a first person point of view, what pronouns are used?

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I, we

Question 42

Which one of the below is not an allusion?

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We went to the place where they filmed Harry Potter.

Question 43

Jones is the man ______ I went fishing with last spring.

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whom

Question 44

plural indefinite pronouns

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both, few, many

Question 45

Describe the subjunctive mood.

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wishes, proposals, requests, stuff that's not true

Question 46

What is the denotation of a dove?

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A dove is a type of bird

Question 47

What is the difference between a theme and a subject of literary work?

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subject is a topic; theme is an opinion

Question 48

I wish my brother ______ here

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were

Question 49

comparing two or more unlike things without using as or like

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metaphor

Question 50

a style of writing that is usually written out as a script for actors

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drama

Question 51

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

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tone

8th Grade Language Arts exam

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8th Grade Language Arts exam

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