8th Grade ELA Milestone Review 1

The author tells a personal or fictional story. What is the purpose?

The author helps the readers understand a subject. What is the purpose?

Which one of the following words is a contraction?

Complete the analogy. Fur: bear::plumage:____

Which pair of words are synonyms?

Which word is plural?

Which of the following words has an affix?

Which word is singular?

The author uses a word that you don't know or understand. What are those words called?

The author gives a picture with words of a person, place, event, or item. What is the purpose?

The author gives information about a subject. What is the purpose?

Which sentence will give you a hint as to the subject of a selection?

What kind of word is the main part of a word without any prefixes or suffixes?

What is the name used to identify types of literature?

Which word has a prefix?

The author lets the reader know how he thinks about a subject. What is the purpose?

Which of the following words has an affix?

The author gives directions on how to do something. What is the purpose?

What will give you a hint at what a selection is about?

Which word has a suffix?

Words that sound alike, but are spelled differently are called ________.

Which pair of words are antonyms?

What is the root word of "marine?"

Which of the following is a reason you might have for reading a selection? (Reader's Purpose)