ELA 8 Final Exam Review 2025

Titles of short stories or news articles are punctuated with:

When writing your primary claim (your thesis statement), it is important to:

Transition words and phrases can indicate:

The root word "prim"means:

Evidence doesn’t mean much on it’s own. It’s how you explain it that leaves your reader convinced.

The repetition of the same initial consonant word in a series of words:

The Outsiders is an example of which genre?

When using evidence to support your claim, it is also important to:

When citing a quote from a novel, you must include _________ in your parentheses.

You should pay attention to characters w/ conflicting pressures b/c their problems are likely going to be compounded.

What is a root word meaning "fire?"

New reasons should be introduced in the conclusion of an essay.

Which of the following is an example of a type of systemic obstacle that dystopian protagonists might face?

Memoirs should focus more on the events than on the narrator and how they were affected by them.

When taking part in a discussion, it is important to do which of the following:

Memoirs are a nonfiction genre that tells one part of/issue in the author’s life that's helped to shape them as a person

What is annotating?

A root word meaning father is:

Which of the following is NOT a reason to break a paragraph?

When writing for the purpose of persuading, it is important to:

A static character:

Which of the following is NOT one of the responses to power that we discussed in our Dystopian Unit?

You should use 1st person as often as possible when writing a formal literary analysis essay

Memoirs are always told in chronological order.

The central claim (thesis statement) is almost always found…

When citing a quote from a novel, you must include ___________in your parentheses.

When writing for the purpose of persuading, it's important to:

Good conclusion paragraphs tie everything together & remind reader why the claim is important

A dynamic character:

The purpose of the topic sentence in a body paragraph is to:

A surprising contradiction in words or events is:

Keeping track of what you read and how many pages you read can be helpful because:

Restating a writer’s ideas in your own words is called:

When engaging in small group or class discussions, which is NOT appropriate behavior?

When writing your claim or thesis, it is important to:

When preparing for a discussion about literature, one should:

Understanding character archetypes allows readers to make predictions and to start to understand character motivation.

When elaborating on a direct quote, writers should:

In an argument essay, why would you include opposing or alternate claims?

What should writers ask themselves when trying to choose their memoir structure?

The root word "quint" means"

Before you read a text, you should:

Titles of short stories or news articles are punctuated with:

Which is NOT a narrative technique used to develop experiences, events, and/or characters:

When reading a dystopian story, you should notice subtle details in the setting and society that are unusual asking...

The root word “cours” means:

What do you call a logical conclusion based on evidence in a passage and prior knowledge?

The root word "prim"means:

The writer indicates WITHIN the essay who the author is & on what page the info can be found...

When giving a presentation, it is necessary to:

The majority of a paper’s borrowed material should be direct quotes...

Which of the following is NOT a way to generate ideas for writing a personal narrative/memoir?

A thematic STATEMENT is a one word description of the story’s main idea.

The main points/opinions the author is trying to prove...

The page at the end of an essay w/ all of the info for a reader to find the sources used...

In The Outsiders, the Socs are associated with the blue Mustang & blue madras shirts. What might these things symbolize?

When crafting the beginning of a memoir, writers should NOT try to ___?

An appropriate way to hook an audience into an essay would be with…

The root word “carn” means:

When writing a paper, you must ALWAYS cite:

What are some of the benefits of studying mentor texts when working on a piece of writing?

Narrative texts are ALWAYS told in chronological order.

When using evidence to support your claim, it's important to:

When reading for information, which is NOT a place you would look to find the main ideas?

Dystopias are exaggerated versions of society, but authors use the setting, tone, and mood to ___.

The root word “orb” means:

When using evidence to support your claim, it is also important to: