8th Grade KSA Final Review

Multiple Select

Which choices for underlined phrase 1 correctly indicate a pause? Select two correct answers.

• checkers also called “draughts,”

• checkers, also called “draughts,”

• checkers: also called “draughts”

• checkers; also called “draughts,”

• checkers—also called “draughts”—

Multiple Choice

Which could best replace underlined phrase 2?

• influences

• duplicated

• attracts players of

• was developed from

Multiple Choice

Which is the best choice for underlined word 3?

• NO CHANGE

• permitting

• permissible

• permission

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Which choices correctly replace underlined word 4? Select two correct answers.

• masters

• mastering

• to master

• you master

• for mastering

Multiple Choice

Which is the best choice for underlined phrase 5?

• NO CHANGE

• beginning

• would begin

• were to begin

Open Ended

Enter your answer in the space provided. Rewrite underlined phrase 6 using active voice.

Active voice tells what a person or thing does.

Multiple Choice

Which is the best choice for underlined phrase 7?

• NO CHANGE

• requiring

• you required

• it was to require

Multiple Choice

Which is the best choice to indicate a break or pause in underlined phrase 8?

• NO CHANGE

• by the 18th century:

• by the 18th century,

• by the 18th century...

Multiple Select

Which choices are closest in meaning and tone to underlined word 9?

• common

• ordinary

• personal

• tiresome

• understandable

Multiple Choice

What does underlined phrase 10 mean?

• Any materials that happened to be available

• Any materials that would be light and portable

• The same materials used when the game was invented

• The same materials used by commercial manufacturers

Open Ended

Directions: Enter your answer in the space provided. Rewrite underlined phrase 11 so that it is written in the active voice.

Multiple Choice

Which is the best choice for underlined phrase 12?

• NO CHANGE

• players in

• players; in

• players... in

Multiple Choice

Which is the best replacement for underlined word 13 to emphasize that the game has a long history?

• aged

• ancient

• elderly

• experienced

Multiple Choice

Does this person need to EDIT or REVISE

mom n dad r important ppl in my life They r alwys their for me so I feel loved

• Edit

• Revise

• Both

Multiple Choice

Does this person need to EDIT or REVISE

They went over there and got the books. She was mad, but they did it anyway.

• Edit

• Revise

• Both

Multiple Choice

Does this person need to EDIT or REVISE

In the article Almost home it talked about a art instllation that was mad out of fabric and strings. Fabric made part of different hoses the artis leaved in.

• Edit

• Revise

• Both

Multiple Choice

Does this person need to EDIT or REVISE

He felt sad in is old hom in Kroea he did not sleep well in New Yrk Suh wanted to rebemr things so he make houses

• Edit

• Revise

• Both

Multiple Choice

Does this person need to EDIT or REVISE:

We went to the mall today. Yesterday we went to the movies. We had to buy a birthday present so we went to mall today. I like the movies.

• Edit

• Revise

• Both

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Does this person need to EDIT or REVISE:

One way Suh's art stands out is the colorful fabric he uses. Suh's lived in many places and has a lot of memories. Immigrants like his story because he moved a lot and had different experiences. His artwork is in Washington D.C.

• Edit

• Revise

• Both

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Does this person need to EDIT or REVISE:

Other way Suh's artwork stands out is his topic. He showers his houses and make peaces of art with a lot of detail? It impressive what he do and many people like it

• Edit

• Revise

• Both

Multiple Select

When do you capitalize letters? Check all that are correct.

• Anytime the letter "the" is written.

• The names of people, characters, and places.

• When writing a sentence.

• When writing a title.

Dropdown

The proper punctuation for a contraction is an​

Select answer

​

Draw

Circle or underline the words that need to be capitalized in this paragraph.

Fill in the Blank

Write the following contraction correctly....
I will have to study really hard so I will not fail my test.

'

Multiple Choice

What is a contraction?

• When words are separated in writing

• A longer form of a word

• A type of punctuation

• When words are combined in writing

Match

Match the phrases to the correct contraction!

• won't

• can't

• she'll

• it'll

• they've

will not

can not

she will

it will

they have

• will not

• can not

• she will

• it will

• they have

Open Ended

Create one properly written sentence that uses ONE contraction and ONE capital letter. Don't forget punctuation!

Multiple Choice

Which is capitalized correctly?

• dr. Johnson

• Mayor tom

• Mrs. sooter

• Mrs. Kate Smith

• Dr. johnson

Multiple Choice

Which word in the sentence should be capitalized?

molly drank a large glass of water.

• water

• molly

• large

• drank

Multiple Choice

Which word in the sentence needs to be capitalized?

The Grand canyon is very beautiful.

• beautiful

• Canyon

Multiple Choice

What word should be capitalized?

• california

• mockingbird

• pumpkin

• squash

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correct?

• bob is going to meet Jane.

• bob is going to meet jane.

• Bob is going to meet Jane.

• BOB is going to meet Jane

Multiple Choice

is not

• isn'ot

• isn't

• 'snot

• is'not

Multiple Choice

What contraction is made from will + not?

• willn't

• won't

• wonted

• willnot

Multiple Choice

Choose the contraction in the sentence below.

Sumeet wanted to play outside, but he’s sick.

• wanted

• play

• he's

• but

Multiple Choice

_{What is the correct contraction for the following word pair?}

• sh'is
• she'is
• she's
• sh'es

Multiple Choice

Which answer shows the correct way to write the sentence?

• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the the surface. And have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface then we would have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, and we would have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, we would have a big mess to clean up then.

Multiple Choice

Sentence Combining:
Which of these is the correct way to join two sentences:

• He was practicing his soccer skills because he found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills, there, he found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills; and then found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills when he found a stray dog. 

Multiple Choice

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

After a few more questions and a breif pause, the quiz continued.

• Change few to fewer
• Change breif to brief
• Change the , to a ;
• No change needs to be made

Multiple Choice

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

When I opened my present I let out a yell.

• Delete When
• Change I to we
• Change I let out to and yell out
• Insert a comma after present.

Multiple Choice

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

"It's to bad you were late to class," he said, "because I brought candy."

• Change It's to Its
• Change to to too
• Change he to He
• Change because to Because

Multiple Choice

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

After I went to the store I went shoe shopping with my friends.

• Change friends to friend's
• Insert a comma after After
• Insert a comma after shopping
• Insert a comma after store

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

• We went to their house because there hosting a party.
• They're having a party at there house this weekend.
• We went to their house because they're hosting a party.
• There having a party at their house this weekend.

Multiple Choice

He was learning how to solve equations. He found a trick that would make it easier.
 
What is the most effective way to combine the 2 sentences? 

• While learning how to solve equations, he found a trick that would make it easier.
• He was learning how to solve equations because he found a trick that would make it easier.
• While learning how to solve equations, a trick that he figured out made it easier.
• He was learning to solves the equations, then, he found a trick that would make it easier. 

Multiple Choice

Which transition word is used to reveal a cause/effect relationship?

• Similarly,

• Therefore,

• In conclusion,

• Although...,

Multiple Choice

Lydia had all day to prepare for the dinner party, so not only was the food excellent, and also the house was spotless.

• NO CHANGE
• but
• so
• yet

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence

• The 11-year old also began writing a diary it detailed what was happening in her region of Pakistan.

• The 11-year old also began writing a diary. With details what was happening in her region of Pakistan.

• The 11-year old also began writing a diary that detailed what was happening in her region of Pakistan.

• The sentence are written correctly in the paper.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence.

• For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke, and it was obvious. That she was no happier about the arrangements than I was.

• For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke it was obvious that she was no happier about the arrangements than I was.

• For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke. Which made it obvious that she was no happier about the arrangement than I was.

• For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke. It was obvious that she was no happier about the arrangements than I was.

Multiple Choice

Identify the run-on sentence.

• I like learning English it makes me tired.

• I like learning English, but it makes me tired.

• I like learning English, even though it makes me tired.

• I like learning English; it makes me tired.

Multiple Choice

Where should the comma go in the following sentence?
Although I love dogs I would rather have a cat.

• After dogs
• After rather
• No comma needed

Multiple Choice

Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful
• ^{Change Natalies' to Natalies's}
• Change flower to flour
• No change is needed

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

(2) Three hundred miles isn’t hardly that far, so you would probably expect the island to be home to the same sorts of plants and animals found on the mainland.

• Change hardly to really

• Delete so

• Insert a comma after plants

• No change should be made in this sentence.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to write sentences 23 and 24?

(23) Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct. (24) Scientists are still making discoveries.

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists, however, are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct and scientists are still making discoveries.

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, but there are scientists. Who are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists are still making discoveries.

Multiple Choice

The meaning of sentence 24 is unclear. The clarity of this sentence can be improved by changing They to —

(23) Hamm became an instant celebrity and the face of women’s soccer. (24) They lined up to have her endorse their products in advertisements. (25) In the most famous of these ads, Hamm challenged Michael Jordan to a series of sports contests, while the song “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” played in the background.

• Some advertisements

• Various women

• Sports companies

• International faces

Multiple Choice

Fatima realizes she has offered a weak thesis in this paper. Which of the following could replace sentences 1 and 2 and provide a more effective thesis statement for Fatima’s paper?

(1) Mia Hamm is a soccer player who is fun to study. (2) She is an expert at the sport who has encouraged others to play

• Mia Hamm is an interesting and fun personality, and I am grateful for this opportunity to research her story. I think that as you read my paper, you will agree that she has added great energy to women’s sports in this country and also to sports around the world.

• Mia Hamm is one of the most celebrated female soccer players of all time and is an inspiration to young women everywhere. Her contributions to women’s soccer have had an unmistakable impact on the sport, both in the United States and internationally.

• There is a soccer player in this country that is clearly more talented than all the rest. Her name is Mia Hamm, and she is an outstanding player and a model athlete who works hard to make sure she is always setting an example for other athletes and for the world at large.

• If you don’t know Mia Hamm, you probably don’t know much. Many people say that she is the greatest soccer player of all time because she is so supremely committed to soccer and also to all that it means to herself and the other people of the world.

Multiple Choice

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 14?

(14) And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina, where she helped her team win four NCAA championships and breaking many school records along the way.

• And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina, she helped her team win four NCAA championships and broke many school records along the way.

• And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina and won four NCAA championships and breaking many school records along the way, which helped her team.

• And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina, which helped her team win four NCAA championships and breaking many school records along the way.

• And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina, where she helped her team win four NCAA championships and broke many school records along the way.

Multiple Choice

What do you write in the thesis?

• What the quote from the prompt means

• Give examples

• Summarize

• Your answer/position on what the prompt is asking

Multiple Choice

Find the mistake in the sentence:

The person whose in charge of the lottery is Mr. Summers.

• Change whose to who's

• Add commas after person and lottery

• No change needs to be made

Multiple Choice

Find the mistake in the sentence:

The boy want to the park.

• Change boy to Boy

• Change want to went

• No change needs to be made

Multiple Choice

Which word is a verb?

• watching
• television
• computer
• teacher

Multiple Choice

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:

After I went to the store I went shoe shopping with my friends.

• Change friends to friend's

• Insert a comma after After

• Insert a comma after shopping

• Insert a comma after store

Multiple Choice

Which word means "they are"?

• Their

• There

• They're

• Them

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• Because night fell
• Jim ate the sandwich.
• On a tree-lined path.
• In our area of the city.

Multiple Choice

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:

The father helped his children get into they're pajamas.

• Change they're to their.

• Change father to Father

• Change they're to there

• Change helped to helping

Multiple Choice

Which word means "also"?

• To

• Too

• Two

• Tou

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correct?

• The flower had 

• The flower had lost its petals.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following DOES NOT get capitalized?

• The title of a story

• Literary elements

• Character names

• The first word in a sentence

Multiple Choice

What is the proper way to designate the title of a novel?

• Italics

• Underline

• Bold

• Quotation Marks

Multiple Choice

What is the first thing you should do when you get your test?

• Plan

• Write

• Read the prompt

• Read the articles

Multiple Select

What words will be in a prompt if the essay is argumentative?

• Pick a position

• Explain

• Argue

• Convince

Multiple Choice

What should you start your introduction with?

• Thesis Statement

• Evidence

• A sentence about your topic that grabs the reader's attention

Multiple Choice

Why should you include background information after your attention grabber?

• To make sure the reader knows you are answering the prompt

• To make sure the reader knows what you are arguing about and why

• To provide proof or evidence

Multiple Select

What is considered to be background information?

• What topic you are talking about

• Why you are talking about this topic

• What two sides people are arguing about

• Who this topic might affect

Multiple Choice

A thesis statement in an argumentative essay is also called a:

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

Multiple Choice

Why is a topic sentence (1st sentence) in a body paragraph important?

• It provides evidence that supports the claim

• It helps elaborate the topic even further

• It concludes the paragraph and helps transition to the next

• It tells the reader what that entire paragraph is going to focus on

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct way to cite evidence?

• In the article What's in a Name the author states

• In the article "what's in a name" the author states

• In the article What's in a Name? the author states

• In the article What's in a Name?the author states

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not the correct way to format your evidence?

• "A straw purchase occurs when someone who may not legally acquire a firearm, or who wants to do so anonymously, has a companion buy it on their behalf.”

• "a straw purchase occurs when someone who may not legally acquire a firearm, or who wants to do so anonymously, has a companion buy it on their behalf”.

Multiple Choice

When writing a body paragraph you should have more ______ than _______?

• Evidence than elaboration

• Topic sentences than evidence

• Topic sentences than elaboration

• Elaboration than evidence

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of elaboration?

• To connect the evidence to the claim and use it to argue even further.

• To summarize the evidence

• To just explain the evidence.

Multiple Choice

A concluding sentence should...

• To summarize what you have said

• Add a final thought about the topic, and use it to transition the next topic.

• To tell the reader what you will be talking about

Multiple Select

What is the MAIN difference between an informative and argumentative essay?

• An argumentative essay has a counterclaim paragraph, an informative does not.

• An argumentative essay has a counterclaim paragraph, an informative does not.

• An argumentative essay has a counterclaim paragraph, an informative does not.

• An argumentative essay has a counterclaim paragraph, an informative does not.

Multiple Select

Select the characteristics of a counterclaim paragraph:

• Introduces the counterclaim

• Includes evidence to support the counterclaim

• Includes elaboration to explain the topic

• Uses a rebuttal to go against the counterclaim

• Uses evidence to support the rebuttal

Multiple Choice

What should the last sentence of your conclusion be?

• A call to action: It gives the audience a warning or benefits of your position

• Restating the thesis

• Summarizing the main points

Multiple Select

Are you ready for March 6th?

• Yes

• Yes

• Yes

• Yes

Multiple Choice

Making a claim and supporting it using logic is:

• persuasion
• claim
• argument
• evidence

Multiple Choice

information used to back up and support your answer

• bridge
• persuasion
• argument
• evidence

Multiple Choice

The people that will be affected by this topic or read your essay

• evidence
• your teacher
• audience

Multiple Choice

What is the first thing you put in the introduction of an argumentative essay?

• argument
• three reasons
• hook
• rebuttal

Multiple Choice

A claim is: 

• The position you are trying to get your readers to accept
• the thesis statement
• found in the introduction
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a part of an argumentative essay?

• Introduction

• Body Paragraphs

• Conclusion

• Setting

Multiple Choice

Which quote supports the claim that we should stop using screens for a week?

• "Screens cause students to be distracted and then they cannot learn as well."

• "Screens allow students to find information quickly and efficiently."

• "Technology has become more advanced in the past ten years."

• "Screens on cell phones have become larger in the past few years."

Multiple Choice

What is the other side of the issue (opposite of your claim) called?

• Counterargument

• Conclusion

• Thesis statement

• Ex-claim

Multiple Choice

Which of these transitions would you use in the counterargument paragraph?

• However

• Also

• Similarly

• In conclusions

Multiple Choice

1. Which piece of evidence best supports the claim that -students should have sports class in middle school-?

• "Schools that have sports class are popular"

• "Including sports programs is expensive."

• "Research shows that sports increase student interest in school"

• "School sports include volleyball and soccer.

Multiple Choice

Credible evidence means that it

• comes from a reliable, unbiased source.

• persuades people

• comes from important people

Multiple Choice

When you paraphrase someone else’s ideas,

• you use the exact words

• you pick only the important items

• you summarize what they have said in your own words

Multiple Choice

The strongest arguments include:

• logical fallacies and faulty reasoning

• reliable sources and faulty reasoning

• logical fallacies and credible evidence

• reliable sources and credible evidence

Multiple Choice

The objective is to establish a claim and then support it with logical reasoning, examples, and evidence.

• Nonfiction Text

• Fiction Text

• Argumentative Text

• Informational Text

Multiple Choice

What is a rebuttal?

• A response to the counterclaim that weakens the opposing view

• Support for the counterclaim

• Words used to make paragraphs flow smoothly

• Evidence

Multiple Choice

What should you do after presenting text evidence?

• Move on to another reason

• Transition to another paragraph

• Summarize that evidence

• Explain how that evidence proves your point.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following tells the main idea of the paragraph?

• The specific example

• The topic sentence

• The concluding sentence

• The supporting details

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of transition words and phrases?

• To improve the vocabulary level of the paragraph

• To increase the word count of the paragraph

• To help the reader better understand the paragraph

• To move smoothly from one sentence to another

Multiple Choice

What is an inference?

• Something you have a gut feeling about.
• An educated guess.
• Evidence that supports your claim.
• What the story is mostly about.

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to provide textual evidence?

• It makes your paragraph longer.
• It allows your reader to get the important facts from the article without reading the whole thing.
• It shows that you know what you are talking about.
• It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.

Multiple Choice

What is a claim?

• The opposing viewpoint

• Facts and statistics to support ideas

• The writer’s position that they are trying to prove

• Connects evidence to the claim

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What is a counterclaim?

• The opposing view

• Facts and statistics to support ideas

• The writer’s position that they are trying to prove

• Connects evidence to the claim

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What is evidence?

• The opposing view

• Facts and statistics to support ideas

• The writer’s position that they are trying to prove

• Connects the evidence to the claim

Multiple Choice

What is another word for counterargument?

• Argument

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Evidence

Multiple Choice

If your claim is, “Students should wear school uniforms,” your counterclaim would be ...

• Some students should wear school uniforms.

• I don’t like school uniforms because they are ugly.

• Students should not wear school uniforms.

• School uniforms would be a good idea.

Multiple Choice

What is information used to back up and support your answer?

• Hook

• Argument

• Claim

• Evidence

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to “cite” textual evidence?

• To use evidence from the text to prove you read it.

• To prove your answer is correct

• To use evidence from the text to support your answer

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is an argument?

• A discussion that involves opposing views on an issue; a fact or statement offered as proof or evidence

• A general statement that offers support for a claim

• Facts, statistics and other information used to support reasons

• A statement of position on an issue.

Multiple Choice

What does it mean when a reason or evidence is relevant?

• A statement of position on an issue.

• Closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.

• Facts, statistics and other information used to support reasons.

• The reason why you disagree with the author.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence states the writer’s claim?

(1) The school tardiness policy needs to be revised. (2) Students should not be punished for circumstances that are out of their control. (3) For instance, the city buses tend to run late in the wintertime. (4) Students should not be forced to wake up an hour early just to be sure that they’re not five minutes late.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 6

Multiple Choice

Which sentence gives a reason that supports the writer’s claim?

1) The school tardiness policy needs to be revised. (2) Students should not be punished for circumstances that are out of their control. (3) For instance, the city buses tend to run late in the wintertime. (4) Students should not be forced to wake up an hour early just to be sure that they’re not five minutes late.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4