Barrington Irving Review Questions

Barrington Irving Review Questions

8th Grade

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English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.6.3, RI.7.4, RI. 9-10.2

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the denotation of the word “fanfare” as used in paragraph 6?

a. An introduction
b. Media attention
c. Fan club
d. Air cooling system

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do the conflicts that Barrington experience helped develop his motivation to succeed?

a. Barrington was afraid of flying, and planned to conquer this fear by becoming a pilot.
b. Barrington was told by his teachers that he was not smart enough to fly, so he decided he would teach kids the necessary skills to fly.
c. Barrington was rejected 50 times for finding sponsorship for his solo trip around the world, and this motivated him to achieve his goal .
d. Barrington was not given a superior education, and wanted to provide kids with proper education that could give them an opportunity for a career in math and science.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the following sentence: “The moment of inspiration for Irving came at age 15 while he was working in his parents’ bookstore. One of their customers a Jamaican-born professional pilot, asked Irving if he’d ever thought about becoming a pilot.” Which figurative language term is best represented here?

a. Verbal Irony
b. Pun 
c. Dramatic Irony 
d. Allusion

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is objective summary for this article?

a. Barrington was able to work towards his goal of flying and went on a trip around the world. He is also able to educate children about the flying experience .
b. Barrington decided to try flying around the world after his exhausting debate with many rude sponsors.
c. Barrington was unprepared, but determined to fly around the world after being told that he was not capable
d. Barrington was afraid to fly, but after building his nonprofit company he was able to gain enough confidence .

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the following sentence. 
“The secret, he believes, is having wavy fivors. 
What figurative language term is represented here?

a. assonance 
b. consonance 
c. idiom
d. pun 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3