STAAR Review - 8th grade

^{Identify the type of figurative language.}
John’s answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Allusion

Poem from “A Birthday” by Christina Rossetti
My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a watered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thickest fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me.
What is the author trying to illustrate in the poem?

• She’s describing her heart
• She’s drawing a visual for us through words
• She’s trying to show us how happy her heart is through comparisons
• She’s describing her love

What is main idea?

• The author's purpose
• The moral lesson of the story
• What the story is mostly about
• The supporting details in a story

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.2.6

A group of lines in a poem is called...

• line break
• free verse
• stanza
• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

Understanding if the author is trying to persuade, inform, or entertain you is called....

• author's purpose
• authors point of view
• theme
• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.2.8

My doctor tried to CONVEY how important it was to get rest.  What is the best definition of the word CONVEY?

• to back up with details
• to break apart
• moral of the story or the lesson learned
• to show or to tell

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.4

What is the best definition for TONE?

• to judge

• the lesson learned or the moral of the story

• how the text is set up

• attitude of the author

How does the author ORGANIZE the passage?  What is the correct meaning of the word ORGANIZE as used in the sentence above?

• attitude of the author
• to list in steps
• how the text is set up
• to give the short version

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.5

The author of a play is called...

• playwright
• monologue
• comedy
• scene

position or perspective from which a story is told

• conclusion
• genre
• message
• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3