8ELA Unit 3 Exam Review K12 MOVA

Madison is assigned to read a report.

Which statement best explains how the structure of a text might affect comprehension?

• Reports are only written for school, so it would be necessary to find out whether the information in the report is useful for schoolwork.

• Reports are written for educated people only, so one might expect to have trouble understanding the information.

• Reports are generally written for an assignment, so one would read it to find out who the audience is and why the report was written.

• Reports are always written for English classes, so one might expect that the topic would be about an author or book.

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is a diary.

Which statement best explains how this fact can increase comprehension of the text?

• It helps to show that Anne was immature, because fully mature adults do not keep diaries.

• It helps to show that Anne was impulsive because she wrote her diary entries without thinking about how they would affect others.

• It helps to show that Anne is not as cruel as she seems; she just never expected anyone else to read her thoughts.

• It helps to understand that Anne's death was tragic because she could not prevent others from publishing her diary.

Read the passage.

Margot and I got in the same bed together last evening; it was a frightful squash, but that was just the fun of it.

Which word best determines the connotation of the word frightful?

• scary

• extreme

• uncomfortable

• pointless

Read the passage.

This morning I was lying on Peter's bed, having chased him off at first. He was furious with me, not that I cared very much. He might be a bit more friendly with me for once; after all, I did give him an apple yesterday.

Which word best determines the connotation of the word furious?

• bored

• angry

• irritated

• frightened

Tone is:

• the argument you make

• the written expression of feelings

• the color of printer ink

• the alignment of two unlike verbs

Darkness in The Diary of a Young Girl is a symbol of?

• cloud coverage and storms moving into the area

• the loneliness that Anne felt.

• Annexe members not being allowed to turn on the lights

• the gathering storm of the occupation outside of the Annexe.

Participles are:

• words that act as a verb

• the incomplete idea in a sentence

• verbs that act as nouns or adjectives

• a stand alone statement

Read the excerpt from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

I have a craze for dancing and ballet at the moment, and practice dance steps every evening diligently.

Which sentence identifies the tone of the passage and analyzes how it is created?

• The tone is desperate; words such as practice and craze establish this by showing how Anne longs for companionship.

• The tone is excited; words such as every and craze establish this by showing how Anne enjoys her new pastime.

• The tone is exhausted; words such as every and evening establish this by showing that Anne longs for rest and quiet.

• The tone is annoyed; words such as practice and moment establish this by showing how Anne longs for others to appreciate her.

Read the excerpt from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Before we came here, when I didn't think about things as much as I do now, I used at times to have the feeling that I didn't belong to Mansa, Pim, and Margot, and that I would always be a bit of an outsider.

Which sentence identifies the tone of the passage and analyzes how it is created?

• The tone is angry; words such as feeling and outsider establish this because they show that Anne does not accept her life as it is.

• The tone is bored; words such as think and outsider establish this because they show that Anne cannot be a part of normal society.

• The tone is reflective; words such as before and used establish this because they show that Anne is thinking meaningfully about the past.

• The tone is frustrated; words such as belong and Margot establish this because they show that Anne wishes she could be more like her sister.

A gerund is:

• a verb that modifies a noun

• a verb that functions as a noun (ending in -ing)

• a descriptor

• i have no idea