8th grade STAAR review

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English
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7th - 8th Grade
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Stephen Carpenter
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the climax of a story?
The end of the story.
The beginning of the story.
The turning point of the story.
The funniest part of the story.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the setting of the story?
The people in the story.
Where and when the story takes place.
The problem of the story.
The genre of the story.
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
2 mins • 1 pt
Which genre has stanzas and lines?
Realistic fiction
Informational non-fiction
Poetry
Biography
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the "author's message"?
The story the author tells.
The lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
The general feeling of the passage.
The style or type of passage the author writes.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
In poetry , _____________ are like paragraphs in fiction and non-fiction writing.
Lines
Pages
Stanzas
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Lyrical poetry is:
Poetry that is about nature and/or music.
Poetry that has a message.
Poetry that does not have any rhyme nor rhythm.
Poetry that has a set rhyme or rhythm.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following is a simile?
He was a tiger leaping on his prey.
They were louder than a rock concert.
She was like a ninja, fighting the criminals.
My computer haves me!
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.7.7
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.7
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