Grade 8 1st Test Revision

After ___________ for decades, my grandfather has finally retired.

• vexed

• toiling

• Shawrma

• pines

“The sun smiled down on us.” This is an example of

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

There was a jeans sale, so Lori bought _____________ a blue pair _____________ a black pair.

• neither / or

• either / or

• both / and

• neither / nor

Which one is a lexical set for LOUD?

• dim, gloomy, murky, shadowy

• deafening, ear-splitting, harsh, noisy, shrill, strident

• fleeting, quick, rapid, speedy, swift

There are five key __________ to every story

• eggs

• image

• elements

• parlours

Poetic ____________are tools that a poet can use to create rhythm, enhance a poem's meaning, or intensify a mood or feeling.

• topaz

• ne'er

• blinds

• devices

Which one is a lexical set for DARK?

• dim, gloomy, murky, shadowy

• deafening, ear-splitting, harsh, noisy, shrill, strident

• fleeting, quick, rapid, speedy, swift

It doesn’t matter where we study. We can ___________ meet here _________ at your house.

• neither / or

• either / or

• both / and

• neither / nor

Through the _________and the windows and bars;

• blinds

• myriads

• majesty

• aeons

__________is a literary device that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Rhyme scheme