Question Bank for Grade 8 English

to arrive at a conclusion, Imply

• Infer 
• Summarize
• Claim
• Selection

The underlying meaning or a universal truth of a story.

• Cause and Effect
• Metaphor
• Theme
• Statement

The reader uses clues that the author has given to determine meaning.

• Compression
• Guess
• Inference 
• Summarize 

Grouped lines in a poem. 

• Rhythm 
• Line phrase
• Stanza
• Course

The resolution to the conflict. 

• Consultation 
• Resolution
• Pace 
• Falling action

An inference is a _________ ________ or __________ based on observation, prior experience, or textual evidence. 

• logical opinion, story
• logical guess, conclusion

The tone is a ________ or speaker's attitude toward a subject.

• reader's
• audience
• writer's

_______ is a struggle between opposing forces. 

• Cause
• Effect
• Conflict

The setting is the _______ and ________ in which a narrative occurs. 

• mood, attitude
• structure, plot
• time, place

Imagery is descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures. 

• true
• false