ELA 8 Spiral Reviews Day 59-64

Read the following passage. Then, answer the question(s). 

(1) Privately owned cars should be banned from the downtown sections of major cities. (2) Cars create air pollution that especially harms young children and seniors. (3) Banning cars would force people to use buses and trains that create less pollution. (4) Cities would be less congested and safer. (5) Such a ban would cause inconvenience for some people.

What is the author's main purpose for writing this passage?

• to inform

• to persuade

• 1. to entertain 

• 1. to describe

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the following passage. Then, answer the question(s). 

(1) Privately owned cars should be banned from the downtown sections of major cities. (2) Cars create air pollution that especially harms young children and seniors. (3) Banning cars would force people to use buses and trains that create less pollution. (4) Cities would be less congested and safer. (5) Such a ban would cause inconvenience for some people.

Which sentence states the main claim that the author attempts to prove?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• 1. sentence 3

• 1. sentence 4

Read the following passage. Then, answer the question(s). 

(1) Privately owned cars should be banned from the downtown sections of major cities. (2) Cars create air pollution that especially harms young children and seniors. (3) Banning cars would force people to use buses and trains that create less pollution. (4) Cities would be less congested and safer. (5) Such a ban would cause inconvenience for some people.

Which sentence in this passage does NOT use a verb in the conditional mood?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• 1. sentence 3

• 1. sentence 4

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CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Read the following passage. Then, answer the question(s). 

(1) Privately owned cars should be banned from the downtown sections of major cities. (2) Cars create air pollution that especially harms young children and seniors. (3) Banning cars would force people to use buses and trains that create less pollution. (4) Cities would be less congested and safer. (5) Such a ban would cause inconvenience for some people.

Which sentence in the passage uses a verb in the passive voice?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• 1. sentence 3

• 1. sentence 5

Read the following passage. Then, answer the question(s). 

(1) Privately owned cars should be banned from the downtown sections of major cities. (2) Cars create air pollution that especially harms young children and seniors. (3) Banning cars would force people to use buses and trains that create less pollution. (4) Cities would be less congested and safer. (5) Such a ban would cause inconvenience for some people.

On which of these techniques does the passage most strongly rely to prove its claim?

• repetition

• appeals to emotion

• 1. rhetorical questions

• 1. appeals to reason

Read the following passage. Then, answer the question(s). 

(1) Privately owned cars should be banned from the downtown sections of major cities. (2) Cars create air pollution that especially harms young children and seniors. (3) Banning cars would force people to use buses and trains that create less pollution. (4) Cities would be less congested and safer. (5) Such a ban would cause inconvenience for some people.

Which sentence would most improve the author's argument if it were added to the end of the 

           passage?

• In addition, those who are inconvenienced would certainly protest and perhaps even sue the city

• So, perhaps those of us who would be inconvenienced ought to reconsider this entire idea.

• 1. On the other hand, some scientists believe that worries about air pollution are exaggerated. 

• 1. Nevertheless, the inconvenience of a few people is a small price to pay for healthier cities.

Read this poem by Emily Dickenson and then answer the question.

Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,

Leaping like leopards to the sky,

Then at the feet of the old horizon

Laying her spotted face, to die;

Stooping as low as the otter's window,

Touching the roof and tinting the barn,

Kissing her bonnet to the meadow, -

And the juggler of the day is gone!

-- "Blazing in gold and quenching in purple" Emily Dickinson

What kind of writing is this poem?

• a poetic work in the oral tradition

• a lyric poem using free verse

• a lyric poem using rhyme and meter

• a narrative poem using free verse

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Read this poem by Emily Dickenson and then answer the question.

Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,

Leaping like leopards to the sky,

Then at the feet of the old horizon

Laying her spotted face, to die;

Stooping as low as the otter's window,

Touching the roof and tinting the barn,

Kissing her bonnet to the meadow, -

And the juggler of the day is gone!

-- "Blazing in gold and quenching in purple" Emily Dickinson

From the imagery and other details, what do you conclude is the subject of the poem?

• the appearance of an angry person

• the life of a magnificent queen

• the activities on a farm

• 1. the daily route of the sun

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read this poem by Emily Dickenson and then answer the question.

Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,

Leaping like leopards to the sky,

Then at the feet of the old horizon

Laying her spotted face, to die;

Stooping as low as the otter's window,

Touching the roof and tinting the barn,

Kissing her bonnet to the meadow, -

And the juggler of the day is gone!

-- "Blazing in gold and quenching in purple" Emily Dickinson

On the literal level, to what does the figurative description in line 1 most likely refer?

• angry feelings and calm feelings

• childhood and old age

• sunrise and sunset

• 1. happy and sad moments in life

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Read this poem by Emily Dickenson and then answer the question.

Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,

Leaping like leopards to the sky,

Then at the feet of the old horizon

Laying her spotted face, to die;

Stooping as low as the otter's window,

Touching the roof and tinting the barn,

Kissing her bonnet to the meadow, -

And the juggler of the day is gone!

-- "Blazing in gold and quenching in purple" Emily Dickinson

What kind of figurative language does line 4 best illustrate?

• simile

• metaphor

•  personification

• 1.  hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9