8th grade test prep

Theme is....

• The order of events

• The point

• The person telling the story

• The message

SETTING can be which of the following? (Pick two.)

• When the story takes place

• Who is telling the story

• Where the story takes place

• The main character in the story

A POINT that is being made is also known as a ________.

• Claim

• Plot

• Theme

• Summary

To tell or write what the text is mostly about is called __________________.

• Listening

• Narrating

• Plotting

• Summarizing

The main/ overall point of an article or passage is called the ___________________.

• Central Theme

• Central Claim

• Summary

• Setting

"Spring Break is a fun time of year. We gather with our family and eat delicious food. It is usually warm and my cousins and I play tag and swim! I look forward to it every year!"

The author's point of view in this passage is ..

• positive feeling about spring break

• negative feeling about spring break

• has no opinion about spring break

• doesn't care about spring break

School uniforms are far cheaper than the currently popular fashions. Many students work long hours at a paying job instead of doing homework because they feel they have to "keep up appearances." If students wore uniforms, there would be no need for most of them to have jobs that take away from their study time.

What is the central claim of this paragraph?

• Popular fashions are expensive.

• School uniforms are a good idea.

• Students work many hours at jobs.

• Teens enjoying wearing uniforms.

"Recess is a great thing to have at school! It gives students a break where they can move around. They are able to eat a snack and breathe fresh air. Maybe a longer recess should be considered!"

The author's view point about recess is that...

• recess is good for children

• recess is boring

• we should not have recess

• recess is a bad idea

What is the theme?

• The underlying message or big idea of a talk, book, film or other work

• The art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people.

• Language characterized by figures of speech (e.g., metaphor, symbolism)

• The author’s attitude toward a topic or subject.

When you analyze a text, you _______________.

• judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount or value of something

• form an opinion from evidence; to reach a conclusion based on known facts.

• study or examine something in detail in order to discover more about it.

• say something that someone else has said or written using different words