EOG Practice

What literary device is used in the following sentence?

"The wind howled through the trees like a pack of hungry wolves."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1

What can you infer about the relationship between the person lying on the road and the person who shakes his shoulder?

• They are strangers

• They are enemies

• They are friends

• They are family members

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1

Read the sentence from the Editorial.
“When asked if it was best to pass a helmet-wearing law, Mayor Smith said, ‘Tullyville tried that a number of years ago and parents and children ignored the ordinance.’ ”
 What does the word ordinance mean as it is used in the passage?

• Program

• Bargain

• Regulation

• Registration

What is the synonym of the word 'benevolent'?

• A) Kind

• B) Cruel

• C) Indifferent

• D) Hostile

Choose the correct sentence.

• A) She don't like apples.

• B) She doesn't likes apples.

• C) She doesn't like apples.

• D) She don't likes apples.

Identify the main idea of the following passage: 'The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. This daily movement is due to the Earth's rotation on its axis.'

• A) The sun moves around the Earth.

• B) The Earth rotates on its axis.

• C) The sun rises and sets daily.

• D) The Earth is stationary.

What is the antonym of the word 'abundant'?

• A) Plentiful

• B) Scarce

• C) Ample

• D) Copious

Which of the following sentences is a compound sentence?

• A) I went to the store, and I bought some milk.

• B) I went to the store because I needed milk.

• C) Going to the store, I bought some milk.

• D) I went to the store to buy milk.

Read the sentence: 'Despite the heavy rain, the match continued.' What does the word 'despite' indicate?

• A) Cause

• B) Contrast

• C) Addition

• D) Sequence

What is the theme of the following passage: 'In the end, honesty was the best policy, and the truth set him free.'

• A) Freedom

• B) Honesty

• C) Policy

• D) Truth