8th Grade EOY Practice Test

What is a summary?

• Information that clarifies the main idea

• Text evidence used to prove a point

• The author’s main message

• A brief retelling of the main points of a passage

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What figurative language is this?

After failing her driving test for the third time, Jenna smiled and said, “Well, aren’t I just the best driver in town!”

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

It costs an arm and a leg to buy a concert ticket these days.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Guess the informational text structure that uses key words like: if/then, because, due to, as a result, and since?

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Descriptive Writing

• Chronological Order

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Thank you for purchasing the SkySurfer 3000! Begin by inserting the included batteries into the remote. Press the power button to activate the propellers. Use the joystick to guide your drone into flight. Always launch outdoors, away from people and trees!

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Choose the word with a positive connotation: stench, fragrance, cheap, rotten

• Stench

• Fragrance

• Cheap

• Rotten

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the word with a positive connotation.

• Noisy

• Loud

• Energetic

• Yell

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Active/ Passive: Our dog performed three songs during the assembly.

• Active

• Passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Active/ Passive: Count Dracula solved the case of the missing chocolate recipe very quickly.

• Active

• Passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Active/ Passive: The dog was washed by a robot.

• Active

• Passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A