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Worksheets8th Grade ELA End of Semester (Kinda) Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
__________ is/are comprised of rising action, falling action, and climax.
a)
Plot
b)
Poems
c)
Pickles
d)
Pictures
2.
__________ is the time and place in which a plot takes place.
a)
Conflict
b)
Character
c)
Setting
d)
Theme
3.
__________ is the problem or challenge a character is trying to solve or resolve.
a)
Resolution
b)
Climax
c)
Character
d)
Conflict
4.
__________ is the moral or lesson the author is trying to impart or teach.
a)
Theme
b)
Conflict
c)
Plot
d)
Climax
5.
Themes are...
a)
complete statements or thoughts.
b)
hard to understand.
c)
only relevant for a few individuals.
d)
not found in real life.
6.
__________ are the characters who are trying to resolve a conflict.
a)
Antagonists
b)
Protagonists
c)
Villains
d)
Heroes
7.
__________ leads up to the climax of a plot.
a)
Setting
b)
Resolution
c)
Falling Action
d)
Rising Action
8.
__________ is/are all the necessary background information a reader needs to effectively understand a story.
a)
Resolution
b)
Exposition
c)
Climax
d)
The Table of Contents
9.
What we call the point at which conflict and resolution meet?
a)
Climax
b)
Rising Action
c)
Falling Action
d)
Theme
10.
When the narrator of a story isn't one of the character and knows both the thoughts and feelings of all the characters, it is called what?
a)
First Person
b)
Second Person
c)
Third Person Limited
d)
Third Person Omniscient
11.
True or False: A story can only have one climax.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
True or False? A character can't be both an antagonist AND protagonist.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
True or False: Every conflict in literature has a resolution.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
True or False: Stories usually have multiple settings.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
True or False: We usually learn about a story's themes through its characters (including its narrator).
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Find the simple subject in the following sentence:
The lonely sheep went bowling on Tuesday.
The lonely sheep went bowling on Tuesday.
a)
lonely
b)
sheep
c)
bowling
d)
Tuesday
17.
Find the simple subject in the following sentence:
The wacky platypus wanted more Cracker Jacks.
The wacky platypus wanted more Cracker Jacks.
a)
The
b)
platypus
c)
wanted
d)
Cracker
18.
Find the simple predicate in the following sentence:
The lonely sheep went bowling on Tuesday.
The lonely sheep went bowling on Tuesday.
a)
lonely
b)
sheep
c)
went
d)
bowling
19.
Find the simple predicate in the following sentence:
The wacky platypus wanted more Cracker Jacks.
The wacky platypus wanted more Cracker Jacks.
a)
wacky
b)
platypus
c)
wanted
d)
Jacks
20.
Find the complete subject in the following sentence:
The hungry hummingbird buzzed all over the garden.
The hungry hummingbird buzzed all over the garden.
a)
hummingbird
b)
garden
c)
The hungry hummingbird
d)
buzzed all over
21.
Find the complete predicate in the following sentence:
Smart, little Ms. Klepfer beat mean, old Mr. Morris in Quizizz.
Smart, little Ms. Klepfer beat mean, old Mr. Morris in Quizizz.
a)
Smart, little
b)
beat
c)
Ms. Klepfer
d)
beat mean, old Mr. Morris in Quizizz
22.
Find the verb in the following sentence:
Terrance drove past the water tower.
Terrance drove past the water tower.
a)
Terrance
b)
drove
c)
past
d)
tower
23.
Find the adjective in the following sentence:
Bruno's grandma couldn't find the key to her motorcycle.
Bruno's grandma couldn't find the key to her motorcycle.
a)
grandma
b)
couldn't
c)
key
d)
There isn't one.
24.
Find the adverb in the following sentence:
I carefully applied the sticker to my lunch box.
I carefully applied the sticker to my lunch box.
a)
I
b)
carefully
c)
applied
d)
sticker
25.
What is the tense of the sentence below?
Someday, I'll go to a baseball game and catch a foul ball!
Someday, I'll go to a baseball game and catch a foul ball!
a)
Past
b)
Present
c)
Future
26.
What is the tense of the sentence below?
One day, I went to a baseball game and caught a foul ball!
One day, I went to a baseball game and caught a foul ball!
a)
Past
b)
Present
c)
Future
27.
What is the tense of the sentence below?
"So, I'm at a baseball game, and suddenly I see at baseball flying at my face."
"So, I'm at a baseball game, and suddenly I see at baseball flying at my face."
a)
Past
b)
Present
c)
Future
28.
In literature, what do you call an object or "thing" that represents an idea?
a)
Theme
b)
Symbol
c)
Conflict
d)
Resolution
29.
In TSB, totems symbolized what?
a)
People in the story.
b)
Questions Cole had.
c)
Seasons of the year.
d)
Traits Cole wanted to take on.
30.
True or False: Symbols and themes are often related or connected.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
How would you capitalize the following?
__________ is a popular bridge in my hometown.
__________ is a popular bridge in my hometown.
a)
potter's bridge
b)
Potter's bridge
Potter's Bridge
Potter's Bridge
32.
How would you capitalize the following?
__________ is a well-known holiday in the Town of Fairmount.
__________ is a well-known holiday in the Town of Fairmount.
a)
james dean day
b)
James dean day
c)
James Dean Day
33.
How would you capitalize the following?
Next year, __________ will be __________ as president.
Next year, __________ will be __________ as president.
a)
Donald Trump, inaugurated
b)
Donald Trump, Inaugurated
34.
How would you capitalize the following?
I've been to ____________ four times.
I've been to ____________ four times.
a)
New york State
b)
New York State
c)
New York state
35.
How many commas is the sentence below missing?
When I go the store the first things I always buy are milk, cheese and bread.
When I go the store the first things I always buy are milk, cheese and bread.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
36.
How many commas is the sentence below missing?
When I go the store the first things I always buy are milk, cheese and bread.
When I go the store the first things I always buy are milk, cheese and bread.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
0
37.
How many commas is the sentence below missing?
Never trust a eye-patch wearing peg-legged pirate.
Never trust a eye-patch wearing peg-legged pirate.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
38.
How many commas is the sentence below missing?
Muncie Indiana is my favorite place anywhere...in Delaware County.
Muncie Indiana is my favorite place anywhere...in Delaware County.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
39.
A well-constructed short response will always contain what?
a)
Lots of exclamation marks.
b)
Good points.
c)
Textual Evidence.
d)
Memes.
40.
"Mark Twain was born the 1800s. He wrote many poems, short stories, non-fiction articles, and novels. His most famous pieces of writing are those he wrote about the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn."
What claim or argument could you make using the textual evidence above?
What claim or argument could you make using the textual evidence above?
a)
Mark Twain wrote more than just novels.
b)
Less people read Mark Twain now than in the 1960s.
c)
More people know about Tom Sawyer than Huckleberry Finn.
d)
Mark Twain's poems aren't well known.
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