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8th Grade Diagnostic Evaluation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you are born into great wealth, you are part of the upper __________.

a)

class

b)

audience

c)

chorus

2.

We can __________ from the evidence that polar bears are suffering due to warmer temperatures.

a)

infer

b)

claim

c)

argument

3.

A caterpillar goes through a __________ to become a butterfly.

a)

transition

b)

fact

c)

conclusion

4.

While reading a novel, readers often try to __________ the final.

a)

predict

b)

conclude

c)

summarize

5.

Loss of habitat is often a cause of a population's __________.

a)

extinction

b)

bodiversity

c)

conservation

6.

Something that is true and can be proven.

a)

fact

b)

purpose

c)

detail

7.

To look over quickly.

a)

scan

b)

skim

c)

claim

8.

To read something quickly to get the general idea of its content.

a)

skim

b)

scan

c)

theme

9.

The main idea or topic of a work, text, etc.

a)

theme

b)

detail

c)

conclusion

10.

The reason why something is made or done.

a)

purpose

b)

topic

c)

idea

11.

The __________ of a story should be gripping and exciting.

a)

climax

b)

conflict

c)

tone

12.

The __________ comes first in a book.

a)

introduction

b)

falling action

c)

resolution

13.

A series of relevant incidents that create suspense in a narrative.

a)

rising action(s)

b)

plot(s)

c)

illustration(s)

14.

Pictures or examples that clarify or enlarge a text, a story, an article, etc.

a)

illustrations

b)

tones

c)

claims

15.

Main storyline or pattern of events.

a)

plot

b)

claim

c)

resolution

16.

A simile is a __________.

a)

figure of speech

b)

written mistake

c)

synonym of similar

17.

A metaphor can make writing __________.

a)

more interesting

b)

shorter

c)

easy to read

18.

__________ means supplies explanatory notes or commentary.

a)

annotate

b)

compare

c)

synthesize

19.

If you compare two things, you look at __________.

a)

both

b)

only one

c)

your favorite

20.

__________ means a group of advanced students doing research, study, or investigation with a professor.

a)

seminar

b)

audience

c)

hyperbole