Worksheets8th Grade Diagnostic Evaluation
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
If you are born into great wealth, you are part of the upper __________.
class
audience
chorus
We can __________ from the evidence that polar bears are suffering due to warmer temperatures.
infer
claim
argument
A caterpillar goes through a __________ to become a butterfly.
transition
fact
conclusion
While reading a novel, readers often try to __________ the final.
predict
conclude
summarize
Loss of habitat is often a cause of a population's __________.
extinction
bodiversity
conservation
Something that is true and can be proven.
fact
purpose
detail
To look over quickly.
scan
skim
claim
To read something quickly to get the general idea of its content.
skim
scan
theme
The main idea or topic of a work, text, etc.
theme
detail
conclusion
The reason why something is made or done.
purpose
topic
idea
The __________ of a story should be gripping and exciting.
climax
conflict
tone
The __________ comes first in a book.
introduction
falling action
resolution
A series of relevant incidents that create suspense in a narrative.
rising action(s)
plot(s)
illustration(s)
Pictures or examples that clarify or enlarge a text, a story, an article, etc.
illustrations
tones
claims
Main storyline or pattern of events.
plot
claim
resolution
A simile is a __________.
figure of speech
written mistake
synonym of similar
A metaphor can make writing __________.
more interesting
shorter
easy to read
__________ means supplies explanatory notes or commentary.
annotate
compare
synthesize
If you compare two things, you look at __________.
both
only one
your favorite
__________ means a group of advanced students doing research, study, or investigation with a professor.
seminar
audience
hyperbole
