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ELA 8 Final Review

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the type of metaphor that uses "like" and "as" to compare differing things?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

2.

A direct comparison between two differing things

a)

Imagery

b)

Allusion

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

3.

A repetition of a speech sound

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personification

d)

Figurative Language

4.

Language that is not meant to be taken literally

a)

Personification

b)

Imagery

c)

Figurative Language

d)

Alliteration

5.

Giving human qualities to non-living things

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

6.

An exaggeration for emphasis

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

7.

Words that are meant to represent sounds from the world around us

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

8.

A reference to a famous event or character from history or the arts

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Allusion

d)

Figurative Language

9.

What genre is "The Highwayman"?

a)

Article

b)

Graphic Literature

c)

Narrative Poem

d)

Lyric Poem

10.

What genre is "Zero Hour"?

a)

Article

b)

Graphic Literature

c)

Narrative Poem

d)

Essay

11.

What genre is "La Vida Robot"?

a)

Article

b)

Lyric Poem

c)

Narrative Poem

d)

Essay

12.

What genre is "The New Colossus"?

a)

Article

b)

Lyric Poem

c)

Narrative Poem

d)

Graphic Literature

13.

What genre is "Chunky Peanut Butter"?

a)

Article

b)

Lyric Poem

c)

Essay

d)

Graphic Literature

14.

The attitude of the author about the topic they are writing about.

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

15.

The overall feeling of a text created by the author through imagery

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

16.

How would we punctuate and capitalize the title of this novel?

a)

"The Wizard of Oz"

b)

The Wizard Of Oz

c)

The Wizard of Oz

d)

the Wizard of Oz

17.

The main idea/message of a story

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Theme

d)

POV

18.

What is the main purpose of the semicolon?

a)

Begins a list

b)

Links together two independent sentences

c)

Adds emphasis to extra information

d)

Indicates that a speaker has been interrupted

19.

The choice of words you use in your writing.

a)

Organization

b)

Fluency

c)

Presentation

d)

Diction

20.

We used MEAT to help with setting up our writing

a)

Fluency

b)

Organization

c)

Diction

d)

Presentation

21.

Being able to write with smoothness and rhythm (it sounds good when read out loud)

a)

Fluency

b)

Presentation

c)

Organization

d)

Diction

22.

The way something looks (should look appealing)

a)

Diction

b)

Organization

c)

Presentation

d)

Fluency

23.

Hints from the author about what will happen later in the story

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Flashback

24.

When the story goes back in time to get additional information about the past

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Flashback

25.

What kind of paragraphs do we use for analytical writing?

(a)  

26.

What type of writing uses the plot diagram?

a)

Analytical writing

b)

Narrative writing

27.

Click ALL qualities of science fiction (more than one right answer)

a)

Interested in topics of aliens, outer space, and time travel

b)

Often predicts where technology will lead humankind

c)

Borrows elements from British mythology such as fairies, unicorns, and magic

d)

Usually set in the future

28.

What word has a positive connotation?

a)

rejoice

b)

abyss

c)

melancholy

d)

dubious

29.

Which word has a negative connotation?

a)

elated

b)

euphoria

c)

morgue

d)

respite

30.

What is the correct order of the plot diagram?

a)

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

b)

Rising action, climax, exposition, falling action, resolution

c)

Climax, exposition, falling action, resolution, rising action

d)

Exposition, climax, rising action, falling action, resolution

31.

Uses "I" and "me" pronouns when telling the story.

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person limited

d)

3rd person omniscient

32.

This point of view talks directly to you, the reader.

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person limited

d)

3rd person omniscient

33.

This point of view looks in on the action like a spectator at a sporting event.

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person limited

d)

3rd person omniscient

34.

This point of view looks in on the action from the outside, but knows characters thoughts and feelings (God-like)

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person limited

d)

3rd person omniscient

35.

To inform, persuade, morally instruct, entertain, and create artistic expression are all examples of different forms of...

a)

mood

b)

author's purpose

c)

tone

d)

point of view

36.

Click all sentences that use the apostrophe correctly. (More than one right answer)

a)

My dog's paw is hurt.

b)

Your dad's really fast.

c)

My friend has three bird's.

d)

I took my parents' car for a ride.

37.

Illustrates a relationship between two nouns in a sentence (over, inside, around)

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

preposition

d)

conjunction

38.

Describes a noun (pretty, green, lame)

a)

adjective

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

conjunction

39.

Links together two independent sentences (and, but, because)

a)

adjective

b)

noun

c)

preposition

d)

conjunction

40.

People, places, things, ideas, qualities, and activities

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

noun

d)

preposition

41.

An action (jump, throw, fly)

a)

verb

b)

conjunction

c)

adjective

d)

noun

42.

A deep, bottomless hole

a)

blustery

b)

abyss

c)

immaculate

d)

plague

43.

Blowing of strong winds

a)

ominous

b)

eccentric

c)

blustery

d)

epiphany

44.

A mixture of things

a)

immaculate

b)

ominous

c)

vex

d)

concoction

45.

Likely to cause disagreement

a)

controversial

b)

abyss

c)

facade

d)

concoction

46.

Strange-acting

a)

zenith

b)

eccentric

c)

pseudonym

d)

tyrannical

47.

A moment of sudden realization

a)

grotesque

b)

insomnia

c)

loathe

d)

epiphany

48.

The face of a building OR someone putting up a false front (bad guy trying to look nice)

a)

facade

b)

zenith

c)

loathe

d)

concoction

49.

Ugly or distorted

a)

plague

b)

obliterate

c)

grotesque

d)

ominous

50.

Perfectly clean, neat, and tidy

a)

tyrannical

b)

facade

c)

controversial

d)

immaculate

51.

inability to sleep

a)

plague

b)

insomnia

c)

blustery

d)

labyrinth

52.

A confusing path-maze

a)

grotesque

b)

labyrinth

c)

ominous

d)

abyss

53.

Intense dislike/hatred

a)

plague

b)

pseudonym

c)

zenith

d)

loathe

54.

The feeling that something bad or unpleasant will happen

a)

facade

b)

ominous

c)

tyrannical

d)

utopia

55.

Totally destroy-wipe out

a)

abyss

b)

controversial

c)

obliterate

d)

eccentric

56.

Contagious disease OR continual trouble/distress

a)

plague

b)

utopia

c)

loathe

d)

epiphany

57.

A fake name- typically used by an author

a)

vex

b)

labyrinth

c)

pseudonym

d)

eccentric

58.

Using power in a cruel/evil way

a)

zenith

b)

abyss

c)

tyrannical

d)

immaculate

59.

An imagined place where everything is perfect

a)

utopia

b)

facade

c)

grotesque

d)

ominous

60.

Making someone annoyed or frustrated

a)

eccentric

b)

vex

c)

epiphany

d)

insomnia

61.

The highest point

a)

vex

b)

zenith

c)

epiphany

d)

controversial

62.

What part of speech is abyss?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

63.

What part of speech is blustery?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

64.

What part of speech is concoction?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

65.

What part of speech is controversial?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

66.

What part of speech is eccentric?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

67.

What part of speech is epiphany?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

68.

What part of speech is facade?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

69.

What part of speech is grotesque?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

70.

What part of speech is immaculate?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

71.

What part of speech is insomnia?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

72.

What part of speech is labyrinth?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

73.

What part of speech is loathe?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

74.

What part of speech is ominous?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

75.

What part of speech is obliterate?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

76.

What part of speech is plague?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

77.

What part of speech is pseudonym?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

78.

What part of speech is tyrannical?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

79.

What part of speech is utopia?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

80.

What part of speech is vex?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

81.

What part of speech is zenith?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

82.

When a something is turned into something else (ex: a book turned into a movie)

a)

juxtaposition

b)

malapropisms

c)

adaptation

d)

symbolism

83.

A word that means the OPPOSITE of another word

a)

synonyms

b)

antonyms

c)

irony

d)

setting

84.

The most exciting/intense part of a story

a)

homophones

b)

motif

c)

climax

d)

syntax

85.

When words sound the same but have different meanings (ex: do and due)

a)

imagery

b)

irony

c)

juxtaposition

d)

homophones

86.

Language that appeals to our five senses and paints a mental picture

a)

paradox

b)

malapropisms

c)

motif

d)

imagery

87.

The placing of two images side-by-side to show a point

a)

juxtaposition

b)

setting

c)

symbolism

d)

syntax

88.

Misleading terms like "restroom" that do not capture what they're supposed to define

a)

malapropisms

b)

hyberbole

c)

misnomers

d)

allusion

89.

What does the "M" stand for in MEAT paragraphs?

a)

Main idea

b)

Make a statement

c)

Mention the author

d)

Merry Christmas

90.

What does the "E" stand for in MEAT paragraphs?

a)

Examples

b)

Evidence

c)

Explanation

d)

Elvis

91.

What does the "A" stand for in MEAT paragraphs?

a)

Aladdin

b)

Accentuate

c)

Argument

d)

Analysis

92.

What does the "T" stand for in MEAT paragraphs?

a)

Time

b)

The end

c)

Transition

d)

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