RL.8.1
the series of events or action in a story
plot
3/4
Rational
Convert to standard form:
7.8times10^4
78,000
Simplify:
9^5/9^2
9^3
Q. Which part of the plot is the most intense? This is usually a turning point for the main character.
climax
The story's time and place is its ___.
setting
Rational or Irrational?
3 pi
Irrational
Solve:
(1.9 times 10^-3)(2 times 10^4)
3.8 times 10^1
Simplify:
5^0
1
A problem faced by the main character
conflict
The main character in a story is the ___.
a. antagonist
b. protagonist
c. exposition
d. climax
b. protagonist
Rational or Irrational?
-7
Rational
Solve:
5 times 10^-4 + 3.1 times 10^-5=
5.31times10^-4
Simplify:
3^-4
1/3^4
All the events that lead to the climax of a story are called the ___.
a. conflict
b. exposition
c. falling action
d. rising action
d. rising action
Read the paragraph from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, then answer the question that follows.
Mowgli was uneasy, because he had never been under a roof before. But as he looked at the thatch, he
saw that he could tear it out any time if he wanted to get away, and that the window had no fastenings.
“What is the good of a man,” he said to himself at last, “if he does not understand man’s talk? Now I
am as silly and dumb as a man would be with us in the jungle. I must speak their talk.”
Read the sentences from the paragraph above.
“What is the good of a man . . . if he does not understand man’s talk? Now I am as silly and dumb as a
man would be with us in the jungle. I must speak their talk.”
What do these sentences reveal about Mowgli?
A. Mowgli feels unhappy, but he is determined to succeed in the village of man.
B. Mowgli feels helpless living in the village of man and wants to return to the jungle.
C. Mowgli feels happy living in the village of man and wants to learn man’s language.
D. Mowgli feels angry, but he tries to learn their language to prove the villagers wrong.
A. Mowgli feels unhappy, but he is determined to succeed in the village of man.
Rational or Irrational?
pi+5
Irrational
Solve:
5.2 times 10^-8 - 3.1 times 10^-9=
4.89times10^-8
Simplify:
4^10(4^3)
4^13
Source: 2017 Grade 8 ELA Released Items, Engage NY
Read the paragraph from Humans With Amazing Senses, then answer the question that follows.
Scientists have discovered that in the brains of the blind, the visual cortex has not become useless, as they once believed. When blind people use another sense—touch or hearing, for example—to substitute for sight, the brain’s visual cortex becomes active, even though no images reach it from the optic nerve. Echolocation creates its own images.
In people who are blind, the visual cortex seems to help
A. activate the optic nerve where images are formed.
B. increase the amount of light reaching the brain.
C. create images in the brain based on sounds.
D. make echoes of sounds from clicks.
C. create images in the brain based on sounds.