8th grade ELA

Reading Comprehension

100

What does "skeptically" mean in this sentence? "He skeptically looked at the broken toaster, wondering if it could really be fixed".

• A) Angrily
• B) Doubtfully
• C) Excitedly
• D) Fearfully

B) Doubtfully

200

What is wrong in this sentence :

I'm too old two play with toy cars

answer: two needs to be to.

300

What's wrong in this sentence??

"The main characters power and wealth destroy his family relationships,"

What is destroy?

400

The most important idea or message that a text is trying to communicate.

What is the main idea?

500

Using clues from the text and your own reasoning to figure out something the author doesn’t directly state.

What is an inference?

Vocabulary

100

Prefix Power

• Clue: This 2-letter prefix meaning "again" is found at the start of words like "redo," "replay," and "rewrite."

• Answer: What is re-?

200

Context Clues

• Clue: In the sentence, "The vibrant flowers stood out against the gray grass," this 7-letter word means full of energy, life, or bright color.

Answer: What is vibrant?

300

Synonyms & Antonyms

• Clue: This word, which means to yield or give up under pressure, serves as the direct antonym to the word "resist."

Answer: What is succumb?

400

Clue: Derived from the Greek roots for "sound" and "far off," this everyday device allows you to speak to someone miles away.

Answer: What is a telephone?

500

Advanced Words

• Clue: This 10-letter adjective describes something that is fleeting, temporary, or lasts for only a very short time.

Answer: What is ephemeral?

grammar

100

 Parts of Speech

• Clue: This part of speech replaces a noun, with examples including "he," "they," and "ourselves."

Answer: What is a pronoun?

200

Punctuation Rules

• Clue: This specific comma is placed immediately before the coordinating conjunction in a series of three or more items.

• Answer: What is the Oxford comma (or serial comma)?

300

Sentence Structure

• Clue: This type of sentence error occurs when two independent clauses are joined together with only a comma and no coordinating conjunction.

Answer: What is a comma splice?

400

Subject-Verb Agreement

• Clue: In the sentence, "Neither the teacher nor the students are ready," this specific verb choice is grammatically correct.

Answer: What is "are"?

500

Verb Tenses & Moods

• Clue: This verb mood is used to express wishes, hypothetical situations, or conditions contrary to fact, as in "If I were you."

Answer: What is the subjunctive mood?

Theme

100

Fables & Lessons

• Clue: A young girl disobeys her mother, talks to a stranger in the woods, and gets tricked by a wolf dressed as her grandmother. This is the underlying cautionary theme.

Answer: What is "do not trust strangers" (or "obey your parents")?

200

Modern Novels

• Clue: In The Hunger Games, Katniss defies a powerful government to save her sister and her friends, highlighting this central theme about standing up to oppression.

Answer: What is resistance (or rebellion/the power of sacrifice)?

300

• Clue: The tortoise beats the arrogant hare in a race, proving this slow-and-steady lesson.

• Answer: What is patience? (Acceptable: What is persistence pays off?)

400

This type of theme is implied rather than directly stated, and readers must figure it out by thinking about the story’s events, characters, and conflicts.

What is an implicit theme?

500

This is a universal idea explored across many stories and cultures, often about life, human nature, or society, that goes beyond a single text.

What is a universal theme?

Literary Devices

100

What uses like or as??

What is a Simile?

200

what is a metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech where you compare two unlike things without using “like” or “as”. It says that one thing is another to make a point or create a vivid image.

300

Giving human qualities to something non-human.

What is personification?

400

A hint or warning about what will happen later in a story.

What is foreshadowing?

500

Exaggeration used for effect or emphasis.

What is hyperbole?