8th Grade
What does RACE stand for and when should it be used?
RACE=
RESTATE/ANSWER- CITE-EXPLAIN
It should be used to organize your information before writing your essay.
What mood is the following sentence...
I would go to the beach if it were sunny.
Conditional
Change this sentence to active voice:
The scores given by the judges were fair.
The judges gave fair scores.
VERB OR GERUND
One of her greatest fears is DRIVING in a thunderstorm.
Gerund
Identify the pronoun in the sentence.
Are you going to the game tonight?
You
Rewrite the following sentence in active voice.
The car was bought by my brother.
My brother bought the car.
Identify the dependent clause:
While we were at the mall, we ate dinner.
While we were at the mall
Reading about the castles of history and legend had always fascinated him, and he’d been GLAD when his grandfather suggested to visit the real thing. Which word would best replace CAPITALIZED word to emphasize that Braden was extremely happy?
D) Thrilled
Identify the infinitive in the sentence below:
Theo, Shakur and Adeola wanted to wear their fashion show cultural attire to the dance too.
to wear
Is the capitalized word an adjective or adverb?
She walked SOFTLY down the hallway so that she wouldn't wake anyone up.
Adverb?
What is a gerund?
a verbal- it looks like a verb, but acts as a noun and ends in -ing
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If you are citing evidence from the text and want to take out some of the words- what do you use to show omission?
Ellipses (...)
If he WAS a human sunbather, he would have been sprawling on a beach towel to soak up the sun's rays.
Which is the best choice for the capitalized word.
C) were
Identify the verb mood as: indicative, imperative, conditional or subjunctive
It is cold outside today.
Indicative
"Janice thought the man was friendly, but Casey thought he was malicious."
What does malicious mean in the sentence?
What is bad, dangerous, sketchy, mean
How many paragraphs should your essay be?
5
What is the purpose of a thesis/claim statement?
To tell the reader what the writing piece will be about
IDENTIFY THE SENTENCE TYPE (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex):
After dinner, we went for a walk, and we stopped to get ice cream.
Compound-complex
Rewrite the sentence in indicative mood.
He suggested that she watch the movie.
He told her to watch the movie.
When you cite evidence to prove your answer, how do you let the reader know that you found the evidence in the passage?
Use quotation marks/begin with the text states
What should you begin paragraphs 2, 3, 4 & 5 of an essay with?
a transition word/word phrase
This is the last part/paragraph of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with a STRONG impact statement.
A conclusion paragraph
Identify the word in capital letters as Verb or Participle:
My sister bought a pack of JUMPING beans from the Dollar Tree.
Participle
I CHOPPED vegetables to make a "salad" for my pet became a regular part of my mornings.
Which is the best choice to replace the words in capital letters?
B) Chopping
What do adjectives modify?
Nouns
Identify the infinitive:
She is going to run errands after school.
to run (to + a verb)
What does a thesis/claim statement consist of?
Your stance/opinion and a preview of the 3 things that you will discuss in your essay
Is the CAPITALIZED phrase an adjective or adverb?
The chair ON TOP OF THE SHELF would look the best in my living room.
Adjective
Does this sentence use active or passive voice?
The game was cancelled because of the rain.
Passive
Name the type of figurative language in this sentence.
His mouth was a vacuum cleaner.
Metaphor