Quarter 2 ELA Review - 8th Grade

Essay Skills

100

What information goes in an MLA in-text citation for a poem?

Author's last name + line number(s)

200

What should the last sentence of any essay introduction be?

Thesis or Claim

300

If you are quoting a sentence that ends in a period, what does the period become?

A comma

400

When should you NOT put the author's last name in the MLA in-text citation?

When you previously quoted that same author for your last piece of evidence

500

List four analysis verbs you can use to strengthen your reasoning instead of the word "shows"

Answers vary! Examples: highlights, emphasizes, illustrates, explains, exemplifies, elevates, undermines, validates, provokes, et cetera

Refugee

100

Josef is trying to get to Cuba from where?

Germany

200

What year did Mahmoud's story take place?

2015

300

Who was given up/lost in Mahmoud's story?

Hana

400

Who is president of Cuba during the novel?

Fidel Castro

500

What musical term does Isabel finally learn to count?

clave

Literary Devices

100

Name the literary device: Outside, the bells could be heard ringing: "ding-dong, ding-dong"

onomatopoeia (or sound imagery)

200

Name the literary device: The warmth of the cocoa was as comforting as a hug from a loved one.

Simile

300

Name the literary device: I was a marshmallow in all the layers of sweaters my grandfather knitted for me.

metaphor

400

Name the literary device: Busy shoppers bounded through the mall, bearing heavy bags and buying bundles of gifts.

alliteration

500

Name the device: The icicles transformed the house into a glittering palace.

metaphor

Random ELA

100

What is genre name for all true texts?

Non-fiction

200

How should novel titles be formatted when typing? Capitalize major words and ________ the whole title.

Italicize

300

What is another word for a story? This was our focus in first quarter!

Narrative

400

Name at least five literary devices or literary elements.

Answers vary: Metaphor, Simile, Analogy, Imagery, Symbolism, Point of View, Conflict, Character, Plot, Personification, Hyperbole, Irony, Juxtaposition, Paradox, Allusion, Allegory, Et Cetera

500

Correctly spell the word for the device that means a sound word, such as "Boom!" It starts with an "o".

onomatopoeia

Hanukkah & Christmas

100

When is the first day of Hanukkah?

December 14th

200

Are the Hanukkah candles added to the menorah from right to left or left to right?

Right to left

300

Latkes, or potato pancakes, are a traditional food served at Hanukkah. Before latkes were made of potatoes, what were they primarily made of?

Cheese! Yum

400

In Charles Dickens’s classic book A Christmas Carol, what is Scrooge’s first name?

Ebenezer

500

What 1988 action movie takes place on Christmas Eve?

Die Hard