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8th Grade LA Final: 2021

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Directions: Using the debate article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" from Upfront Magazine, construct an essay in which you persuade the audience to agree with one of the two possible sides to the argument. You will either persuade the audience to agree that Google is making us stupid, or you will persuade the audience to agree that Google is not making us stupid. Make sure that your audience is clear on what side of the argument that you're taking. Include specific evidence from the article to support your argument.

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Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions.

Effect: The stress on the fault becomes too great and it ruptures.

What is the cause?

Question 21
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Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions.

Cause: Two plates move in different directions.

What is the effect?

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Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions.

Effect: Smaller ground trembles, called aftershocks, occur.

What is the cause?

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Directions: Read the stanzas from the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, answer the following questions with the best possible response.
List a detail from the poem that supports the following theme: "One must have self-respect in the face of discrimination or oppression."

Question 26
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Directions: Read the stanzas from the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, answer the following questions with the best possible response.

List one more detail from the poem that supports the following theme: "One must have self-respect in the face of discrimination or oppression."

Question 27
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Directions: Read the stanzas from the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, answer the following questions with the best possible response.

What is the significance of Angelou repeating the line "Still I'll rise?" What does this line emphasize, given the context of the poem?

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Directions: Read the stanzas from the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, answer the following questions with the best possible response.
Why does the author ask questions of the reader? Is this an effective way to allow her point to be better perceived?

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Directions: Read the stanzas from the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, answer the following questions with the best possible response.
Identify as many examples of figurative language found in this poem as you can. You must have a minimum of 3 specific examples from the poem. Make sure that you specifically say what type of example you have as well as writing down the example itself (EX: simile, metaphor, etc.).

Question 30
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Directions: Read the stanzas from the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, answer the following questions with the best possible response.
What is the theme or message of this poem? Include at least two specific lines from the poem to support your ideas and prove that your theme is true.

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Directions: Read the stanzas from the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, answer the following questions with the best possible response.
Write a summary of this poem in no more than three lines, being sure to discuss the main ideas.

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Directions: Read the fiction passage "Anne of Avonlea" that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, select the response that best answers the question.

Cite a specific line from the text that proves that Anne is nervous. Write your line below.

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Directions: Read the fiction passage "Anne of Avonlea" that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, select the response that best answers the question.

You are going to continue the story. Create 2 additional sentences that come after the following line and write your 2 sentences below. "After what seemed to her a year...about ten seconds in reality...she said faintly, "Take your Testaments, please," and sank breathlessly into her chair under cover of the rustle and clatter of desk lids that followed."

Directions: Read the debate article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?", as seen in Upfront Magazine. Then, answer the following question: The selection from Upfront Magazine would best be described as -
A) Narrative writing
B) Argumentative writing
C) Informative writing
Directions: Read the following paragraphs. Then, select the best response that summarizes the main idea of that paragraph.
The hamster is an ideal pet. This tiny animal is related to the mouse and the rat. A hamster weighs about one quarter of a pound and is about five to six inches long. Hamsters are clean. They can live in a small cage or pen. They eat vegetable scraps and grain.
The main idea of the above paragraph is:
A) The hamster is a small rat.
B) Hamsters are used for laboratory tests.
C) The hamster is a popular pet.
D) Hamsters are better pets than fish.
Directions: Read the following paragraphs. Then, select the best response that summarizes the main idea of that paragraph. The peacock is the bird with the beautiful, giant fan of bright colors. When the peacock is young, both male and female birds look alike. At about two years of age, the male often grows the long, beautiful tail feathers. Because of their beauty, peacocks were often kept as pets. They can live up to 20 or 30 years.
The main idea of the above paragraph is:
A) The peacock makes a good pet.
B) The peacock is known for its beauty.
C) Male and female peacocks look the same.
Directions: Read the following paragraphs. Then, select the best response that summarizes the main idea of that paragraph. Joe went bowling for the first time. He was surprised at how well he did. At the bowling alley he rented bowling shoes and a ball. He learned that the object of the game is to knock down as many of the 10 pins as possible. Joe was careful to aim his ball at the pins before he threw it.
The main idea of the above paragraph is:
A) People often bowl in gymnasiums.
B) The object of bowling is to knock down pins.
C) Bowling is an expensive sport.
Directions: Read the following paragraphs. Then, select the best response that summarizes the main idea of that paragraph. Suzanne's mother and father had just purchased an ice cream machine. Everyone was anxious to try it out. Suzanne read the recipe for making vanilla ice cream to her parents and her sister. Suzanne and her sister wanted to make vanilla ice cream, but her parents wanted to make strawberry. The main idea of the above paragraph is:
A) Suzanne makes vanilla ice cream.
B) Suzanne's family gets an ice cream maker.
C) Suzanne's sister makes chocolate ice cream.
Directions: Use context clues to find the best meaning of the underlined word in each of the following sentences. The mountain climbers carried tanks of oxygen for when they reached the apex of the mountain, as the air is very thin there.
A) Underneath
B) Top
C) Ledge
Directions: Use context clues to find the best meaning of the underlined word in each of the following sentences. The lithe gymnast leaped and tumbled so effortlessly, it was as if her body was made of rubber.
A) Tiny
B) Practiced
C) Graceful
Directions: Use context clues to find the best meaning of the underlined word in each of the following sentences. Lana vied for the position of team captain against fifteen other soccer players. She just hoped she was skilled enough to get it.
A) Wished
B) Lost
C) Competed
Directions: Use context clues to find the best meaning of the underlined word in each of the following sentences. I folded my arms against my chest indignantly when my teacher accused me of cheating on the test. I knew I hadn't.
A) Uncertainly
B) Calmly
C) Annoyed
Directions: Use context clues to find the best meaning of the underlined word in each of the following sentences. The dentist brought out a terrifying looking apparatus to use for my root canal.
A) Instrument
B) Invention
C) Machine
Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions. What are an earthquake's waves called?
A) Faults
B) Aftershocks
C) Seismic
D) Main shock
Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions.
About how many earthquakes each year can humans feel?
A) 500,000
B) 19
C) 100,000
D) None of these
Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions. What is caused if there is an earthquake in the ocean?
A) A landslide
B) A main shock
C) A tsunami
D) Nothing happens
Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions. What are scientists studying to try to predict when earthquakes will happen?
A) They study the historical patterns of earthquakes.
B) They study the fault lines.
C) They study the movement of the plates.
D) Both A and B
E) Both A and C
Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions. When enough energy builds up, the stress on the fault becomes too great and it ruptures. Using context clues, what does the word rupture mean?
A) Connects
B) Breaks
C) Produces
D) Joins together
Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions. What is likely the author's purpose of this passage?
A) To inform
B) To persuade
C) To entertain
Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions. Which of the following is a subjective statement, or an opinion?
A) Earthquakes happen very frequently all over the world.
B) Earthquakes can cause much destruction.
C) Earthquakes are very scary when they happen.
D) None of the above
Directions: Read the passage "Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust" located in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, use the information in the passage to help you answer the following questions. Because this passage has only facts, it is considered _______________________.
A) Objective
B) Subjective
C) Biased
D) None of these
Directions: Read the stanzas from the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, answer the following questions with the best possible response. The speaker seems fiercely determined, almost confrontational. Which detail from the poem best shows that the speaker's voice is confrontational?
A) But, still like dust, I'll rise
B) Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom?
C) I am the dream and hope of the slave
D) Just like hope springing high, still I'll rise
Directions: Read the stanzas from the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, answer the following questions with the best possible response. Which line from the poem shows that the speaker has been hurt by the audience?
A) Just like the moons and like suns, with the certainty of the tides
B) 'Cause I laugh like I've got oil wells pumping in my living room
C) You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes
D) Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise
Directions: Read the fiction passage "Anne of Avonlea" that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, select the response that best answers the question. Which of the following statements from the text shows the students are well-behaved?
A) "...hoping that she did not look as frightened and foolish as she felt and that they would not perceive how she was trembling."
B) "Take your Testaments, please," and sank breathlessly into her chair under cover of the rustle and clatter of disk lids that followed."
C) "The preceding teacher had trained the children to be in their places at her arrival, and when Anne entered the schoolroom she was confronted by prim rows of "shining morning faces" and bright, inquisitive eyes."
Directions: Read the fiction passage "Anne of Avonlea" that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, select the response that best answers the question.

What is the main conflict in this passage?
A) Anne's nervousness about her first day
B) Anne being a poor teacher
C) Anne not knowing what to do with the children
Directions: Read the fiction passage "Anne of Avonlea" that I have provided for you in today's announcement in Canvas. Then, select the response that best answers the question.

What might be a theme of this story?
A) Sometimes things do not go as you have planned
B) Anne wants to be a very good teacher
C) Life can be hard, but you have to keep working in order to be successful