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TEKS Grade 8 ELA - Holistic Quiz 1

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Grade 8
ELA (2017)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

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Measures 11 skills from
Grade 8
ELA (2017)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

110.24.b.8.a
110.24.b.9.e
110.24.b.9.d
110.24.b.5.f
110.24.b.9.f
110.24.b.9.a
110.24.b.2.b
110.24.b.5.g
110.24.b.7.c
110.24.b.7.d
110.24.b.9.b

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  • Q1
    Which genre does this passage fit into best?
    fairy tale
    realistic fiction
    fantasy
    historical fiction
    30s
    110.24.b.8.a
  • Q2
    Which excerpt is an example of using paragraph structure to build suspense?
    "One of the volumes had struck him back! Like a cat, it had taken a playful swipe at his fingers and ducked back into hiding."
    "All of a sudden, he stopped."
    "The older men had jaded eyes and tortoise-like skin, but there were also a few pale-faced boys like himself. "
    "Only Mephistopheles, the college cat, a sinewy black shadow with claws as sharp as pins, was sunbathing on a strip of carpet near the window and he only cared about one thing: himself."
    30s
    110.24.b.9.e
  • Q3
    What literary device is used in this line: "All around him the library was sleeping in the hot, still afternoon. "
    personification
    point of view
    metaphor
    theme
    30s
    110.24.b.9.d
  • Q4
    What does the author mean by: "All around him the library was sleeping in the hot, still afternoon. "
    The library was quiet and still.
    The library was closed.
    It was so hot that it could make you feel sleepy.
    All of the people in the library were asleep.
    30s
    110.24.b.5.f
  • Q5
    What type of mood is created through the following excerpt: "All around him the library was sleeping in the hot, still afternoon. Shafts of sunlight hung in the air like dusty curtains and a clock ticked somewhere in the distance, a ponderous sound that seemed to slow down time. Small footsteps crept along the floorboards above. "
    mysterious
    relaxing
    cheerful
    frightening
    30s
    110.24.b.9.f

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