Grade 8: Voices & Viewpoints

Which word best completes the sentence?

I'm an advocate for the _________ treatment of animals.

• opportunity

• humane

• constant

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which sentence contains a pronoun with an unclear antecedent?

• Lisa and Ana made cookies after they got home.

• Nate bought his little brother a birthday present.

• Several people left their sweatshirts at the beach.

• Alicia helped Mia study while she made a snack.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which word best completes the sentence?

Our family lives by the ______that all people should be treated with love and respect.

• animation

• simplicity

• creed

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Read this excerpt from Langston Hughes's "The Negro Speaks of Rivers":

I’ve known rivers:

I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

Which type of poem is this work?

• a lyric poem

• a free verse poem

• a narrative poem

• a concrete poem

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Read this stanza from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Rainy Day":

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,

But at every gust the dead leaves fall,

And the day is dark and dreary.

Which type of poem is this work?

• a free verse poem

• a lyric poem

• an abstract poem

• a narrative poem

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Read this stanza from "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley.

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

Which type of poem is this work?

• a concrete poem

• a narrative poem

• a lyric poem

• an abstract poem

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read the stanza from "The Rainy Day":

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,

But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,

And the days are dark and dreary.

How does the structure of "The Rainy Day" affect the poem?

• The rhyme and meter are both simple and rhythmic, helping the speaker communicate that life can be bleak and dull.

• The rhyme and meter are both lighthearted and bouncy, helping the speaker communicate that life shouldn't be taken too seriously.

• The rhyme and meter are jazzy and uneven, helping the speaker communicate the unpredictably of life.

• The rhyme and meter are harsh and sharp, helping the speaker communicate his severe emotional pain.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

Read the stanza from "Invictus."

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul.

How does the structure of "Invictus" affect the poem?

• The rhyme and meter are somber and military-like, communicating the speaker's determination to reach his goals.

• The rhyme and meter are bouncy and light, communicating the speaker's decision to ignore those who criticize him.

• The rhyme and meter are halting and uneven, helping the speaker communicate his fear of the future.

• The rhyme and meter are harsh and sharp, helping the speaker communicate his severe emotional pain.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read the lines from "Mending Wall."

The work of hunters is another thing:

I have come after them and made repair

Where they have left not one stone on a stone,

But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,

To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,

No one has seen them made or heard them made,

But at spring mending-time we find them there.

How does the structure of "Mending Wall" affect the poem?

• The poem is in multiple rhyming stanzas to break up the conversation between the speaker and his neighbor into different time periods.

• The poem is in one rhyming stanza to show how important it is for the speaker to convince his neighbor about his opinion on borders.

• The poem is in multiple unrhymed stanzas to show that the conversation between the speaker and his neighbor is fragmented.

• The poem is in one unrhymed stanza, which enforces the idea that this is an ongoing conversation between the speaker and his neighbor.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Read these lines from "Invictus."

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

What does the phrase "the Horror of the shade" mean?

• the monstrosity of failure

• the misery of death

• the evil of defeat

• the torment of regret

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9