Module Three Review 8th ELA

The following quote from Night is an example of what type of characterization: “I was almost thirteen and deeply observant.”

• direct

• indirect, actions

• indirect, other characters' reactions

• indirect, thoughts

Identify the predicate adjective in this sentence: Jessie Owens, an Olympic runner, was fast.

Hint: Which word modifies or describes the subject of the sentence and is linked to the subject by a linking verb?

• Olympic runner

• fast

• Jesse Owens

• was

The following quote is an example of which type of figurative language: “Jealousy devoured us, consumed us.”

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• metaphor

This line - “It sits there like a jagged scar,” is an example of this type of literary device:

• allusion

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

In the poem “Concentration Constellation,” Inada is comparing:

Hint: This is a war poem.

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  The distance to various stars to the distance between cities in the Southwest

• A constellation’s shape to the map of different concentration camps

• The road to large western cities and the path of planets in the solar system

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  The distance between stars of constellations to map coordinates

The type of comparison in stanza 1 of “Concentration Constellation” is:

Here's the stanza:

In this early configuration,
we have, not points of light,
but prominent barbs of dark.

• metaphor

• juxtaposition

• simile

• analogy

When the author in “Concentration Constellation” mentions the Golden Gate, the literary device is called a(n):

(Here's the stanza:

Begin between the Golden State’s
highest and lowest elevations
and name that location)

• simile

• analogy

• allusion

• metaphor

How is a memoir similar to a story?

• It is always written in the third person point-of-view.

• Itis about a real person's life.

• It has plot structure.

• Both are autobiographies.

Define predicate adjective.

• a verb in the sentence that shows the action of the subject

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  A noun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject

• An adjective that appears with a linking verb and describes the subject

• An adjective that follows an action verb and renames the subject

When the name Manzanar is mentioned in stanza 4 of “Concentration Constellation,” is it an example of this type of literary device:

• allusion

• metaphor

• personification

• juxtaposition