October Week 2-Monday Bellwork

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8th Grade

21 Qs

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October Week 2-Monday Bellwork

October Week 2-Monday Bellwork

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.8.4, L.8.5C, L.8.5B

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Kelsey Rector

Used 1+ times

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What tone is used in paragraph 2? Read the expert below and choose three adjectives to describe the narrator's tone. "I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever. "

happy, natural, calm
angry, psychotic, disturbed

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

In the next paragraph, his tone changes. Read the excerpt and then circle the adjective that best describes this tone. "Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded—with what caution— with what foresight—with what dissimulation I went to work!"

terrifying
convincing
exciting
tense

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Identify the tone of the excerpt below. "Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers—of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. "

hesitant/fearful
victorious/proud
regretful/guilty
hopeless/downhearted

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

1A. Identify the tone of this excerpt: "And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he had passed the night. "

scared
suspicious

cordial (friendly)

rude

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

2A. Identify the tone of this excerpt: "I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him."

downhearted
arrogant
irritated
sarcastic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

4A. Identify the tone of this excerpt: " The old man’s hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. "

hesitant
relaxed
urgent
indecisive

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

5.A Identify the tone of this excerpt: " I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye—not even his—could have detected any thing wrong. There was nothing to wash out—no stain of any kind—no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all—ha! ha! "

guilty/regretful/confused
bragging/arrogant/cocky
humbled/apologetic/disappointed
unprepared/thoughtless/forgetful

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

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