Literary Skills Quiz for Grade 6 - 8
Authored by Sacajawea Howell
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the rhyme scheme of the following stanza: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky."
ABAB
AABB
ABCD
ABBA
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the point of view in the following sentence? "I walked to the store and bought some candy."
First person
Second person
Third person limited
Third person omniscient
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Determine the author's purpose in writing a recipe book.
To entertain
To inform
To persuade
To describe
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RI.7.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is a text feature?
Plot
Setting
Table of contents
Theme
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Explain the text structure of a cause and effect essay.
Describes events in the order they happened
Compares and contrasts two or more things
Shows how one event leads to another
Describes a problem and offers solutions
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Summarize the plot of a story where a young girl finds a lost puppy and decides to take care of it.
A girl loses her puppy and searches for it.
A girl finds a puppy and returns it to its owner.
A girl finds a lost puppy and decides to take care of it.
A girl dreams about having a puppy.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the setting of a story that takes place in a haunted house during a stormy night.
A sunny beach
A busy city
A haunted house during a stormy night
A quiet library
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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