Unit 3 Assessment – 8th grade

1. How does the dialogue in paragraphs ___ and ___ affect the rest of the story?

2. Which details from the story explains the effect of the dialogue in paragraphs _ and _?

3. In paragraph __, what does ___________ verbal response to ______________ illustrate? Choose all that apply.

4. How does the _________________ affect the relationship between _________ and _________?

5. In which two ways would the story be different if _________________?

6. Do the following statements tell the difference between ________ and ____________’s point of view?

7. What is ___________________’s point of view about ______________. What evidence from the story supports it?

8. Which two sentences could be put at the beginning of paragraph __ to establish a controlling impression of the article?

9. Which are the two BEST revisions of sentence ___?

10. Write a concluding paragraph for the editorial.

11. A comma should be put AFTER which word in this sentence?

12. In which sentence is a dash used correctly?

13. What is the correct way to spell the underlined word in this sentence?

14. Read this sentence from a story. The phrase “_____” is used to show that the narrator is ____.

15. Read this excerpt from a short story. The phrase “____” is used to show that ____ _______.

16. Rewrite the following paragraph correcting errors in spelling and punctuation.

17. Read this excerpt from the story. Based on the excerpt, what is the meaning of the phrase “___”? Which phrases in the excerpt help you understand what it means?