Name: _____________________________ Newcastle School

Date: ______________________________ British Division

Class: ______________________________
Stage 8

Monthly Test 1 Revision

A) Features of reading and writing genres:

1. Suspense story:
a) Setting Description
b) Character description
c) A problem/conflict and a solution
d) Past tense
e) First or third person
f) Short snappy sentences to create suspense
g) Ellipsis

2. Dystopian fiction:
a) Totalitarian control
b) Loss of freedom
c) social injustice
d) resistance and rebellion
e) bleak atmosphere
f) surveillance and control
g) propaganda
h) dehumanization
i) artificial environments
j) isolation

3. Science fiction:
a) Setting is in outer space, another world or another planet
b) Characters include aliens or robots
c) Themes may include space exploration, time travel, extraterrestrial life or
artificial intelligence
d) Futuristic technology and scientific innovations

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f) first or third person

4. persuasive essay:
a) Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle: ethos, pathos & logos
b) Alliteration
c) Facts and opinions
d) Repetition
e) Rhetorical questions
f) Emotive language
g) Exaggeration
h) Statistics
i) The rule of three
j) Present Tense
k) Persuasive language
l) Imperative verbs/commands
m) Connectives to link ideas
n) Directly addressing the reader

5. Review:
a) Present tense
b) First person point of view
c) Personal opinion
d) Highlights positives and negatives
e) Includes recommendation

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B) Language arts and grammar:

Parts of Speech (Word Classes)

Identify the part of speech of the word in bold.

1. Namitha is not coming today. ____________
2. My mom will be leaving to Bangalore tomorrow. ____________
3. The teacher asked the students to stand. ____________
4. He is my brother. ____________
5. There is a cat under the table. ____________
6. The clothes did not dry as it was raining all night. ____________
7. Sheena and her sister dance well. ____________
8. I am wearing a green dress for the party. ____________
9. Oh! That is really sad. ____________
10. She is coming with me. ____________
11. I left my backpack in the car this morning. ____________
12. When it rains, I like to go to the movies. ____________
13. He sat by the window and watched the rain. ____________
14. I could hardly hear them speaking. ____________
15. My cat prefers dry food. ____________
16. He is always watching a football game. ____________
17. I got a new football for my birthday. ____________
18. I learned a lot about grammar in third grade. ____________
19. I usually don’t like to go shopping. ____________

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A) Insert colons where needed.
1. All his thoughts were centered on one objective profit.
2. We may divide poems in to three classes narrative, lyric, and dramatic.
3. Three kinds of poems are narratives, lyrics, and dramas.
4. Within three hours we had a strange variety of weather rain, hail, sleet, and snow.
5. Promptly at 815 p.m. the minister began his sermon by quoting John 2021.
6. The conference had only one purpose agreement upon a suitable topic for a research
paper.
7. The players shared one goal winning.
8. My roommate has a simple formula for looking like a sophomore act depressed.
9. He mentioned that the only interests he has are cars, sports, and cars.
10. I took the following courses last year history, math, geography, and speech.

B) Insert semicolons where needed.

1. A bitter wind swept the dead leaves along the street it cast them high in the air and
against the building.
2. The first town we drove through was only twenty miles from home therefore, we
decided not to stop there for lunch.
3. It began raining about ten o'clock consequently, the picnic was postponed until the next
day.
4. You may wait here if you wish otherwise, you can come back tomorrow.
5. We didn't abolish that even we couldn't do that.
6. I had great anxiety and no means of relieving it I had vehement convictions and small
power to give effect to them.
7. I hope to spend my vacation in Canada I enjoy fishing there.
8. Popularization is one thing dedicated music-making is another.
9. The narrow windows and the steeply sloping roof oppressed me I wished to turn away
and go back.
10. Everyone was confused no one knew what to do.

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1. The Browns have built the large house.
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2. A jellyfish stung her while she was swimming.
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3. They gave her a nice present.
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4. Jane is singing the new song.
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5. The storm destroyed the house.
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6. People spent a lot of Monday on the first shopping Saturday.
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7. She watered the flowers every day.
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8. The headmaster called his parents to the office.
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9. Ben will direct the show.
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10.The dog has broken the window pane.
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11.You must pay the bill first.
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12.They were interviewing her for the job.
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 Name: __________________________

Figurative Language
Match each type of figurative language with the correct example.

____ 1. The wrapped gift begged to be opened. A. Metaphor

____ 2. My mouth is always the reason I get in trouble. B. Simile

____ 3. The teacher heard whispering and knew something was fishy. C. Personification

____ 4. Life is such an exciting journey! D. Hyperbole

____ 5. Our conversation seemed to go on for days. E. Idiom

____ 6. The child sneaked like a ninja past the sleeping dog. F. Symbol

____ 7. These are great pictures – the camera loves you! G. Metaphor

____ 8. The kids were silly clowns today. H. Simile

____ 9. There are a million reasons why this is a bad idea! I. Personification

____ 10. Shelby was tired, so she decided to hit the sack early. J. Hyperbole

____ 11. She received the game ball proudly after her winning home run. K. Idiom

____ 12. The fluffy bed felt as soft as a cloud. L. Symbol

Use the word bank to correctly identify both types of figurative language found in each
example. (Some answers will not be used.)

Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification Idiom Symbol

13. Your skin is as cold as ice!

This is a _______________________________ and a ________________________________.

14. My dog is a sweet, cuddly nurse when I’m sick.

This is a _______________________________ and a ________________________________.

 Name: __________________________

Idioms
Using context clues, choose the best meaning for each underlined idiom.

____ 1. Did I really win the lottery, or are you ____ 6. Things aren’t always going to go your
just pulling my leg? way. Life isn’t a bed of roses, you know.
A. telling me the truth A. sweet-smelling
B. making me laugh B. full of thorns
C. tricking me C. easy and comfortable
D. doing me a favor D. painful and difficult

____ 2. Elizabeth said it was no big deal to ____ 7. Sarah is barking up the wrong tree;
forgive her sister for their fight last week. “It’s that store doesn’t even sell pet supplies.
water under the bridge,” she assured her.
A. looking in the wrong place
A. something no one wants to talk about B. making a fuss over nothing
B. more important than anything else C. using her imagination
C. a huge problem that must be solved D. making too much noise
D. something past that no longer matters
____ 8. The district manager was coming later
____ 3. Rich was over the moon with that day, so the team took extra care to cross
excitement after hearing the good news. their t’s and dot their i’s.
A. unhappy A. show up on time
B. surprised B. make sure every small detail was right
C. confused C. do everything the way they normally would
D. thrilled D. make everything extra special

____ 4. He doesn’t always tell the truth, so I’d ____ 9. Don’t throw in the towel now! The
take what he says with a grain of salt. game isn’t over yet.
A. with some doubt A. get too sweaty
B. without question B. keep on trying
C. with anger C. give up
D. with other people’s opinions D. get some rest

____ 5. Wow, they really pulled out all the ____ 10. I went over the floor with a fine-
stops for Lydia’s birthday party! Everyone’s toothed comb, but I still can’t find my contact.
having a great time.
a. very thoroughly
A. made a lot of delicious food b. with lots of help
B. made it as good as possible c. in a hurry
C. only invited certain people d. looking for dirt
D. spent all their money

BONUS: Think of another idiom and write a sentence using it correctly in context!
Figurative
DIRECTIONS:
Identify the figurative device that is being used in the

Language
sentences provided.

Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification Alliteration Idiom

Allusion Oxymoron Onomatopoeia

1. “Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.” What figurative device is being used in
the line by The Beatles?

2. “I was excited because I found $10 in the street, but later that day I got a
parking ticket for $20. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.” What device is
being used here?

3. “She entered with ungainly struggle like some huge awkward chicken, torn,
squawking, out of its coop.”

4. What figurative device is used in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” lyrics, “You try
to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it”?

5. “Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard...”

6. “The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid near and nearer
the sill of the world.” What figurative device is being used in the novel, Lord of
the Flies?”
7. “The ride was so fast, it will make your head spin!” What device is being
used here?

8. “Suddenly the room was filled with deafening silence.”

9. “His hair soared in the wind like a captive egret, finally released into the
wild.”

10. In the novel, Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson writes, “My house is shrinking
and I feel like Alice in Wonderland.” What device is being used here?

11. “Sobbing, the rain cried into his sleeve.”

12. “’Well, you keep away from her, cause she’s a rattrap if I ever seen one.’”

13. In Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “The Bells”, he writes, “From the jingling and the
tinkling of the bells.” What device is being used here?

14. “I listened to his heart pounding through his t-shirt and knew everything
was going to be okay now.”

15. “If she found a blade of nut grass in her yard it was like the Second Battle
of the Marne…”