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Test Standards

Reading Literature

(RL.8.1) Textual Evidence
(RL.8.2) Theme
(RL.8.3) Analyze
(RL.8.4) Word Meanings
(RL.8.5) Structure
(RL.8.6) Points of View
(RL.8.9) Work of Fiction

Reading Informational Text

(RI.8.1) Textual Evidence
(RI.8.2) Central Idea
(RI.8.3) Connections and Distinctions
(RI.8.4) Word Meanings
(RI.8.5) Structure
(RI.8.6) Point of View
(RI.8.8) Argument and Claims
(RI.8.9) Conflicting Information

Writing

(W.8.1a) Introduce Claims
(W.8.1b) Support Claims
(W.8.1c) Cohesion
(W.8.1d) Formal Style
(W.8.1e) Concluding Statement
(W.8.2a) Introduce a Topic
(W.8.2b) Develop Topic
(W.8.2c) Transitions
(W.8.2d) Precise Language
(W.8.2f) Concluding Statement
(W.8.3a) Engage
(W.8.3b) Narrative Techniques
(W.8.3c) Transition Words
(W.8.3d) Precise Words
(W.8.3e) Conclusion
(W.8.8) Digital Sources

Language

(L.8.1a) Verbals
(L.8.1b) Active and Passive
(L.8.1c) Verb Mood
(L.8.1d) Inappropriate Shifts
(L.8.2a) Punctuation
(L.8.2b) Ellipsis
(L.8.2c) Spell
(L.8.3a) Active and Passive
(L.8.4a) Context Clue
(L.8.4b) Affixes and Roots
(L.8.4c) Reference Materials
(L.8.5a) Figures of Speech
(L.8.5b) Word Relationship
(L.8.5c) Connotations

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Common Core 8th Grade ELA Practice Tests

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Common Core

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Common Core 8th Grade ELA Practice Tests

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