All Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #11 : Use Elipses: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.B
Read the sentence(s) below for full context. Choose the answer that explains if the ellipses are used properly.
Full context: Bears have learned to live amongst humans, due to adaptations because of changes in their environment. They can be a danger to humans when they move into residential communities searching for food and shelter.
Ellipses: Bears have learned to live amongst humans...They can be a danger when they move into residential communities...
Is this an appropriate use of an ellipsis and why?
No, the meaning has changed and it is not complete.
Yes, it still has the same meaning as with the full text.
No, the ellipses were not used properly.
Yes, it is shorter which is always the goal of ellipses.
No, the meaning has changed and it is not complete.
No, the meaning has changed and it is not complete. This answer choice has left out why the bears are able to live amongst humans and when they pose a danger. Major pieces of the original text are left out and cause the sentences’ meaning to change.
Example Question #12 : Use Elipses: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.B
As an author, Lauren draws on her experience as an avid hiker, rock climber, kayaker, and backpacker as she paints vivid pictures of outdoor scenes for her readers.
Which of the following best encapsulates the complete meaning of the sentence above?
As an author, Lauren draws on her experience as an avid hiker, rock climber, kayaker, and backpacker as she paints…
As an author, Lauren…paints vivid pictures of outdoor scenes for her readers.
As an author, Lauren draws...for her readers.
As an author, Lauren draws on her experience...for her readers.
As an author, Lauren…paints vivid pictures of outdoor scenes for her readers.
The point of this sentence is to say that because of Lauren’s amazing outdoor adventures, she is able as an author to “paint vivid pictures” of outdoor scenes so that readers can use her words to visualize them almost as if they were there. The critical meaning of the sentence is that Lauren makes these outdoor scenes come alive for her readers, and only choice B captures that essence.
Example Question #13 : Use Elipses: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.B
Bronson attended but was expelled from Oberlin - for reasons he considers invalid - but got back on track and graduated from Ohio State.
Which of the following options properly uses ellipses to summarize the full meaning of the sentence above?
Bronson...graduated from Ohio State.
Bronson...was expelled from Oberlin - for reasons he considers invalid.
Bronson attended but was expelled from Oberlin - for reasons he considers invalid…
Bronson attended but was expelled from Oberlin...but got back on track and graduated from Ohio State.
Bronson attended but was expelled from Oberlin...but got back on track and graduated from Ohio State.
][\The point of the sentence is that Bronson encountered academic hardship but still had a happy ending. Only the choice that mentions both expulsion and graduation captures the full meaning of the sentence.
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