Grade 8 English Language Arts
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Take Free DiagnosticChapter 1: Titles
English Language Arts Grade 8: Titles
Chapter 2: Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements
English Language Arts Grade 8: Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements
Chapter 3: Ellipses
English Language Arts Grade 8: Ellipses
Chapter 4: Sentence types
English Language Arts Grade 8: Sentence types
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Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
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Commas with compound and complex sentences
Commas with compound and complex sentences
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Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupter...
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Commas with coordinate adjectives
Commas with coordinate adjectives
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Commas: review
Commas: review
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Chapter 5: Direct and indirect object
English Language Arts Grade 8: Direct and indirect object
Chapter 6: Sentences, fragments, and run-ons
English Language Arts Grade 8: Sentences, fragments, and run-ons
Chapter 7: Vague pronoun references
English Language Arts Grade 8: Vague pronoun references
Chapter 8: Parallel structure
English Language Arts Grade 8: Parallel structure
Chapter 9: Misplaced and dangling modifiers
English Language Arts Grade 8: Misplaced and dangling modifiers
Chapter 10: Subject-verb agreement
English Language Arts Grade 8: Subject-verb agreement
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Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
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Correct errors with subjectverb agreement
Correct errors with subjectverb agreement
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Correct errors with indefinite pronounverb agreement
Correct errors with indefinite pronounverb agreement
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Chapter 11: Phrases and clauses
English Language Arts Grade 8: Phrases and clauses
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Is it a phrase or a clause?
Is it a phrase or a clause?
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Identify prepositional phrases: set 1
Identify prepositional phrases: set 1
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Identify prepositional phrases: set 2
Identify prepositional phrases: set 2
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Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Identify appositives and appositive phrases
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Combine sentences using relative clauses
Combine sentences using relative clauses
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Chapter 12: Nouns
English Language Arts Grade 8: Nouns
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Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
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Form and use plurals: review
Form and use plurals: review
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Form and use plurals of compound nouns
Form and use plurals of compound nouns
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Form the singular or plural possessive
Form the singular or plural possessive
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Chapter 13: Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
English Language Arts Grade 8: Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
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Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
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Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 1
Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 1
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Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 2
Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 2
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Chapter 14: Peer review
English Language Arts Grade 8: Peer review
Chapter 15: Pronouns
English Language Arts Grade 8: Pronouns
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Choose between subject and object pronouns
Choose between subject and object pronouns
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Identify pronouns and their antecedents
Identify pronouns and their antecedents
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Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
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Use reflexive pronouns
Use reflexive pronouns
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Use relative pronouns: who and whom
Use relative pronouns: who and whom
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Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
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Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
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Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
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Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
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Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?
Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?
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Chapter 16: Claims and evidence
English Language Arts Grade 8: Claims and evidence
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Distinguish facts from opinions
Distinguish facts from opinions
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Identify thesis statements
Identify thesis statements
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Choose evidence to support a claim
Choose evidence to support a claim
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Identify supporting details in informational texts
Identify supporting details in informational texts
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Classify logical fallacies
Classify logical fallacies
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Identify supporting details in literary texts
Identify supporting details in literary texts
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Chapter 17: Verbals
English Language Arts Grade 8: Verbals
Chapter 18: Redundancy
English Language Arts Grade 8: Redundancy
Chapter 19: Active and passive voice
English Language Arts Grade 8: Active and passive voice
Chapter 20: Verbs
English Language Arts Grade 8: Verbs
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Irregular past tense: review
Irregular past tense: review
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Simple past, present, and future tense: review
Simple past, present, and future tense: review
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Form the progressive verb tenses
Form the progressive verb tenses
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Form the perfect verb tenses
Form the perfect verb tenses
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Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
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Identify linking verbs
Identify linking verbs
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Chapter 21: Context clues
English Language Arts Grade 8: Context clues
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Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
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Find words using context
Find words using context
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Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Use context to identify the meaning of a word
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Determine the meaning of domainspecific words with pictures
Determine the meaning of domainspecific words with pictures
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Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
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Chapter 22: Prefixes
English Language Arts Grade 8: Prefixes
Chapter 23: Suffixes
English Language Arts Grade 8: Suffixes
Chapter 24: Greek and Latin roots
English Language Arts Grade 8: Greek and Latin roots
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Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
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Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
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Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
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Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
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Chapter 25: Figurative language
English Language Arts Grade 8: Figurative language
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Use personification
Use personification
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Interpret the meaning of allusions
Interpret the meaning of allusions
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Identify the source of allusions
Identify the source of allusions
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Classify figures of speech
Classify figures of speech
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Interpret figures of speech
Interpret figures of speech
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Chapter 26: Author's purpose and tone
English Language Arts Grade 8: Author's purpose and tone
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Identify author's purpose
Identify author's purpose
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Identify appeals to ethos pathos and logos in advertisements
Identify appeals to ethos pathos and logos in advertisements
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Compare passages for tone
Compare passages for tone
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Which sentence is more formal?
Which sentence is more formal?
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Chapter 27: Point of view
English Language Arts Grade 8: Point of view
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Identify the narrative point of view
Identify the narrative point of view
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Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
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Form plurals: review
Form plurals: review
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Form and use plurals: review
Form and use plurals: review
15 min
Chapter 28: Planning and organizing writing
English Language Arts Grade 8: Planning and organizing writing
Chapter 29: Homophones
English Language Arts Grade 8: Homophones
Chapter 30: Multiple-meaning words
English Language Arts Grade 8: Multiple-meaning words
Chapter 31: Correlative conjunctions
English Language Arts Grade 8: Correlative conjunctions
Chapter 32: Adjectives and adverbs
English Language Arts Grade 8: Adjectives and adverbs
Chapter 33: Adverbs
English Language Arts Grade 8: Adverbs
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Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
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Use relative pronouns: who and whom
Use relative pronouns: who and whom
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Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
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Use relative adverbs
Use relative adverbs
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Chapter 34: Frequently confused words
English Language Arts Grade 8: Frequently confused words
Chapter 35: Analogies
English Language Arts Grade 8: Analogies
Chapter 36: Shades of meaning
English Language Arts Grade 8: Shades of meaning
Chapter 37: Synonyms and antonyms
English Language Arts Grade 8: Synonyms and antonyms
Chapter 38: Reference skills
English Language Arts Grade 8: Reference skills
Chapter 39: Subject and predicate
English Language Arts Grade 8: Subject and predicate
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Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
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Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
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Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence
Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence
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Chapter 40: Research writing
English Language Arts Grade 8: Research writing
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Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)
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Identify plagiarism
Identify plagiarism
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Use intext citations with MLA formatting
Use intext citations with MLA formatting
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Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry
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Use in-text citations with MLA formatting
Use in-text citations with MLA formatting
15 min
Chapter 41: Capitalization
English Language Arts Grade 8: Capitalization
Chapter 42: Addresses
English Language Arts Grade 8: Addresses
Chapter 43: Quotations and dialogue
English Language Arts Grade 8: Quotations and dialogue
Chapter 44: Usage errors
English Language Arts Grade 8: Usage errors
Chapter 45: Commas
English Language Arts Grade 8: Commas
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Commas with series dates and places
Commas with series dates and places
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Commas with compound and complex sentences
Commas with compound and complex sentences
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Commas with direct addresses introductory words interjections and interrupters
Commas with direct addresses introductory words interjections and interrupters
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Commas with coordinate adjectives
Commas with coordinate adjectives
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Commas review
Commas review
15 min
Chapter 46: Semicolons, colons, and commas
English Language Arts Grade 8: Semicolons, colons, and commas
Chapter 47: Apostrophes
English Language Arts Grade 8: Apostrophes
Chapter 48: Hyphens
English Language Arts Grade 8: Hyphens
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Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Use hyphens in compound adjectives
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Choose evidence to support a claim
Choose evidence to support a claim
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Identify supporting details in informational texts
Identify supporting details in informational texts
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Classify logical fallacies
Classify logical fallacies
15 min
Chapter 49: Inappropriate pronoun shifts
English Language Arts Grade 8: Inappropriate pronoun shifts
Chapter 50: Sentence creation
English Language Arts Grade 8: Sentence creation
Chapter 53: Synonyms
English Language Arts - Grade 6: Synonyms
Chapter 55: Idioms and adages
English Language Arts - Grade 6: Idioms and adages
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Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1
Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1
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Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
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Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2
Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2
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Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2
Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2
15 min
Chapter 56: Thesaurus skills
English Language Arts - Grade 6: Thesaurus skills
Chapter 100: Additional Topics
Additional ELA topics
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Interpret the meaning of allusions
Interpret the meaning of allusions
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Identify the source of allusions
Identify the source of allusions
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Identify plagiarism
Identify plagiarism
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Use intext citations with MLA formatting
Use intext citations with MLA formatting
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Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
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Use in-text citations with MLA formatting
Use in-text citations with MLA formatting
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To be: use the correct form
To be: use the correct form
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