MAP 8th Grade Reading Practice Tests

Practice Tests

Topics

• Comprehension

• Grammar

• Print Concepts

• Vocabulary

• Reading: Literature

  • Cite Strongest Evidence to Support Textual Analysis and Inferences: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1

  • Analyze a Theme’s Development in Relation to a Text’s Elements and Objectively Summarize a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2

  • Analyze How Plot Incidents Drive a Story: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3

  • Determine Figurative and Connotative Word Meanings and Analyze Effects of Word Choice, Including Allusions and Analogies: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4

  • Compare and Contrast Multiple Texts’ Structures and Analyze How Each Creates Meaning: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.5

  • Analyze How Contrast Between Character and Reader Points of View Generates Effects: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.6

  • Analyze How a Modern Work Uses Traditional Literary Archetypes: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.9

• Reading: Informational Text

  • Cite Strongest Evidence to Support Textual Analysis and Inferences: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.1

  • Determine a Main Idea, Analyze Its Development and How it Relates to Supporting Ideas, and Objectively Summarize a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.2

  • Analyze How a Text Connects and Distinguishes Individuals, Events, and Topics: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.3

  • Determine Figurative, Connotative, and Technical Word Meanings and the Impact of Word Choice, Including Analogies and Allusions: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.4

  • Structurally Analyze a Paragraph: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.5

  • Analyze Authorial Point of View and How Author Responds to Conflicting Perspectives: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.6

  • Analyze the Strength, Reasoning, and Relevance of Claims While Evaluating Written Arguments: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.8

  • Analyze Points of Disagreement Between Conflicting Texts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.9

• Language

  • English Grammar and Usage in Writing and Speaking: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1

    • Explain the Function of Verbals: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.A

    • Use Active and Passive Voice: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.B

    • Use Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional, and Subjunctive Verbs: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.C

    • Identify and Correct Incorrect Shifts in Verb Voice and Mood: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.D

  • Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2

    • Use Punctuation to Indicate Pauses: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2.A

    • Use Elipses: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2.B

    • Use Correct Spelling: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2.C

  • Meanings of Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words and Phrases: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4

    • Use Context Clues to Determine Word Meanings: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.A

    • Consult Print and Digital Reference Materials to Define and Pronounce Words: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.C

  • Understand Nuanced Word Meanings and Relationships: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5

    • Interpret Figures of Speech in Context: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.A

    • Distinguish Connotations Among Words with Similar Denotations: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.C

• Reading

  • Key Ideas and Details

    • Reading to Determine Main Idea or Theme

    • Reading to Analyze Elements of a Text

    • Reading to Cite Textual Evidence

  • Craft and Structure

    • Reading to Determine Author's Point of View

    • Reading to Understand Structure

    • Reading to Understand Vocabulary in Context

  • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

    • Reading to Compare and Contrast Texts

    • Reading to Evaluate the Argument and Specific Claims in a Text

• Word Meaning and Vocabulary Knowledge

• Literature: Key Ideas and Details

• Literature: Craft and Structure