8th Grade Spring Semester Test Review

comparison in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

Use a comma...

a type of autobiography that focuses on a specific period in the author's life or an experience that holds significance

The names of people, locations, specific events and time periods, organizations, languages, documents and religions

method of development presenting events in the order in which they occur

A character with many different traits, both good and bad

Compares two unlike things using the words like or as

an author's attitude toward his or her subject

"the state or quality of being"

a true account of events and experiences written by the person who experienced them

A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that acts as a...

"before" "towards" or "front"

A character that changes and learns

The superlative degree is used...

method of development demonstrating how one situation can result from another and then lead to yet another

problems or struggles--can be internal (within oneself) or external (outside of oneself)

A character that is one dimensional

A gerund phrase is a gerund with modifiers or complements that can function as...

Use a semicolon...

Modifiers derived from proper nouns

method of development presenting similarities and differences among two or more items or ideas

The comparitive degree is used...

writing about another person's life

The positive degree is used...

method of development presenting events in the order in which they occur

"to turn"

references in a text to well-known people, places, characters, myths, events, or works of literature or art

compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other

A character that does not change or learn