8th Grade English Fall Semester Review

What connects words, phrases, or sentences?

Your ________ should start out with setting the tone of the essay.

True or False: You should start your conclusion paragraph by restating your thesis.

A(n) __________ clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.

Every ____________ has two basic parts: a subject and a predicate.

The contrast between what seems to be true and what is really true

Which type of verb tells what the subject does?

A compound sentence has ___ or more independent clause and ___ dependent clauses.

Which type of verb links the subject to a word in the predicate?

A ______ ends in -ing and acts as a noun.

A ______ is formed with to plus a verb and acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

_____ gives clues as to what will happen next.

What is the sequence of events in a short story called?

What is the first thing you do when writing a 5 paragraph essay?

A compound-complex sentence contains_or more independent clauses and_or more dependent clauses.

Which point of view: knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.

A character that changes as a result of the story’s events

An interjection...

Which type of verb helps the main verb express a precise shade of meaning?

Man vs. himself is what type of conflict?

True or False: An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.

The message or lesson of the story is known as the ________.

External and Internal are types of what?

How many supporting paragraphs should you have in a 5 paragraph essay?

When you brainstorm for a 5 paragraph essay, you should think in _____.

An element of literature that recurs in stories from many cultures and many periods of history.

_____ is when you wonder what will happen next in the story.

The audience or the reader knows something the character does not

A _____ consists of two or more sentences written as though they were a single sentence.

A(n) _________ clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

True or False: A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a noun.

Should you use contractions (I'm, Don't, Can't, etc) in a formal essay?

A gerund, participle, and infinitive are all types of what?

All of the following are ways to join a compound sentence EXCEPT:

An expression whose meaning is not literally true.

Which character is in the story to move it along or to add details?

Man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. technology are all what type of conflict?

A preposition shows the relationship between a ______________ and another word in the sentence.

________ is who tells the story.

In the 6 stages of plot, during which stage does conflict develop?

Which part of speech takes place of a noun?

A noun can be all of the following EXCEPT: 

True or False: You should try and repeat the same words multiple times throughout an essay.

How many sentences should be in a paragraph, at minimum?

True or False: You should start each paragraph with a "hook" or attention grabbing sentence.

In the 6 stages of plot, which stage is the highest point of the story?

A __________ is a group of words that has a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.

A simple sentence has ___ independent clause and ___ dependent clauses.

In the 6 stages of plot, which stage introduces characters, setting, and background info?

A ______ is a word that sounds the same, but it has a different spelling and meaning.

The time and place of the story is the _______.

In the 6 stages of plot, during which stage does reader interest and conflict begin?

A complex sentence contains ___ independent clause and ___ or more dependent clauses.

Usual or most basic sense. Exact words/meaning

What restates the question, and includes three categories of support when writing an essay?

Which part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb?

A _____ is a part of a sentence that is written as if it were a complete sentence.

A ______ ends in -ing or -ed and acts as an adjective.

Which character is the central character and usually the good guy?

Which point of view: Narrator is a character in the story and will tell the story.

An ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects

A character that does not change much over the course of a story.

An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad.

What part of speech shows action or state of being?

Which character brings the conflict and is usually the bad guy?

A character says something that is the opposite of what he or she really means

Which point of view: limited to one characters thoughts and feelings.

In the 6 stages of plot, which stage does the ending or outcome of the story happen?

In the 6 stages of plot, during which stage does conflict begin to be solved?

What happens is very different from what we expect

Departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical