Monday, November 18, 2013

8th grade study guide

8th Grade Unit 1 Test
Study Guide

The test will consist of a passage that students will read followed by comprehension questions and about the story and the literary elements. There will be words from the passage with latin roots, prefixes and suffixes to identify. Finally, there will be a grammar portion to the test involving correct punctuation and pronoun-antecedent agreement.

Literary Elements
·        Plot development (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) (pp. 30,37)
·        Conflict (pp. 28,51,67)
·        Sequence (pp. 67, 123)
·        Cause and Effect (pp. 115)
·        Suspense (pp.80)
·        Foreshadow (pp. 90)
·        Flashback (pp. 66)


While reading the plot, ask yourself the following questions:
·        What conflict do the characters face?
·        Where does the story take place?

Vocabuary
·        Latin Roots (pp. 121)

Grammar
·        Using correct punctuation
·        Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (pp. 104)

List of Types of Pronouns

Singular Personal Pronouns
I                       Me                   My, Mine
You                  you                  your, yours
He, she, it        him, her, it       his, hers, its

Plural Personal Pronouns
We                   us                    Our, Ours
You                  You                  Your, Yours
They                them                their, theirs

Masculine                   Feminine                     Neuter
He                                She                              It
Him                              Her                              It
His                               Her, Hers                     Its
Himself                        Herself                                    Itself

Singular Indefinite Pronouns
Anybody                      either                           neither             one
Anyone                        everybody                    nobody                        somebody
Anything                      everyone                     no one                         someone
Each                            everything                   nothing                        something

Plural Indefinite Pronoun
Both                             few                              many                           several



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