Grade Eight Final Exam Study Sheet 2022
For each term provide a definition and example (s). The following links may be helpful:

Mr. Mulgrew's Middle School Glossary of Literary Terms     Comma Rules    

Pronoun Handout       Adjective and Adverb Notes

Part I.  Literary Terms:

Term:                            Definition:                               Example:

Autobiography    

Biography            

Drama                                        

Fiction                                 

Memoir                

Myth                    

Nonfiction                     

Alliteration            

Hyperbole    

Image                    

Tone / Mood                      

Simile  

Imagery                

Metaphor                  

Narrative Poem    

Onomatopoeia      

Oxymoron            

Personification      

Repetition               

Stanza                  

Symbol                 

Climax                 

Suspense

Conflict                

Crisis                   

Falling Action       

Plot

Flashback             

Foreshadowing     

Hyperbole            

Irony

Protagonist           

Antagonist            

Conclusion/Resolution                        

Exposition/ Introduction 

Inciting Incident

Static Character

Stock Character

Round Character

Developing/Dynamic Character

Part II. The Parts of Speech in Context:                     

Noun                    

Concrete Noun     

Abstract Noun      

Proper Noun

Pronoun               

Adjective              

Proper Adjective   

Adverb

Verb

Commas in a series.

Commas in nouns of direct address.

Commas separating two adjectives.

Commas with interrupters.

Commas with introductory words

Commas with appositives.

Commas with compound sentences.