Name ________________________________ Period _____ Date ________________
Study Guide: English 8 Final Exam
Literary Elements
1. You should be able to match the following terms to their definitions or identify whether a definition is
true or false.
alliteration
falling action
Realism
antagonist
iamb
resolution/denouement
aside
iambic pentameter
rising action
bildungsroman
imagery
Romanticism
blank verse
simile
characterization
irony (dramatic, verbal,
and situational)
climax/crisis
metaphor
soliloquy
conflict
narrator
stock character
connotation
Naturalism
symbol
denotation
personification
syntax
dialect
plot
theme
diction
point of view
utopia
Elizabethan Era
protagonist
Victorian Era
exposition
pun
stage directions
2. The two kinds of characterization are _________________ and ____________________ . STALE is a
mnemonic device to remember the five types of __________________ _______________________ .
S _________________________ T ______________________ A ____________________
L ________________________ E ______________________
3.
The two kinds of conflict are ______________________ and ____________________ . Internal
conflict is a struggle between a character and _______________________ . External conflict is a struggle
between a character and either _______________________ , ______________________, or
_______________________ .
The five elements of plot on Freytag’s Pyramid (shown to the right), are:
4.
1.
___________________________________
3.
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
2.
4.
4. ___________________________________
5. ___________________________________
1.
5.
Roots
1. You will need to match several prefixes and suffixes with their definitions.
2. You will need to match selected Greek Roots with their definitions. Greek Roots in Lessons 16-30 may be
on the exam; I will choose from among these lessons.
MLA
1. Know the components of an MLA header.
2. Know how to use proper parenthetical citation for a print source.
3. Know the basic components of a Works Cited page and general information about formatting for Works
Cited entries. (For instance: The Works Cited page has the title “Works Cited” centered at the top.
Entries use a hanging indent. Authors’ last names are listed first, followed by a comma and their first
names.)
Grammar
For all of the terms below, you should be able to match the term to its definition or identify whether a definition
is true or false.
1. You should know the definitions of the eight parts of speech and be able to identify the part of speech
of a given word in a sentence.
noun
adverb
pronoun
conjunction
verb
preposition
adjective (Know article as well.)
interjection
2. You should know the definition of an appositive and how appositive phrases are punctuated.
3. You should know the definition of an action verb and a linking verb and be able to identify whether a
given verb is action or linking.
4. You should know the definition of a transitive verb and an intransitive verb and be able to identify
whether a given verb is transitive or intransitive.
5. You should know the definition of a direct object and an indirect object and be able to identify the
direct or indirect object in a given sentence.
6. You should be able to identify whether a given sentence is in active voice or passive voice.
7. You should be able to define the three types of verbals: participles, gerunds, and infinitives.
8. You should be able to identify whether a given phrase is an appositive phrase, a prepositional phrase, a
participial phrase, a gerund phrase, or an infinitive phrase.
9. You should be able to write a sentence featuring all of the above types of phrases.
10. You should know the definitions of a phrase and a clause.
11. You should know the definition of a main clause and a subordinate clause.
12. You should be able to identify whether a given sentence is simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex.
13. You should be able to identify whether a given subordinate clause is an adjective clause, adverb
clause, or noun clause.
14. In connection with adjective clauses: you should be able to name several relative pronouns.
15. You should be able to identify and properly punctuate essential and nonessential adjective clauses.
16. In connection with adverb clauses: you should be able to name several subordinating conjunctions.
17. You should know how to properly punctuate adverb clauses.