Level 6 Final Exam Review, English 8Name:Period:

PART1: GRAMMAR

  1. Sentence structure simple, compound, complex, compound-complex (4)
  2. Embedded grammatical errors-- in individual sentences (20)

Embedded errors in fiction passage with numbered sentences (5)

  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Irregular Verb Usage
  • Punctuation for different types of structure, end marks within quotes, titles of larger works underlined, italicized, or bolded, titles of short stories and poems within quotation marks, commas after introductory adverb clauses or setting off interrupting, non-essential phrases and clauses
  • Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
  • Pronoun Case/ Correct Pronoun Usage
  • Nominative (I, he, she, we, they)
  • Objective (me, him, her, us, them)
  • Possessive (my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs)
  • Correct Apostrophe Placement/Possessives (Ellie’s favorite class)
  • Run-ons and fragments

PART 2: VOCABULARY LEVEL D Completing the Sentence (30)

PART 3: PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS (4)

  • Organization:chronological/ spatial orderorder of importance cause/effect comparison/contrast
  • Topic and clincher sentences
  • Unity and coherence of written passages

PART 4: LITERATURE

  1. Identify applied literary concepts from attached chart of literary/poetic devices for texts below
  • Our Town (8)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird(9)

2. “Cold read”

Identify applied literary concepts from attached chart of literary/poetic devices for each “cold read,” be able to compare texts and identify new vocabulary in context.

  • fiction(8)
  • poetry(4)

3. Civil War novel(4)

Find and answer questions concerning applied literary concepts from attached chart of literary/poetic devices forAcross Five Aprils

4. “Cold read” of non-fiction (4)

Identify applied literary concepts from attached chart of literary/poetic devices for non-fiction “cold read.”

Identify the structure of the following sentences as: S, CD, CX, CD-CX. There will be no chart on the final exam.

Type:# independent clauses:# dependent clauses:

Simple10______

Compound2 or more0______

Complex11 or more_____

Compound-Complex2 or more1 or more

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee- Grammar and Style

_____ 1.When my father was admitted to the bar, he returned to Maycomb and began his practice.

_____ 2. Atticus’s office in the courthouse contained little more than a hat rack, a spittoon, a checkerboard, and an unsullied Code of Alabama.

_____ 3. His first two clients were the last two persons hanged in the Maycomb County jail.

_____ 4. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores around it, took their time about everything.

_____ 5. Dill blushed and Jem told him to hush, a sure sign that Dill had been studied and found acceptable.

_____ 6.But by the end of August our repertoire was vapid from countless reproductions, and it was then that Dill gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.

_____ 7. My memory came alive to see Mrs. Radley occasionally open the front door, walk to the edge of the porch, and pour water on her cannas.

_____ 8.At last the sawhorses were taken away, and we stood watching from the front porch when Mr. Radley made his final journey past our house.

_____ 9. We looked at her in surprise for Calpurnia rarely commented on the ways of white people.

_____ 10.We left the corner, crossed the side street that ran in front of the Radley house, and stopped at the gate.

_____ 11.Jem threw open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm and ran back past us, not waiting to see if his foray was successful.

_____ 12. A storm of laughter broke loose when it finally occurred to the class that Miss Caroline had whipped it.

_____ 13.He waited until he was sure she was crying, then he shuffled out of the building.

Circle the underlined part of each sentence that contains an error. Be ready to explain WHY!
1.Anyone with intelligence and a good friend at their side can make it through hard times. No error
2.When anyone asks me a question I automatically tell him or her that I do not understand. No error
3.We began our journey last week, but when we left we forget our backpacks. No error
4.Pointing at Mr. Dean, I explained that the meanest person in the building was definitely him. No error
5.After I escaped from Ms. Grave’s room, I could not stop thinking about all the problems that she made for my friends and I. No error
6.I borrowed Mr. Fadens pencil and forgot to return it to him. No error
7.Neither fans nor a head coach understands how much work goes into playing a sport. No error
8.Whenever anyone is in trouble, I hope you help them out. No error
9.Last week, the principal rung the bell several times to get our attention. No error
10.Each of the students left their jacket in the classroom. No error
11.Peanut butter and jellyare my favorite lunchtime meal. No error
  1. The piece of paper had laid there for several days before anyone picked it up. No error
  2. When I walked in the classroom, I sat my homework in the inbox. No error
  3. Either you or someone who you know are responsible for my damaged car. No error
  4. I have drove Mrs. Ross crazy on more than one occasion. No error
  5. Someone in the stands keep calling out my name, but I cannot see who. No error
  6. Somebody in Mr. Malaprop’s class writes on their desk during class. No error
  7. Many of the students whom I see at the bookstore asks me what books I am purchasing. No error
  8. The jury might have said Tom Robinson committed the crime, but we all believe it was not him. No error
  9. The repeating of daily events in Our Townprovides unity for the reader. No error
  10. I should have picked up the phone the second that it rung. No error
  11. The bulldog that I picked up from the pound came from a rescue shelter. No error
  12. Could you please sit the papers on my front desk? No error
  13. Our Townteaches the theme that reliving the past hurts because we know what will happen but we cannot change it. No error
  14. Tory, Tess, Tony, and me all went to the store in a large group. No error
  15. Don’t tell her, but Mr. Frimdimpny has drove Ms. Poltergeist’s car several times. No error
  16. Neither of the students who walked into the classroom brought his own pencil. No error

LiteratureReview:Select at least 3 titles from each genre (find them in your literature book). Read the selections and identify as many of the terms below as you are able to find within each selection.

FictionNon-fictionPoetry

“Charles”“The Great Rat Hunt“the lesson of the moth”

“Raymond’s Run”“The Story of an Eyewitness”“We Alone”

“Stop the Sun”“A Running Brook of Horror”“Child on Top of a Greenhouse”

“The Lady, or the Tiger?”Birthday Ritual a Grave Tradition”“old age sticks”

“The Tell-Tale Heart”“Man-Made Monsters”“What Is Success?”

“Rules of the Game”“Who Are the Ninety-Nines?”“A Loaf of Poetry”

LITERARY & POETIC DEVICES

Device/Element / Example / Title, author (genre)
allusion
antagonist
author’s purpose
characterization (direct)
characterization (indirect)
climax
coherence
conflict (internal)
conflict (external)
dialect
dialogue
dramatic irony
exposition
flashback
genre
historical fiction
hyperbole
imagery
inference
metaphor
mood
narrator
onomatopoeia
personification
point of view
(1st person)
point of view
(3rd person limited)
point of view
(3rd person omniscient)
protagonist
resolution
rhyme scheme
rising action
setting
simile
situational irony
symbolism
theme
tone
unity
verbal irony
In the one of the non-fiction selections you read, find one of each type of sentence structure and write them in the space below:

Title: ______

Simple: ______

Compound: ______

Complex: ______

Compound-Complex: ______

______

Vocabulary Level D: See Target Words list!