Study Guide for 8th Honors ELA Final Exam

Study Guide for 8th Honors ELA Final Exam

MLA Format

Modern Language Association

-Times New Roman font

-Double Spaced

-Name, Teacher, Class, Date

Visualize- see it in your mind

Denotation- a word in its literal definition

Connotations- all the meanings, associations, and emotions that have come to be attached to that word

Syntax- word order and grammar

Vocabulary

1. Identify subject, verb, and object

2. Paraphrase

3. Read poem aloud to understand better

​Sonet and Spoken Word Poem

Types of Poetry

Does not have all the basic parts of a complete sentence

Example: Has horns shaped like corkscrews

Sentence Fragment

Two or more complete sentences run together as one

Example: Reading is important textbooks help students learn

​Run-on sentence

Sentence Fragments and Run-ons

Hyperbole: an over-exaggeration

Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

Alliteration: repetition of the beginning sound of a word

Example: Sally sold seashells by the seashore

Onomatopoeia: the naming of a thing or sound by a vocal imitation of the sound

Example: Ouch! Wow! Pow! Crash! Bang!

Simile: a comparison using "like" or "as"

Example: Roar like a lion

Metaphor: a comparison without using "like" or "as

Example: She is an angel

Personification: giving human qualities to non-human beings

Example: The palm tree danced in the wind

Figurative Language

Adjective: a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun

Answers what kind, which one, how many, how much, or whose

Adverb: a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another verb

Answers where, when, how, how often, and to what extent

Noun: a word that names a person, place, or thing

Common noun: man, state, airplane

Proper noun: John Calvin, Nebraska

Verb: a word that shows action, links another word to the subject, or helps another verb

Examples: Painted, was hot, will cut, are on

Parts of Speech

Conjunction: a word that joins, phrases, or clauses

Coordinating: And, but, or nor

Subordinating: After, although, as

Interjection: an exclamatory word that is not grammatically related to the other words in a sentence

Examples: Ouch! Get off my foot! Aha! I found it!

Pronoun; a word that takes the place of a noun

Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we

Preposition: a word that shows how a noun or a pronoun is related to some other word in the sentence

Examples: Charles sat on the barrel. Charles climbed into the barrel

Parts of Speech

Green Hat: Creativity; ideas and possibilities

Yellow Hat: Benefits; positive side, why it's useful

Blue Hat: Process; thinking about possibilities

White Hat: Facts; takes the emotion out of the situation; neutral

Red Hat: Feelings; emotions, anger

Black Hat: Cautions; sees the negative side of thing

Six Thinking Hats