2025 English 8 Final Exam

An idea or object that has a deeper meaning (red symbolizes love, passion, and hatred; a dove represents peace).

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Imagery

What point of view is where the author writes about a character; outside perspective on a story.

• Second person POV

• Third person POV

• First person POV

• Third person Omniscient

What is foreshadowing?

• When the author emphasizes the similarities and differences between two or more ideas or concepts

• The literal definition of a word that would be found in a dictionary

• A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader

• an idea or object that has a deeper meaning (red symbolizes love, passion, or hatred; a dove represents peace)

What is the feeling created by the text; the reader feels the _____ when he or she reads the poem (sad, nervous, excited).

• Tone

• Mood

What is theme?

• A conflict that a character faces with natures

• A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

• The big, universal idea emphasized in a story; what the author wants the reader to know about life; themes apply to all people and situations

• Following the climax; when the story begins to resolve conflicts and outstanding issues.

What is the ideas or feelings associated with a word?

• Denotation

• Connotation

Starts a new paragraph or emphasizes a line of text:

For example, what is needed after each paragraph or to begin new dialogue in texts.

• Bold

• Indentation

• Italics

• Underlining

Notes added by way of comment or explanation

• Sidebars

• Graphics

• Citations

• Annotations

What type of conflict is this? A character struggles with things beyond natural (i.e. ghosts)

• Man vs. Technology

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Supernatural

What is the literal meaning of a word that would be found in a dictionary?

• Denotation

• Connotation