8th Grade 2nd Trimester Study Guide
 Anything covered in class could possibly
appear on your final exam. This list is to
remind you of topics covered and to point
you in the right direction.
Your exam is on
Wed 3/11
Literary terms
Know the definitions for the following terms as
well as how each functions in a story.
Vocabulary Words
You will be given a
sentence and will have
to identify which vocab
word it demonstrates.
For example: Mrs.
Bartley wrote a book
about the life of Ray
Bradbury, a famous
author.
Answer: Biography
 3 types of irony
 Foreshadowing
 Suspense
 Internal and external conflict
 Character development (The way an author
lets you know who a character is as a
person)
 Imagery
 Rising Action
 Climax
 Falling Action
 Importance of minor characters
 Symbolism
Grammar
 Capitalization rules
 Punctuation for dialogue
 Sentence fragments
 Pronoun and antecedent agreement
 Subject/verb agreement
1st Tri Words
 Active Voice
 Biography
 Chronology
 Clause
 Dash
 Deadlines
 Domain-specificvocabulary
 Elaboration
 Explicit
 Implicit
 Inferences
 Informational Text
 Key Concept
 Memoir
 Objective
 Passive Voice
 Phrase
 Prepositional Phrase
 Subjective
 Supporting Ideas
2nd Tri Words
 Argument
 Character
development
 Citation
 Dialect
 Dramatic irony
 Gerunds
 Infinitives
 Intonation
 Paraphrase
 Participles
 Persuasive
 Plot elements
 Quote
 Situational Irony
 Stereotype
 Suspense
 Theme
 Thesis
 Transitional words
 Verbal irony
Misc
 Plagiarism
 How to quote and cite correctly
 Determining the main idea of a selection
 Using context clues to determine word
meaning
8th Grade 2nd Trimester Study Guide
 Anything covered in class could possibly
appear on your final exam. This list is to
remind you of topics covered and to point
you in the right direction.
Your exam is on
Wed 3/11
Literary terms
Know the definitions for the following terms as
well as how each functions in a story.
Vocabulary Words
You will be given a
sentence and will have
to identify which vocab
word it demonstrates.
For example: Mrs.
Bartley wrote a book
about the life of Ray
Bradbury, a famous
author.
Answer: Biography
 3 types of irony
 Foreshadowing
 Suspense
 Internal and external conflict
 Character development (The way an author
lets you know who a character is as a
person)
 Imagery
 Rising Action
 Climax
 Falling Action
 Importance of minor characters
 Symbolism
Grammar
 Capitalization rules
 Punctuation for dialogue
 Sentence fragments
 Pronoun and antecedent agreement
 Subject/verb agreement
1st Tri Words
 Active Voice
 Biography
 Chronology
 Clause
 Dash
 Deadlines
 Domain-specificvocabulary
 Elaboration
 Explicit
 Implicit
 Inferences
 Informational Text
 Key Concept
 Memoir
 Objective
 Passive Voice
 Phrase
 Prepositional Phrase
 Subjective
 Supporting Ideas
2nd Tri Words
 Argument
 Character
development
 Citation
 Dialect
 Dramatic irony
 Gerunds
 Infinitives
 Intonation
 Paraphrase
 Participles
 Persuasive
 Plot elements
 Quote
 Situational Irony
 Stereotype
 Suspense
 Theme
 Thesis
 Transitional words
 Verbal irony
Misc
 Plagiarism
 How to quote and cite correctly
 Determining the main idea of a selection
 Using context clues to determine word
meaning