8th Grade Pre AP Spring Semester Exam Review
Part I – Fiction Selection
You will be asked to read a short fiction story and answer some comprehension
questions. These questions will be mostly higher-level questions that require you to
assimilate information you read, compare and contrast, inference, and make
generalizations.
You will also be asked to identify examples of literary techniques used in this
selection, such as: simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, foreshadowing, mood,
tone, syntax, diction, dialect, denotation, connotation, and conflict (all types).
Part II – Literary Devices in Literature
You will be given a series of quotes from classic literature and you will need to be
able to identify: simile, metaphor, personification, foreshadowing, alliteration,
protagonist, antagonist
Part III – Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes
Know the following Latin and Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes and be able to
apply you knowledge to words you have not seen before: circum, port, hydro, ped,
photo, alt, derm, aud, leg, micro, script, trans, opt, able, hab, post, co, anti, meter
Part IV – Recognizing and Using MLA Style
You will need to be familiar with the basic rules of MLA style, including:
a. Why we use MLA format
b. Validity of sources
c. Paraphrasing
d. Citing Sources
e. Avoiding Plagiarism
f. Basics of how to create a Works Cited page
Part V – Grammar and Usage
You will need to know how to properly use:
a. Quotation Marks
b. Commas
c. Agreement
1. Subject/Verb
2. Pronoun/Antecedent
Part VI – Nonfiction Selections
You will read two short nonfiction selections and answer some comprehension
questions over each article. You will also answer some questions comparing and
contrasting the articles.
Part VII – Fragments/Run-Ons/Correcting Sentences
You will have to label groups of words as complete sentences, fragments or run-ons.
You will also have a section in which you are given a sentence, fragment, or run on
and you have to choose the best way to rewrite the sentence.
Part VIII – Combining Sentences
Be able to take several groups of words and put them together to form a logical
sentence.
Part IX – Identifying Parts of Speech
Be able to label underlined words in sentences as one of the eight parts of speech.
Part X – Syntax Exercises
Be able to combine sentence parts in order to form a logical sentence. You will need
to know the following sentence parts: simple sentence, complex sentence,
independent clause, dependent clause, participial phrase, prepositional phrase.
Part XI – Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Units 6-10
Know the following words:
stoical
stout
gallantry
incarceration
enmity
awry
apt
socialite
trepidation unflagging deft
salutary
ruinous
stint
nullify
diverge
amity
prodigy
penal
predominant
devise
barter
ferret
idle
gaunt
lanky
invalidate annul
abut
recluse
pertinent
miens
cronies
habituate agile
shiftless
milieu
caustic
pivotal
dexterous
disarming aloof
cordial
impending
avail
disgruntled
judicious
perceptible
renown
chivalry
proxy
accord
ruse
tenets
calamities
infiltrate
attire
discernible
rankle
transition
dire
scavenge
vitality
decoy
fallacies
belated