NAME  __________________________     EXAM DATE  _______________________

 

8^th GRADE HONORS LITERATURE FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

 

There will be an independent reading selection, followed by 15 mostly multiple-choice questions.  There will also be matching, define and explain, identification, and short answer questions.   Be familiar with the main characters and the main events from each selection.

 

There will be one short essay and a longer essay concerning a choice of the two plays, The Diary of Anne Frank and “Twelve Angry Men” or the two novels, Say Goodnight, Gracie and Flowers for Algernon. 

 

Although literary terms and techniques will be included, vocabulary words will not.  A character sketch will not be included.

 

The exam may include the following selections of short stories and poems:

 

p. 6      “The Cask of Amontillado”

p. 18    “The Most Dangerous Game”

p. 42    “Casey at the Bat” -  poem

p. 96    “The Red-headed League”

p. 188  “The Road Not Taken”  -  poem

p. 940  “The Raven”  -  poem

p. 346  “The Scarlet Ibis”

p. 524  “The Gift of the Magi”

p. 540  “Sonata for Harp and Bicycle”

p. 570  “Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird”

 

 

Make sure you have a good understanding of the following literary terms.  You will be asked to define and relate some of them to certain selections.  

 

           

            Alliteration

 

 

            Allusion

 

 

            Character type

 

 

            Climax

 

 

            Conflict

 

 

            Dialogue

 

 

            Empathy

 

 

            Flashback

 

 

            Foreshadowing

 

 

            Hyperbole

 

 

            Imagery

 

 

            Irony

 

 

            Metaphor

 

 

            Personification

 

 

            Plot and theme

 

 

            Point of view

 

 

            Rhyme scheme

 

 

            Setting

 

 

            Simile

 

 

            Symbol