English 8 Mid-year Assessment Review Sheet 2014
Exam Date: January 30
Name ______Period ______
The mid-year assessment is a cumulative assessment of content we have studied so far this year and the skills that we have practiced throughout our study of the literature we have read together in class. Please read all of the information below and develop a plan for your own preparation. How should you spend each day between now and the assessment so that you are amply prepared?
To prepare, you should review the following pieces of literature:
“Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
“The Dinner Party” by Mona Gardner
“Path Through the Cemetery” by Leonard Q. Ross
“Mother in Mannville” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara
“You Can’t Take it With You” by Eva-Lis Wuorio
The Adoration of JennaFox by Mary E. Pearson
You should also review your resources for:
Short Response Writing
Paragraph Writing
Literary Essay Writing
The midterm assessment will consist of multiple choice questions that assess your knowledge of the vocabulary words and literary terms that are listed on the back of this review sheet. The literary terms will be interspersed in the questions you will be asked about the literature you have read. To be best prepared, you must have an understanding of each term’s definition and function in literature.
You can find resources to prepare for this midterm in your binder, especially in the Current Unit section and the General Information section. You should also review all prep questions, skills checks, quizzes, and unit assessments that are stored in the graded work section of your binder. The quizlet links for each vocabulary word are still available on the website.
The final portion of this assessment will assess your ability to read something that you have never read before and answer multiple choice questions about it. Your ability to address a short response prompt, a paragraph prompt, and an extended response prompt will also be assessed with the same rubrics we have been using all year.
Vocabulary Words
acquaintance
adverse
anticlimactic
articulate
aversion
behest
blunt
chide
commotion
conspicuous
contract
dour
emerge
empower
foibles
gallivant
gesture
impel
impervious
implacable
impulse
inadequate
inept
influx
inquire
intangible
integrity
intent
kindling
liable
meddlesome
mockery
obscure
ogle
pending
prodigy
repast
slosh
startle
subliminal
subterfuge
taint
tedious
temporal
transgenic
transpire
ventriloquist
vital
Literary Terms
1st person narrator
3rd person narrator
allusion
climax
denouement
direct characterization
dynamic character
exposition
falling action
flat character
foreshadowing
hyperbole
inciting incident
indirect characterization
irony
metaphor
narrator
omniscient narrator
personification
plot
repetition
resolution
rising action
round character
simile
static character
symbolism
theme
voice