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Watson 8th Grade 2016 Pre AP Spring ELA Semester Review

WATSON 8 th Grade  2016 Pre-AP Language Arts Review – Semester II Final Exam Exam Date and Time:  ____________________________________________________   Bring two #2 pencils, sharpened – Scantron format   Imagery/Descriptive writing/Voice/Literary Terms Know/understand/ be able to apply:  vivid verbs, descriptive adjectives, and figurative language as applied to imagery. Know mood, tone, connotation, and voice and how that applies to writing. Know: personification, inference, foreshadowing, irony, characterization, metaphor, symbol and be able to apply terms to examples Poetry analysis and annotation terms:  Stanza, traditional form, free verse, rhyme, rhythm   Persuasion Terms: counterargument, appeal to fear, persuade, appeal to  pity, support, ethical appeal, argument, loaded terms, claim, bandwagon appeal, pathos, logos Recognize TYPES of support:  examples, facts, quotes from experts, statistics   Rhetoric/Speeches Logo