Final Exam Review Sheet

Sixth Grade Spring Final Exam Review Sheet

Vocabulary Words: (See Attached Sheet)

Grammar:

Be prepared to edit mistakes in a series of sentences, adhering to the following rules of grammar usage:

1.     contractions (remember the apostrophe stands in the place for the missing number)

2.     possessives

·      singular possessives

·      plural possessives

3.     run on sentences (adding a semicolon or a comma and conjunction)

4.     fragments

5.     commas

·      introductory phrases

·      compound sentences

·      direct address

·      dialogue

·      appositive

·      items in a series

·      interjections

Subjects/ Verbs in Compounds:

Be able to label the subjects and verbs in a compound sentence.  

Parts of Speech:

Be prepared to identify all parts of speech in a context. (You will be given sentences where you will be asked to label the part of speech in the underlined word.) 

1.     noun (common, proper, concrete, abstract)

2.     pronoun

3.     verb*

·      action verb*

·      linking verb (state of being verb)*

·      helping verbs in a verb phrase*

4.     adjectives

5.     adverbs*

6.     preposition*

7.     conjunction*

8.     interjection

*= see attached sheet

Literary Devices:

Be able to identify the following in a passage:

·      metaphor

·      simile,

·      personification,

·      irony (situational and dramatic)

·      hyperbole,

·      allusion

Point of View:

Be able to identify (or explain in your own words) the following points of view in a story:

·      First person

·      Second person

·      Third person limited

·      Third person objective

·      Third person omniscient