8th English 9-Weeks Exam Review (Spring)

**Tone:**

is how the writer feels about his subject that comes through based upon the types of words chosen.

**Mood:**

 is how the reader feels about the story.

**Theme:**

is an abstraction that represents the central idea of the story.

**Allusion:**

is an intentional reference to another literary work or piece of art that the reader should understand in order to make connections.

__**Independent clause**__

Has a subject and predicate, can be its own sentence

I ate a burger

__**Dependent clause**__

Clause- missing either a subject or predicate

Because I was hungry

__**Types of sentences**__

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Simple—-----------> Compound

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Compound

**Simple**

\*1 independent clause

I ate a burger.

**Compound**

\*2 independent clauses

I was hungry, so I ate a burger.

**Complex**

\*1 independent clause
\*1 (or more) dependent clause
Since I was hungry, I ate a burger.

**Compound complex**

\*2 independent \*1 (or more) dependent clause Since I was hungry, I ate a burger, and it was wonderfull

__**Comma Splice**__

When you use a comma to join together two independent clauses (which should be linked by a colon, semicolon, or conjunction.

EX 1. I was hungry, I ate a burger

EX 2.Scout was our narrator, she was the daughter of Atticus

__**Fragment**__