Interactive Guide Grade 8

12 Eighth Grade Core Subjects : : Grammar & Composition (Language of God, Level G)

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

I. Parts of Speech, 1–122

65 69 70 75 77 80 81

Perfect Progressive Verbs The Last Verb Review Active and Passive Voice

2 3 6 8

Subjects

Complex and Compound Subjects

Pronouns

Predicates

Personal Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns

Elusive Subjects

11 12 13 17 19 20 23 25 28 29 30 31 32 33 35

Sentences

Pronoun and Verb Agreement

Compound Sentences Compound Sentences Nouns: Compound Nouns

II. Usage, 123-192

III. Mechanics, 193-232

Compound Words Appositive Nouns

124 127 132 135 138 140 143 146 152 155

Complex Sentences

194 197 199 202 204 206 208 209 211 212 214 215 216 217 218 220 223 226 228 230

Capitalization

A Few More Words about

Ap

Functions of Dependent Clauses The Dependent Adjectival Clause

Commas

Collective Nouns

Pausing for Dramatic Effect Semicolons and Colons

Plural Nouns

Adverbial Clauses

Participles and Participial Phrases

Colons

Irregular Plurals More Plural Nouns

Diagramming a Participle

Quotation Marks

Participial Phrases

Other Uses for Quotation Marks

And More Plural Nouns

Gerunds and Gerund Phrases Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases Infinitives as Adverbs and Adjectives

Quotation Marks or Italics? Single Quotation Marks

Plural Names

Singular Possessive Noun Special Cases for Singula

s r Po

Apostrophes

Joint Ownership

Possessive Personal Pronouns and Adjectives

IV. Composition, 233-295

280 281

Pre-writing Stage

Contractions

Pre-writing Stage — Sources of Information

Hyphens

234 235 236 238 240 241 243 245 246 248 249 251 253 255 256 259 261 264 265 267 267 268 268 269 271 273 274 276 278 279

Diction — Choosing Your Words

More Uses for Hyphens

More about Diction

283 284 284 285 285 286 286 287 288

Interviewing Sources

Dashes

Formal and Informal Diction

Organizing Your Information Completing Your Research

Parentheses Abbreviations

Vocabulary

Sentence Structure

Drafting Your Report Revising Your Report

Varying Sentence Lengths and Structures

Writing Numbers It’s about Time

Research

Proofreading Your Report Presenting Your Report Responding to Literature

More Online Research Library Research Citing Your Sources What Do We Cite?

Reading for the General Meaning — Poetry Reading for a Deeper Meaning — Poetry Reading for the General Meaning — Prose Reading for a Deeper Meaning — Prose

Citation Format Works Cited Page

289 290

Using Online Citation Links

Basic Elements in a Works Cited Page

290 291 293 295

Types of Writing Persuasive Writing

Writing about Prose Writing about Poetry

Writing a Persuasive Essay

Your Favorite Fiction Book

Thesis Statements

Answer Key, 297-322

Drafting Your Persuasive Essay Revising Your Persuasive Essay

Narrative Writing Time in Narratives

Developing a Series of Events in a Narrative

Dialogue in a Story Selective Dialogue

Verb Tenses in Dialogue

Creative Writing Heroic Couplets

Reports