Final Exam ReviewEnglish 9 2014

Agenda 5/29/14

Please staple your Essay and Rough Draft/outline. Your FINAL DRAFT on the TOP, please.

Take out your Review sheet AND piece of loose leaf

Collect Essays

Final Exam Review

Jeopardy!

Final Exam Format75 Multiple Choice questions

Part 1: Grammar Practice

Part 2: Matching literary terms/definitions

Part 3: Identifying Concepts with examples

Part 4: Romeo and Juliet “Cold Read” Act III, Scene 1You are given excerpts and examples from the text

and asked to apply literary concepts.

Part 5: Matching Literary terms and examples

Part 6: Maya Angelou’s “New Directions”

Grammar Concepts1. Ms. Bain, our English teacher, is the coolest

teacher around.

-Use commas to offset introductions of people or titles

2. My favorite thing read this year was Of Mice and Men.

-Capitalize the words in a title. Short texts get quotes, long texts get underline.

3. Since I can’t go to the movies Friday night, I think I will go to bed early.

4. Mrs. Myers’ daughter loves to swim.

5. He should of asked to go to the lavatory before walking out of the room.

 Never use “should OF”, it is “should have”

6. Have you asked if Mrs. Myers * seen the new film yet?

 You need to add the verb “has”

7. My mother always made wonderful dinners for my sisters and I.

 This is my sister and ME. Trick is to take out the other person and if you would say “I”, use “I”, but if it would be “me” (without your sister) than use “me”

8. Mrs. Myers went to the beach, her friend’s house, and to the pool this weekend.

Elements of Plot

Exposition: Introduces the main characters, establishes the setting and climate

***Conflict/ Inciting Force (know the difference between internal and external conflict)

Rising action: Complications along the way

Climax: Height of reader interest and the “turning” point of the story.

Falling Action:

Resolution:

Conflict

Internal Conflict: A mental or emotional conflict that the protagonist struggles with. (inside their own mind)

“One the Sidewalk Bleeding” is an example of an internal conflict.

What is the protagonist’s internal conflict?

External Conflict: Events or complications outside of the character’s control. (Physical obstacles)

In “The Most Dangerous Game”, Rainsford falling off the yacht is an example of external conflict.

Even Zaroff chasing him with a hunting knife is an example of external conflict.

Static/Dynamic Characters

Static characters: They have some sort of character flaw. At some point in the plot, the character has an opportunity to change this negative flaw, but does NOT change.

These characters help the author warn the reader of negative personality traits or attitudes. We call these stories “Cautionary Tales” because they caution us not to act or think a particular way

Dynamic characters: Have a character flaw that is later changed because of some learning experience.

Authors use this character to encourage readers to see the benefits of making positive life changes.

Symbol

An object or event that represents more than itself.

What does the American flag represent on a literal level?

-The country, the government, and the people

What does the American flag SYMBOLIZE to the American public?

Characterization

4 Methods of CharacterizationWhat they SAYWhat they DOWhat they LOOK LIKEHow they INTERACT with other characters

Foreshadowing

Hints or clues that the author gives to the reader that indicates what will happen next.

(We don’t notice foreshadowing until AFTER we’ve read the story)

What FORESHADOWED Doodle’s death in “The Scarlet Ibis”?

*Know foreshadowing in Romeo and Juliet**

Theme

Know the 7 Conventions of writing a theme statement.

*You will have to identify a theme of a story from a list.

Irony

Verbal

Situational

Dramatic

**You will be asked to identify the type of irony from a given story**

Figurative LanguageImagery: Using sensory details and description

using the 5 senses.

Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things to make a significant meaning.

Simile: A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”

Oxymoron: Description that uses two OPPOSITE things or qualities to show some sort of contrast or conflict ***”Jumbo-shrimp, icy hot,

Personification: Giving non-human objects, human qualities.

Poetry and Sound devices

Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds at the in the middle of words

“the smooth booth”

Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or middle of words.

“The Little fiddle” (“T” and “D” sound similar here)

Alliteration: Repetition of the same consonant at the beginning of wordsExample: “Sally sells sea shells down by the sea

shore”

Poetic Meter and rhythm

SOUND DEVICES continued…

Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhyming words at the end of the line. To mark a poem for Rhyme Scheme, assign each word a

letter. Rhyming words get the same letter, and words that don’t get the next letter of the alphabet

Meter: The pattern of Stressed and Unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. Meter: the Number of repetitions +(the name of the

pattern) Iambic Pentameter U/ = Iambic Pentameter = 5 U/U/U/U/U/

Elements of Drama

Aside

Monologue

Soliloquy

Comic Relief

Tragedy

Foil Character: A character who is CHARACTERIZED as having the OPPOSITE qualities of another. Spongebob and Squidward Lisa and Bart Simpson The Nurse and Lady Capulet

Author’s Purpose

4 PurposesTo InformTo PersuadeTo EnteratinTo Express thoughts and Feelings

Argument/Persuasion

Loaded Language: Using elevated words to evoke an emotional response from the reader. “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all mean are

created equal.”

Allusion: A reference to a historical person, place, or event. The reader must be familiar with the reference to understand it’s significance in the text.

Example: Garden of Eden Reference in “Touchscreen”

Aristotle’s Appeals Ethos: Establishing your Credibility Pathos: Appealing to Emotion Logos: Appealing to Logic

Prepositions/Prepositional phrases

A preposition is a word that describes the relationship between 2 nouns in terms of TIME, Location, or PLACE

“aboard, about, above, across, around, after, against, along, among, at, before, behind, below, beneath…”

“Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go!”

Shakespeare’s sonnets and Plays are typically written in which METRICAL PATTERN?

What is it called when they are NOT in metrical pattern?

Reminders Bring your Textbook to class, you will be returning

them after the exam. Your exam is on MONDAY! Make-up finals are on THURSDAY. (wed is only “B” day

finals) I will bring in Rita’s water ice tomorrow, please bring a

dollar or two to donate to help me pay for it, please.