1st Semester Exam Study Guide – ADVANCED ENGLISH 10
Lackey 2014
Confusing Words (Be able to identify which term would best fit a sentence.) Write a sentence for each term.
1. Affect / effect
4. Sit / set
2. Between / among
5. Its / It’s
3. Lie / lay
6. There / They’re / Their
Vocabulary (literature book) Define Each – Include Part of Speech (begin on pg. 8 in lit. book)
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Obstacle
Rational
Articulate
Idealism
Protruded
Disposition
Constitute
Tempered
Deliberation
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Oblivion
Entreated
Feigned
Subsisted
Successive
Traversed
Peril
Habitation
Adversity
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Calamity
Relent
Quench
Recompense
Manifold
Persevere
Ordinances
Sentence Types Define & Write an example of each type of sentence.
1. Simple Sentence
2. Compound
3. Complex
4. Compound – Complex
Four Methods of Writing – Define each.
1. Narrative
3. Persuasive
2. Expository
4. Descriptive
Research – Define each term.
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
Quote
Summarize
Paraphrase
Know the correct format & how to cite sources in parenthetically.
Literary Terms - Define each term.
1. Symbol
2. Point – of – View
3. Metaphor
4. Analogy
5. Foreshadowing
6. Imagery
7. Allusion
8. Context Clues
9. Theme
Literature (Identify the main idea/purpose of each piece of writing; include a significant quote & explain significance)
The Earth on Turtle’s Back - Onondaga
When Grizzlies Walked Upright - Modoc
The Navajo Origin Legend - Navajo
Museum Indians – Susan Power
From the Iroquois Constitution
A Journey Through Texas – Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Boulders Taller than the Great Tower of Seville – Garcia
Lopez de Cardenas
from Of Plymouth Plantation – William Bradford
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” – Anne Bradstreet
“Upon the Burning of Our House, 1666” – Anne
Bradstreet
“Huswifery” – Edward Taylor