Eng I
Ms. Vernon
Fall ’15 Finals Review
This review is for your convenience. I will not be collecting it or grading it. However, I HIGHLY
recommend that you complete the entire packet. If you do that, you should be well prepared for the
final. There won’t be anything on the final that isn’t on this review, and answering the questions will
guide you back through your notes and other materials. Good luck.
Short stories
1. Be able to define the following terms, and give an example from one of the short stories we
read (“The Scarlet Ibis”, “The Necklace”, “The Most Dangerous Game”, “Sweet Potato Pie”).
Term
Definition
Example
Exposition
Narrative Hook
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
2. Be able to define the following terms and give an example from one of the short stories.
Term
Description
Example
Theme
Setting
Plot
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Conflict (and types)
Character (and characteristics)
Protagonist
Antagonist
3. Know specifics of the short stories we read & answer questions about actions & motivations.
Writing/speeches
4. Be able to recognize and describe the difference between showing and telling in writing.
5. What are the dos and don’ts of writing in a formal tone?
6. What is a thesis statement?
7. What are the two biggest categories for evaluating a speech?
8. To which category do vocalized pauses belong?
9. To which category does having a thesis statement belong?
10. To which category does rocking or playing with your clothing belong?
11. What are some of the speech attention getters?
12. What should an introduction contain?
13. What should the body contain?
14. What should the conclusion contain?
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Animal Farm
15. What were Old Major’s primary complaints against mankind in Animal Farm?
16. Who are Old Major, Napolean, Snowball, Squealer, and the dogs supposed to represent?
17. What are the seven commandments?
18. What are some of the changes Napolean makes after chasing off Snowball?
19. How do the pigs get away with sleeping in the beds, drinking alcohol, and killing other animals
when it was clearly against the commandments?
20. What is the shocking sight that Clover sees at the end of the book that makes her neigh in
terror?
21. What is Orwell saying in the final sentences of the book when the pigs “become” the humans?
(You may not use the forget history doomed to repeat it thing…)
22. What is an allegory?
23. What is a fable?
24. What is satire
25. What is a utopia?
26. What is capitalism?
27. What is socialism?
28. What is totalitarianism?
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29. What is propaganda?
30. What are the various propaganda techniques? (ahem….we do have a web page you
know…)
31. What’s the acronym for evaluating a research source, what does it stand for and what
does it mean?
32. What do you need to use to summarize a source?
33. How do you properly paraphrase?
Grammar
34. Commas with a compound sentence – what are the coordinating conjunctions, what
does FANBOYS stand for, when do you use the comma?
35. Apostrophes – possession, plurals, improper use
36. Numbers – money, dates, time, and spelling
37. Capitalization – common and proper nouns, titles
38. Titles – when to italicize, when to use quotation marks
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39. Addendum, F15 finals review – SEA paragraphs
Be able to describe what each part of the acronym stands for (S = …, E = …., A = …..) and
be able to write an example paragraph
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