English 9 First Semester Review
Identify the following parts of elements of a story.
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Answer the following questions.
1. What is the main idea or message a story is trying to send called?
2. Define what genre is.
3. What is static character in a story?
4. List all the types of conflicts.
5. Define what the setting is within a story.
6. Be sure to look over all literary terms for short stories and be able to identify them.
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell
7. What is the theme of this story?
8. List the following conflicts that were found within this story.
9. What kind of character is General Zaroff, using literary devices from what we have learned?
10. What shocking information does General Zaroff tell Rainsford about his prey that he hunts?
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“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
11. How does the husband, Monsieur Loisel, act throughout the story?
12. How does Madam Loisel react when she finds out about the party invitation?
13. What does Madam Loisel ask from her husband after she hears about the invitation?
14. Who does Madam Loisel borrow the necklace from?
15. What is found out about the necklace at the end of the story?
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe
16. Who is the protagonist of this story?
17. Who is the antagonist in this story?
18. Why does the narrator want revenge on Fortunado
19. How does the narrator get Fortunado to come with him to his house?
20. Describe what the narrator does to Fortunado when they get to the end of the catacombs.
“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurt
21. Who is the protagonist in this story?
22. Who is the antagonist in this story?
23. What is symbolism? Provide an example of this from the story.
24. Why is the narrator upset when Doodle is born?
25. Why does Doodle bury the Scarlet Ibis?
Night by Elie Wiesel
26. Please read and review the questions from all of your reading guides.
Speeches
27. Do a SOAPS for Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Pearl Harbor” speech.
28. Do a SOAPS for Barrack Obama’s “Grant Park” speech.
29. Do a SOAPS for President Bush’s “9/11” speech.
30. Do a SOAPS for Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
31. Define rhetoric.
32. Define pathos.
33. Define ethos.
34. Define logos.
35. Define diction and provide an example.
36. List the steps to creating a persuasive speech.
Writing.
37. What is the first paragraph of an essay called?
38. What is the middle sections of an essay called?
39. What is the last paragraph of an essay called?
40. What is the last sentence of the introduction which models the main idea or focus of your paper called?
41. What should always be started in the beginning of an introduction paragraph?
42. What is Plagiarism?
43. List the correct order of how to write a paper.
Grammar: Be able to know and identify the different parts of speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs,
Pronouns, Prepositions, and Conjunctions.