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English II Honors MidTerm Final Exam STUDY GUIDE– January 2013
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III.
Vocabulary G Units 1 – 6 Choose the correct definitions, antonyms, synonyms, and word in
context. Which word is incorrectly spelled.
II. Grammar – Adverbial clauses / compound complex/ present perfect, etc.
Research Paper – MLA Style
Does Secondary research involve generating new ideas and information on your own?
Does Primary research involve conducting interviews and experiments, from observations?
Does Secondary research involve gathering, analyzing and documenting the results of other people’s
primary research?
4. Does MLA or Modern Language Association set the universal standard for research papers?
5. Do MLA guidelines require that quotations, summaries, paraphrases, and other material used from sources
be cited within parentheses typically placed at the end of the sentence in which the quoted or paraphrased
material appears?
6. Does the thesis statement clearly state the main idea that is developed in a research report?
7. What is plagiarism?
8. When is citation of a source is necessary ?
9. How should something be written in parenthetical citation format?
10. Do references in the text have to point to the sources in the list of works cited?
11. Does a Works Cited page have to be in alphabetical order?
12. How should titles of books be written?
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IV.
Night & the Holocaust - Choose the best answer.
13. What inheritance does the narrator’s father give to him?
14. Where was Elie Wiesel an inmate?
15. What does Moshe the Beadle teach Elie?
16. At Auschwitz, Elie observes Dr. Mengele:
17. Who wasMadame Schachter ? Can she be compared to Cassandra in Greek mythology?
18. Why does Elie feel a connection to Job (from the Bible)?
19. What genre is Elie Wiesel’s book, Night?
20. Where does most of the story, Night take place?
21. What would happen if the SS wrote down a prisoner’s number?
22. What was Wiesel’s purpose in writing, Night ?
23. What was on Elie Wiesel’s tattoo ?
24. What are the names of the notorious annihilation/death camps?
25. In which countries were these camps situated?
Choose/Match the correct definition: genocide/Holocuast/holocaust/propaganda/scapegoat/stereotype/prejudice
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26. What are the different reasons for stereotyping?
27. What were the Nuremberg Laws?
28. In 1933, who appointed Adolf Hitler as German Chancellor?
29. When was Elie Wiesel liberated?
30. Why does Elie Wiesel write? According, to Elie Wiesel’ in his New York Review Times Book Review,
“Why I Write”(1985).
31. What made it possible for the Holocaust to take place?
32. Which of the following is NOT an example of genocide during the 20 th and 21st centuries?
33. Choose/Match the correct identification: Moshe the Beadle
Madame Schacter / Tzipora / Eliezer / Dr. Mengele /Birkenau /Auschwitz /Sighet
V.
Answer the following questions based on:
Elie Wiesel’s Acceptance Speech, “Keep Memory Alive” – The Nobel Peace Prize 1986
34. On whose behalf does Elie Wiesel accept the Nobel Prize?
35. Wiesel begins several sentences in a row with the words, “I remember.” What rhetorical device is he using?
36. What is Wiesel trying to persuade his audience to believe or do?
37. What is Wiesel’s central argument in “Keep Memory Alive”?
VI.
“The Hangman”
38. What ultimately served the hangman the best and why?
What is the theme of the poem?
VII.
Speak
39. In the book, Speak what does the tree symbolize?
40. Who is the author of Speak?
What do Melinda’s swollen lips symbolize?
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76. What is the central theme of Speak?
77. Describe the globe Mr. Freeman uses in his class and explain how he uses it.
78. Where is Melinda’s new hiding place at school?
79. Why is Melinda so overwhelmed with the Christmas gift her parents give her?
80. What are the major motifs in Speak and what do they represent?
81. Fhe first time Melinda was raped she couldn’t find her voice and she couldn’t find the inner strength to fight back.
HOW DOES SHE REACT WHEN Andy attempts to rape her again?
Speak Literary Terms
82.Define and be able to identify:
a. verbal irony b. situational irony c. dramatic irony
83. What is the beginning part of a story that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation called?
a. resolution b. climax c. rising action
84. Who is Melinda in the story?
a. protagonist b. antagonist c. character with no depth
85. Who is Andy Evans in the story?
a. protagonist b. antagonist c. character with no depth
86. What is a recurring motif in Speak ?
87. What does the tree symbolize?
Distinguish between:
a. internal conflict b. external conflict
90.
Identify:
a. metaphor b. simile c. personification d. foil
VIII.
Springboard
92. Which of the following is an example of a phrasal verb?
93.Identify the type of image.
94.In poetry/literature what do most images appeal to?
95. Identify connotation.
96. Identify denotation
97. What is diction ?
98. What is syntax?
99. What is anaphora?
100. Identify adverbial clauses, present perfect simple/progressive
101. What are the steps in explicating a poem?
102. What is the author’s tone? Identify different types of tone.
103. What is the author’s style?
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104. What is a thesis statement?
105. What gives writing a voice?
106. In writing, as in speaking how is voice conveyed?
107. What’s the difference between a monologue and a dialogue?
108. Identify SOAPSTone.
106. What is articulation?