Semester Exam Review
Your exam will include multiple choice questions and one composition question. You will also receive points for the
review card assignment. Therefore, these review cards must be finished and submitted on the day of the exam or
points will be deducted. All cards should be bound in a zip locked plastic bag with the student’s name and class
period clearly noted on the outside of the bag. All cards are to numbered as directed by the teacher: section and
number.
I. Vocabulary lists 1-4
II. Composition and library information
A. Composition
a. Elements of a body paragraph and purpose of transition
b. Designs of a paragraph
c. Order of points within paragraph
d. Characteristics of a topic sentence
e. Elements of introductory paragraph- What are the parts of a paragraph as discussed in class and as you have
outlined? Identify each and give one informational statement about each.
f. Contrast of topic sentence and thesis statement
g. Direct quotation vs. paraphrase
B. Library- the following items from Writer’s, Inc. and old test
 What types of information may be used to introduce your paper’s subject and interest your reader? (at least five
examples)
 The thesis statement in an essay should be ________ __________ (location) in the introductory paragraph.
 A topic sentence in a paragraph is located where?
 Define plagiarism.
 Distinguish between a works cited page and a bibliography page. Where is this page located in the paper?
 Identify the following parts of a book:
a) _________ is placed at the bottom of a page and either gives the source of information used in the text or
adds useful information.
 b)_________ is an alphabetical list of all the topics covered in the book, with the page number on which each
topic is covered
 c)_________ may follow the body. It provides additional information often in the form of maps, charts, tables,
diagrams, or documents.
 d)_________ lists the names and numbers of the major divisions of the book and the page on which each
begins. e)_________ follows the title page. Here you will find the year the copyright was issued.
 f) _________an alphabetical listing of key words and definitions related to the topic of the book.
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Identify the four pieces of information found on a title page and used in writing a bibliography.
What are the varying (different) sections of books in the ELCA library? Which section has the largest number of
books?
What is the purpose of a data base?
Identify five tools or uses of Destiny Quest?
What is the Dewey Decimal System? Give as much detail as you know.
What is the national database which the school also has purchased?
 What are the hours in which the ELCA high school library is opened?
 How would the following titles be punctuated? Know the rule so that you can punctuate other types of titles.
a) novel
b) newspaper
c) movie
d) essay
e)short story
 Define primary source and secondary source. Give an example of each.
 What information is contained in the following:
A. almanac
B. atlas
C. biographical dictionaries
III. Short Stories (plot/character) and literary terms
A. Stories
a. “The Sniper”
b. “The Most Dangerous Game”
c. “The Necklace”
d. “The Window”
e. “The Lady or the Tiger?”
f. “Sweet Potato Pie”
g. “Marigolds”
h. “A Christmas Memory”
B. Elements of a short story and definition of each plus figures of speech—know definitions and recognize
examples
antagonist
protagonist
direct characterization
indirect characterization
dynamic character
allusion
dialect
external conflict
internal conflict
flashback
foreshadow
symbol
The opponent who struggles against or blocks
the protagonist in a story.
The central character of a story; the one who
initiates, propels or drives the action
When the writer describes a character directly
through actions or words.
Using your own judgment or making an
inference to decide what a character is like
based on details the writer gives us (often
through other characters’ observations).
A character who changes significantly as a
result of events in the story.
Reference to a statement, person, place or an event from
literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture.
A way of speaking that is characteristic of a
particular region or of a particular group of
people
(e.g., a southern or mid-western accent)
A struggle between a character and an outside
force.
A struggle between opposing needs or desires
within a character’s own mind.
Scene in a movie, prose literature, or narrative
poem that interrupts the present action of the
plot to “flash” backward and tell what happened
at an earlier time.
The use of clues to hint at events that will occur
later in the plot.
A person, a place, a thing, or an event that
stands for itself and for something beyond itself
plot
setting
exposition
climax
resolution
first person point of view
third person limited point of view
third person omniscient point of
view
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
imagery
metaphor
personification
simile
as well (cross=religion, black cat=bad luck,
crown=royalty, etc.)
A series of related events that comprise a story
or drama including exposition, rising action,
climax, resolution)
The time and place of a story or play.
The events at the beginning of a story that
introduce the characters, the setting, and set up
the conflict or situation.
The most exciting point in a story that occurs before the resolution—the peak of
action/events
When the story’s problems are all resolved and
the story ends. (see also denouement).
Point of view in which one character serves as
narrator and tells the story—uses the pronoun
“I”
Point of view in which a narrator observes all
thoughts and feelings of only one character in
the story. The narrator is not part of the story.
Point of view in which the story is told by an allknowing narrator—uses pronouns “he, she,
they”. Although not part of the story, the narrator
can tell all things, even thoughts of all
characters.
A type of irony wherein the audience or reader
knows what is going to happen but the
characters do not.
A type of irony where there is a contrast
between what would seem appropriate and
what really happens.
A type of irony where a writer or speaker says
one thing but really means something
completely different.
Language that appeals to the senses (sight,
sound, touch, taste smell)
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one
thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than or resembles.
Metaphors suggest one thing is, are, was or were another thing.
A special kind of metaphor in which a
nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it
were human.
Figure of speech that makes a comparison
between two unlike things using a word such as
like, as, resembles or than.
IV. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (plot/reading guide questions) and characteristics of gothic literature
V. Notes and strategies for PSAT and Plan
a. parts of each test, guessing suggestions, and type of test-aptitude vs. achievement
b. strategies for sentence completion and reading comprehension sections
c. specifics concerning writing and usage errors- comma splice, run on, incomplete comparison, capitalization
of languages, spelling of numbers, informal usage such as a lot or kid, comma usage
The Twelve Days until Exams . . .
YOU MUST HAVE YOUR LITERATURE BOOK EACH DAY, YOUR NOTEBOOK, AND ANY HANDOUTS! THESE NEXT DAYS
ARE CRUCIAL TO YOUR FINAL GRADE!
DAY
Day twelveMonday
Dec. 2
Day elevenTuesday
Day tenWednesday
Day nineThurssday
Day eightFriday
Day sevenMonday
Dec. 9
Day sixTuesday
Day fiveWednesday
Day fourThursday
Day threeFriday
Day twoMonday
Dec. 16
Exams
CLASS
Semester review items
Conclude short story
discussion
Vocabulary review
Class writing-paragraph one
Elements of short story
review
Class writing-paragraph two
First four stories details and
terms review
Class writing-paragraph three
Discuss introductory and
concluding paragraph
Novel aspects and
characteristics of Gothic
literature reviewClass writing –intro and
conclusion
Review usage rules
Peer proofreading and color
marking
Review with written
questions –class grade
Submit typed essay and all
preliminary work—paragraph
drafts, worksheet, essay first
draft, and final with
signatures. TEST GRADE IN
25% COLUMN
Class writing-reflection
Review
EXAMS/ DISCUSS WINTER
OPTION
YOUR HOMEWORK
 Find and review vocabulary study cards for lists 1-4.
 Create flash/study cards for section two-“composition and
library” as teacher instructs
 Create study cards for “elements of short story and figures of
speech” and review
 Cards for first four short stories as teacher directs
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Cards for last four short stories as teacher directs
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Cards for novel as teacher directs.
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Review and work on important essay
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Rewrite essay and secure a reader
Type essay as instructed
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Proofread and attach all items for grade
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Review
If did not submit essay project today, tomorrow is last day.
Zeroes are not an option at 25%!
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Review final aspects for exam to include PSAT/Plan and usage
info.
Review items not 100% confident!
Cards collected before exam as part of grade. DO NOT FORGET.
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DO NOT DISCARD ANY NOTES FROM FIRST SEMESTER UNLESS
SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED BY TEACHER.