9th Final Exam Study Guide
Focus Passages:
Romeo and Juliet (Prologue)
The Odyssey (Book XX)
Students should be prepared to define, identify, and apply the following literary terms:
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Epithet
Protagonist
Comic relief
Tragedy Theme
Aside
Antagonist
Epic simile
Point of view
Dramatic Irony
Soliloquy
Sonnet
Traits of a hero
Foil
Monologue
Stanza
Iambic pentameter
Imagery
Metaphor
Students should be prepared to define, identify, and apply the following aspects of grammar and usage:
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Simple subject and complete subjects
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Simple predicate and complete predicates
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Prepositions/ prepositional phrases
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Adjectives and adverbs
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Appositives
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Infinitives
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Gerunds
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Proofreading and correction
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Recognizing misplaced modifiers
Students should be familiar with the following aspects of vocabulary:
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Use of context clues
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Word choice
Students should practice identification and usage of the following reading skills:
Talking to the text, inferring, main idea, paraphrasing, synthesizing/connecting, comparing, author’s purpose, context
clues
Close and Critical Reading: What does the text say (summary), How does the text say it? (Craft), What does it mean
(theme), So what? (Text to text, text to self, text to world connections)
Students should be prepared to define, identify and apply the following writing terms:
Essay organization (compare/ contrast, define, sequential, chronological, categorization.)
Author’s purpose (inform, persuade, entertain, dispute)
Essay components (illustrations, MLA formatting, caption, thesis, support, counterargument, attention getter,
conclusion, and clincher)
Recommended study activities:
***Go over your essays. Identify your purpose and method of organization. With hi-lighters, identify every component
from the above list in each essay.
***Review using the following grammar quiz website:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
Listed below are definitions of literary terms you should know for the final. Look on the opposite page for the term and
write in the word that completes the definition.
1.
______________ A drama that ends in a catastrophe- most often a death.
2.
_______________ a type of meter that has five unstressed syllables followed by five stressed syllables.
3.
_______________ a reference to another person, place, or event. It’s a reference to another piece of literature
like the bible, mythology.
4.
_______________ jokes that result from multiple word meanings or rhyming sounds.
5.
_______________ when the audience knows something the other characters on stage don’t know.
6.
_______________ a central message or lesson about human life or human nature.
7.
_______________ a repetition of consonant sounds. Ex. Doubting dreaming dreams
8.
_______________ a fourteen lined poem usually written in iambic pentameter. The prologue, which introduces
Romeo & Juliet, is an example of this.
9.
_______________ a speech given by a character alone on stage.(like a monologue)
10.
_______________ a humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood.
11.
_______________ the central character often of high rank or social status
12.
_______________ is a character’s remarks either to the audience or to another character that others on stage
do not hear.
13.
_______________ uses sensory details such as sight, sound, touch, to describe something
14.
_______________ an error in judgment.
15.
_________________ a brief descriptive phrase used to characterize a particular person or thing. Ex. Zeus, lord
of Olympus.
16.
________________ compares two unlike things without using the word like or as.
17.
_______________ compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
18.
________________ a simile that goes on for several lines.
19.
_______________ giving human like qualities to inhuman things. “The flowers danced.”
20.
_______________ embodies qualities such as strength, bravery, wits, cleverness, etc.
21.
_______________ using hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story
22.
_______________ two or more lines that form a unit in a poem. ( like a paragraph)
23.
_______________ the method of narration used in a short story, poem, nonfiction, etc.
Book Twenty-Four
The next morning Odysseus goes upcountry to the vineyard where his father,
Old King Laertes, labors like a peasant. Ever since his wife died of heartbreak for Odysseus, the miserable man has lived
with his fieldhands. Odysseus cannot resist testing his father with a tall tale before their fond reunion.
Meanwhile, the kin of the suitors have borne off their dead and gathered at the assembly ground. The father of the
suitor Antinous fires them up for revenge. Odysseus, Telemachus, the loyal herdsmen, Laertes and the fieldhands arm
themselves to meet the challenge.
Inspired by Athena, Laertes casts a lance through the helmet of Antinous' father, who falls to the ground in a clatter of
armor. But at the command of Zeus, the fighting stops right there. Athena, in the guise of an old family friend, tells the
contending parties to live together in peace down through the years to come.
1.
The line his father, old king of Laertes, is an example of _________________
2.
King Laertes labors like a peasant is an example of a __________________
3.
Inspired by Athena and command of Zeus are examples of ____________________
4.
Falls to the ground in a clatter of armor is an example of ___________________
5.
After hearing Athena and Zeus’ words, what would the theme be in this passage?
a.
People need to stop fighting and forgive
c. fighting is the best solution
b.
Men live in misery when their wives die
d. don’t forget your sword in battle
6.
When the suitors challenge Odysseus, he does not back down. What heroic quality does he use?
a.
Wits
7.
The word guise best means: a. love
8.
The word contend best means: a. peaceful
b. courage
c. deceit
d. unselfishness
b. resemblance
b. loving
c. reality
d. understanding