Final Exam Semester I
Study Guide
1. What is sensory language?
Provide an example of each type.
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2. What is imagery?
3. Explain what direct characterization is and provide an example.
4. Explain what indirect characterization is and provide an example.
5. Explain the following elements of plot. Draw and label them on the back of the 3rd page.
Exposition:
Conflict:
Rising Action:
Climax:
Falling Action:
Resolution:
6. Explain the difference between internal conflict and external conflict.
7. Label the following statements as fact or opinion and explain why.
_____1. Pele is the greatest soccer player to ever play the game.
_____2. Hamilton High School did not win the state championship in football this year.
_____3. Science is more important than English.
_____4. It has been said that Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever to play the
game.
_____5. Facebook is terrible.
_____6. Twitter is for old people who think they’re cool.
_____7. Dancing is a great form of exercise.
8. What is repetition? Why might an author use this tool in his or her writing?
9. What is the difference between comparing and contrasting?
10. What is a symbol?
11. What is symbolism in literature? Provide an example.
12. What is plagiarism?
13. Why is it important to avoid?
14. How can plagiarism be avoided?
15. Explain the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing.
16. Explain the difference between mood and tone.
17. What is an inference?
18. How is inferring used in literature?
19. How can inferring be used in life?
20. Explain and provide an example of the following types of figurative language.
SimileMetaphorHyperbolePersonification21. What does it mean to synthesize?
22. How can synthesizing apply to literature?
23. What is chronological order?
24. What is the difference between a thesis statement and a topic sentence?
25. Why are they both important to the organization of your writing?
26. What are transitions in your writing? Why are they important?
27. Create a proper parenthetical citation for the article entitled “What IQ Doesn’t Tell Us” by an
unknown author.
In one study, researchers tested 33 adolescents' intelligence once and then again four
years later. In that short amount of time, some of their IQ scores varied by more than 20 points.
The changes matched with structural and functional changes in their brains.
28 Create a proper in-text citation using some of the excerpt from page 133 of Frankenstein by Mary
Shelly.
"These were the reflections of my hours of despondency and solitude; but when
I contemplated the virtues of the cottagers, their amiable and benevolent
dispositions, I persuaded myself that when they should become acquainted
with my admiration of their virtues they would compassionate me and
overlook my personal deformity. Could they turn from their door one, however
monstrous, who solicited their compassion and friendship? I resolved, at least,
not to despair, but in every way to fit myself for an interview with them which
would decide my fate.