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First Grading Period Assessment Preparation
I. Vocabulary
A. Spelling
B. Definition
C. Usage
II. Parts of Speech
A. Noun
1. Subject or object
2. Concrete or abstract
B. Pronoun
C. Verb
1. Active or passive
2. Auxiliary verbs
3. Linking or action
D. Adjective
1. Which, what kind, how many, how much
2. Modifies noun
E. Adverb
1. How, when where, to what extent
2. Modifies verb, adjective, adverb
F. Preposition
1. Always introduces a phrase
2. Location, direction, association
3. Phrase always ends with an object (noun)
G. Conjunction
1. Coordinating
2. Subordinating
3. Correlative
H. Interjection
1. No function in sentence
2. Often exclamatory
III. Anglo-Saxon to Middle Ages
A. History
1. Time period
2. Tribal warriors
3. Norman invasion
4. Feudalism
B. Literature
1. Epic characteristics
2. Archetype characteristics
3. Elegy characteristics
4. Morality Play
C. Chain of Being
1. Correspondence
1. Microcosm
2. Macrocosm
3. Body Politic
2. Orderly Society
3. Ptolemaic view of the universe
4. Four humors
5. Mutability