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2010 Junior English Final Study Guide – (149 Questions)
Grammar: 38 Questions
1. Chapter 5: Pronoun – Antecedent Agreement, Page 94 – (6 Questions)
 Ask yourself, what is the Subject?
 Or ask yourself, what is the Pronoun referring to? Singular or Plural
 Be careful of interrupting phrases, like prepositional phrases
 All Singular: Each, One, Anyone, Either/Or, Neither/Nor, Crowd, Group, “Title”, “Place”, “Time”, etc.
 All Plural: Most, Many, Few, etc.
Example:
 The bag of tangerines and oranges are on the kitchen counter.
 Most of the seats for the concert has been reserved in advance.
 Penny, as well as her sisters, are going to the local carnival.
 Neither the daffodils nor the oak sapling was thriving.
2. Chapter 7: Clear Pronoun Reference, Page 146 – (5 Questions)
 Is it clear who or what the pronoun is referring to? It can be: Nothing or Both/Either
 This, Which, Who, It are pronouns
Example:
a. We enjoyed our stay at the Sleepy Bear Ski Resort; they provided free breakfast and hot chocolate.
b. Each of the T-shirts is marked with my initials in such a way that it cannot be erased.
c. I recall that we met dozens of my cousins in Tennessee, but I am unable to remember it well.
d. My stepfather is passionate about his job as a marine biologist; consequently, he is not surprised that I
have chosen the same profession.
3. Chapter 10: Misplaced Modifiers, Page 228 – (7 Questions)
 Find the Modifying Phrase
 Is it modifying the wrong thing? – Misplaced Modifier
 Is it modifying nothing? – Dangling Modifier
 Is it modifying two ambiguous things? - Split
Example:
a. Having bought a new baseball bat, Alice’s game did not immediately show improvement.
b. Finished with the examination, the papers were handed in by the students.
c. On my way to the mall, I picked up my friend Sarah.
d. Being animal behavior scientists, the rats were studied by the professors.
4. Chapter 17: Finding Run-ons, Fragments, and Parallel Structure, Page 434 – (20 Questions)
 Three Passages to edit and revise
 Run-ons, Fragments, Parallel Structure, Awkward, and Confusing
Literary Periods: Know Philosophy?! Know Writing Style?! (33 questions)
1. Encounters and Foundations to 1800, Page 6 – (5 Questions)
 Puritans/Puritanism
 Rationalists
 Deists
 Benjamin Franklin’s “Autobiography”
2. American Romanticism 1800-1860, Page 138 – (6 Questions)
 Transcendentalism
 Romantic Poets
 Dark Romantics
3. American Masters: Whitman and Dickinson, Page 302 – (6 Questions)
 Whitman as a person and his poetic style
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Dickinson as a person and her poetic style
4. The Rise of Realism: Civil War to 1914, Page 382 – (5 Questions)
 Civil War
 Naturalists/Naturalistic
 Ironists
5. The Moderns, Page 562 – (6 Questions)
 WWI
 Psychoanalysis
 Jazz Age
 Harlem Renaissance
6. Contemporary Literature 1939 to Present, Page 796 – (5 Questions)
 Postmodern Literature and Fiction
 Contemporary “Nonfiction”
Literature: 33 Questions
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Countee Cullen Poetry, Pages 742 – 745 – (4 Questions)
Langston Hughes Poetry, Pages 750 – 754 – (8 Questions)
“The Handsomest Man in the World”, Page, 912 – (8 Questions)
“Rules of the Game, Page, 920 – (7 Questions)
“Straw into Gold”, Page 1024 – (6 Questions)
Research Essay Skills, 528-547 – (15 Questions)
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Hook
Thesis
Sentence Revision: Run-on, Fragment, Awkward, or Confusing
Add, Delete, Move Sentences
Elaboration – Commentary
Conclusion – Restating Thesis
Thought Provoking Statement
Parenthetical Citation
Works Cited
Literary Devices and Rhetorical Devices, Pages 1169-1188 (30 Questions)
1. Logical Appeal
2. Ethical Appeal
3. Emotional Appeal
4. Counter Argument
5. Anecdote
6. Repetition
7. Parallel Structure
8. Metaphor
9. Extended Metaphor
10. Simile
11. Personification
12. Alliteration
13. Allusion
14. Archetype
15. Aphorism
16. Mood
17. Tone
18. Meter
19. Irony
20. Paradox
21. Irony
22. Satire
23. Parody
24. Magical Realism
25. Imagery
26. Allegory
27. Symbol
28. Analogy
29. Oxymoron
30. Hyperbole
31. Inversion
32. Connotation
33. Ambiguity
34. Inference
35. Cadence
36. Free Verse
37. Parable
38. Apostrophe