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English 9 Final Exam Study Guide – Mr. Whitt
LANGUAGE
1) Identifying noun types
a. Common
b. Plural
c. Collective
d. Abstract
e. Concrete
f. Compound
g. Proper
2) Identifying correct verb forms
a. Irregular verbs
i. Swim, swam, swum
ii. Drink, drank, drunk
iii. Eat, ate, eaten
b. Regular verbs
i. Play, plays, played, etc.
ii. Walk, walks, walked, etc.
3) Pronoun-antecedent agreement in number and
gender
a. Number
i. Citizens - their
ii. Each of the students – his or her
(each = 1 student)
iii. Both Vasa and Daniel – their (both
= more than one)
iv. All = 2+
b. Gender
i. Cat - it, its
ii. Suzy – she, her
iii. Daddy – he, his
4) Pronoun case
a. Ex. My mother and I….
b. Ex. The teacher gave a pencil to me.
5) Subject-verb agreement
a. My sisters are eating.
b. My sister and I are eating.
c. Neither my sister nor my mother is eating.
d. Each of the students is eating.
6) Passive/Active Voice
a. Passive voice
i. The nap was taken by the dog.
b. Active voice
i. The dog took a nap.
7) Verbals
a. Gerunds
b. Participles
c. Infinitives
8) Misplaced modifiers
a. Introductory clauses/phrases
b. Other instances
9) Commas
a. Compound sentence
b. Appositive
c. Introductory phrases/clauses
d. Lists
e. Quotations
10) Semicolons
a. Compound sentence
b. Series (list)
11) Parallel Structure
LITERATURE
1) Romeo and Juliet
a. Oxymoron
b. Puns
c. Simile
d. Metaphor
e. Basic plot
f. Themes
g. Different film adaptations
2) To Kill A Mockingbird
a. Themes
b. Irony
i. Mruna tribe (Missionary Circle)
ii. The Jews in Germany (Mrs. Gates)
c. Basic plot
d. Dialect
e. “Coming of age”
f. Characterization – How does Harper Lee
build her characters across the novel?
3) “The Most Dangerous Game”
a. Basic plot
b. Suspense techniques
4) “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”
a. Basic plot
b. What is an open ending? Why use it?
5) Poetry
a. Meter
iii. Iambic pentameter
iv. Other types
b. Haiku
v. Structure, subject matter, etc.
c. Rhyme scheme
vi. End rhymes
vii. Slant rhymes
d. Free verse
6) Research
a. What is the point of source cards?
b. What is the point of note cards?
c. What are some basic characteristics of
MLA style?
d. What is an in-text citation? What’s the
point?
7) Animal Farm
a. Satire
b. Allegory
c. Basic plot
8) Propaganda
a. Basic types
b. Purpose
c. Recognizing it