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Name: __________________________________________________________ Class Period: ___________ Writing Final Exam Review Know the definition of the following terms. This part of the final will be matching. Thesis statement: Explains to the reader the main idea of the essay and the writer’s opinion on that idea Adverbs: Tell how, where, when, and to what extent (how much) Declarative sentence: A sentence that is a statement Interrogative Sentence: A sentence that is a question Imperative Sentence: A sentence that is a command Exclamatory Sentence: A sentence that expresses a strong feeling Adjective: A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun Verb: A part of speech that expresses an action in a sentence Linking Verb: A verb that links the subject with either a noun or pronoun Proper Noun: A noun that names specific people, places or things Pronoun: A word that takes the place of nouns, they agree in numbers and gender Concrete Noun: Nouns that can be seen. Ex: book, car, chair Common Noun: A noun that does not name specific people, place, or things Abstract Noun: Nouns that cannot be seen. Ex: love, grace, sadness Contraction: Combining two words to make a new one by dropping some letters and adding an apostrophe Elements of Poetry Be able to identify an example or meaning of the following literary elements covered during the poetry unit. Hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech Hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech Consonance: a repetition of consonants esp. as an alternative to rhyme Rhyme: The use of words that rhyme in poetry, especially at the end of lines Assonance: repetition of vowels especially as an alternative to rhyme Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word for one idea or thing is used in place of another to suggest a likeness between them Simile: a figure of speech where two things are compared using the words “like” or “as” Personification: giving human characteristics to non-human objects Stanza: a group of lines that form a part of a poem Common Nouns You will need to understand what common nouns are and be able to identify common nouns within sentences. There will be 5 questions over this. Common noun definition: words that are used to name general items rather than specific ones Examples: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Singular, Plural, and Possessive Nouns You will need to know the difference between singular, plural, and possessive nouns. You will need to be able to identify which of the following categories a specific noun in a sentence falls under. There will be five questions over this. Singular noun examples:_________________________________________________________________________ Plural noun examples: __________________________________________________________________________ Possessive noun example: _______________________________________________________________________ There will be a section where you have to fill in a missing word in a sentence by choosing the correct choice from the answer choices. There will be 5 questions like this. Commas You will need to review your comma rules. You will have to select the sentence with the correct comma usage from a set of four sentences. There will be 5 questions like this. Parts of Speech You will need to know the difference between a noun, verb, adjective, conjunction, pronoun, and preposition. There will be 5 sentences where you have to identify which part of speech an underlined word is. Hint* look over linking verbs also. Noun: a word used to identify a person, place, or thing Verb: a word used to describe an action Adjective: a word used to describe an adjective Conjunction: a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause Pronoun: a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase Preposition: a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence