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Honors English 9: Midterm Exam Review
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Nouns
1. What is the difference between a concrete and an abstract noun? Provide an example of each.
2. What is the difference between a common and a proper noun? Provide an example of each.
3. Provide an example of a compound noun.
4. Write a sentence and underline a noun in the subject of the sentence.
5. Write a sentence and underline a noun used as an object (direct or indirect).
Pronouns
1. Write a first, second, and third person personal pronoun.
2. Write a sentence using a demonstrative pronoun. Make sure it is functioning as a pronoun and not an adjective.
3. Write a sentence using the word “herself” as a reflexive pronoun.
4. Write a sentence using the word “herself” as an intensive pronoun.
5. Write five examples of indefinite pronouns.
6. Write a sentence using “who” as an interrogative pronoun.
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7. Write a sentence using “who” as a relative pronoun.
Verbs
1. Write a sentence using an action verb. Underline the action verb.
2. True or False: If you can replace a verb with “is, are, was, or were” and the sentence still makes sense, it is a linking
verb.
3. Write a sentence using “is” as a linking verb.
4. Write a sentence using “is” as a helping verb.
5. If the word “to” is in front of a simple verb, the entire phrase would be labeled as a(n) ___________ verb phrase.
6. True or False: If the word “not” interrupts a verb phrase, for example “I do not like pizza,” it should be labeled as a
verb.
Adjectives
1. Which two parts of speech can adjectives describe?
2. List three questions that adjectives can answer.
3. How do you know if you should place a comma between side-by-side adjectives? List two ways to test this.
4. How do you know when to add “more,” “less,” “most,” or “least” before an adjective, rather than adding ‘-er’ or ‘est’ to the end of the word when using it in its comparative form?
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5. Add commas where needed to the following sentences, depending on whether they use essential or non-essential
adjective clauses:
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The woman who ordered the large Sprite still hasn’t received her drink.
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I am going back to the beach where I vacationed as a child.
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Mrs. Janiga who loves her Honors English classes hopes this review sheet will help to prepare them for the
exam.
Adverbs
1. Which three parts of speech can adverbs describe?
2. List three questions that adverbs can answer.
3. Provide two words ending in “-ly” which are exceptions to the rule that any words ending in “-ly” are adverbs.
4. List three of the most commonly used adverbs.
5. Write a sentence, which uses two adverbs (one answering “where?” and one answering “when?”). Underline the
adverbs.
Prepositions
1. What does a preposition do in a sentence?
2. List two rules to follow when identifying prepositions.
3. List at least ten words which can function as prepostions.
4. Write a sentence using four prepositional phrases. Underline the phrases.
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5. Write a sentence using an adjectival prepositional phrase. Underline it.
6. Write a sentence using an adverbial prepositional phrase. Underline it.
Conjunctions
1. List the seven coordinating conjunctions (remember, FANBOYS?).
2. How do you know when to place a comma before a coordinating conjunction?
3. Write four examples of correlating conjunctions (eight words total since they occur in pairs).
4. Remember, when a subordinating conjunction is placed at the beginning of an independent clause (a complete
thought), it turns it into a dependent clause. List five examples of words which can be considered subordinating
conjunctions.
5. Write a sentence which includes a conjunctive adverb joining two complete thoughts. Don’t forget the semicolon!
Interjections
1. Write a sentence using a strong interjection.
2. Write a sentence using a mild interjection.
Literary Terms
1. Write an example of the following literary devices:
Simile
Metaphor
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Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
2. How do you know the difference between first person, third person, and third person omniscient point of view?
3. What’s the difference between a protagonist and antagonist?
4. What’s the difference between a dynamic character and a flat character?
5. What’s the difference between verbal, situational, and dramatic irony?
6. What’s the difference between mood and tone?
7. What's the difference between foreshadowing and a flashback?
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8. What is a foil?
9. List three ways local color can be established.
10. Define dialect.
11. What happens in each part of the plot line?
Exposition
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
12. What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization?
13. Write a sentence which uses direct characterization.
14. Write a sentence which uses indirect characterization.
To Kill a Mockingbird
1. Write a brief description of the following TKAM characters:
Atticus
Jem
Scout
Dill
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Boo Radley
Miss Maudie
Aunt Alexandra
Heck Tate
Mayella Ewell
Bob Ewell
Dolphus Raymond
Reverend Sykes
Mrs.
Merriweather
Mr. Underwood
Miss Stephanie
Tom Robinson
2. Identify at least three symbols in the mad dog scene. Write the object/person/event and what it symbolizes.
3. What could a possible theme be for To Kill a Mockingbird.
4. Who is the novel’s protagonist?
5. How does To Kill a Mockingbird contain a flashback?
6. Which point in the novel serves as its climax?
7. Provide an example of each of the following types of conflict from the novel:
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Man vs man:
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Man vs. self:
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Man vs. society:
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8. Define the following, which we discussed while analyzing Atticus’s closing argument:
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Ethos:
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Pathos:
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Logos:
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Plain Folks:
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Rhetorical Question:
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Parallelism:
A Raisin in the Sun
1. Describe/explain the roles of the following characters in the play:
Mama
(Lena Younger)
Ruth
Walter
Beneatha
Travis
Asagai
George Murchison
Mr. Lindner
Bobo
Willy Harris
Mrs. Johnson
2. What is the setting (time and place) of the play?
3. Define hubris and hamartia.
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4. How does Langston Hughes’s poem “Harlem” (a.k.a “A Dream Deferred”) relate to the play?
5. Make sure you review the plot of A Raisin in the Sun, just as you should review the plot of Mockingbird.
Grammar/Punctuation
1. Define a sentence fragment.
2. Define a sentence run-on.
3. Label whether the following sentences are run-ons (R), fragments (F), or correct (C).
_____ a. My favorite Mediterranean spread is hummus, it is delicious.
_____ b. Although it is raining outside.
_____ c. If you want to go with me.
_____ d. Wishing he’d brought his umbrella, John waited for the bus all morning in the rain last Tuesday.
4. True or False: An independent clause/complete thought has to precede (come before) a colon.
5. True or False: A colon is used before a list or a further explanation.
6. True or False: If a complete sentence follows a colon, you should not capitalize it.
7. True or False: A semicolon can be used to connect two closely related independent clauses.
8. True or False: A semicolon should be used before a conjunctive adverb like “however” or “therefore” if the adverb
joins two complete thoughts.
9. The following sentence is punctuated correctly. True or False?
This conference has people who have come from Boise, Idaho; Los Angeles, California; and Nashville, Tennessee.
10. The following sentence is punctuated correctly. True or False?
I have packed the following items including: my pillow, pajamas, and toothbrush.
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Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, and Dramatic Conventions
1. Write five facts about Shakespeare, his life, or the time period during which he lived.
2. How many lines does a sonnet have?
3. What is iambic pentameter?
4. What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
5. Most of Shakespeare’s plays were written in blank verse. What does this mean?
6. What types of allusions do you often see in Shakespeare’s works?
7. Define a soliloquy.
8. Define an aside.
9. Write an example of a pun.
10. Write characteristics/key actions of the following characters from the play:
Romeo
Juliet
Lord Capulet
Lady Capulet
Nurse
Mercutio
Tybalt
Benvolio
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Friar Laurence
Prince Escalus
Paris
Friar John
Rosaline
Chorus
Balthasar
Peter
Apothecary
Montague
Lady Montague
MLA Style
1. What size should the margins be using MLA Style?
2. How do you format the items in the upper right-hand corner in the header?
3. How do you format the four items in the upper left-hand corner?
4. How do you format the size/spacing/font using MLA Style?
Punctuating Dialogue
_____1.
A. The news anchor reported, "Expect several inches of snow this evening."
B. The news anchor reported "Expect several inches of snow this evening."
C. The news anchor reported, "Expect several inches of snow this evening".
D. None of the above.
_____2.
A. "My friend," she cried. "Just moved away."
B. "My friend." she cried. "Just moved away."
C. "My friend," she cried, "Just moved away."
D. None of the above.
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_____3.
A. "Don't forget to pay the water bill." yelled Gia.
B. "Don't forget to pay the water bill!" yelled Gia.
C. "Don't forget to pay the water bill!," yelled Gia.
D. None of the above.
_____4.
A. The teacher explained. "Many fairy tales begin with the line, 'Once upon a time.'"
B. The teacher explained, "Many fairy tales begin with the line, "Once upon a time.""
C. The teacher explained, "Many fairy tales begin with the line, Once upon a time."
D. None of the above.
_____5.
A. Did you hear him say, "I hate her?"
B. Did you hear him say, "I hate her"?
C. Did you hear him say, "I hate her."
D. None of the above.
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