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Pope John Paul II High School
Study Guide Second Semester Exam
Sophomore English
Vocabulary:
 Study Definitions, Synonyms, and Parts of Speech for words in Units 1012.
 Use returned tests to help you study.
 Use www.vocabtest.com and www.vocabularyworkshop.com to help you
study.
o Focus on definitions you missed on your test.
 Create Flash Cards on Quizlet.
Literary Terms/ Devices: Know definitions for the following from Oedipus the King:
Refer to text pages 460 -461 and 468.
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tragedy
aside
parados
irony (verbal, situational, dramatic)
drama
comedy
oracle
dialogue
tragic hero tragic flaw
stage directions soliloquy
prologue
strophe
antistrophe
Literary Terms/ Devices from Dante’s Inferno: Refer to text pages 656 -657; 672,
674, 691
 allegory
imagery
paradisio
 Canto
purgatorio
characterization (direct/indirect)
 terza rima
inferno
allusion
 Create Flash cards for these terms on Quizlet.
Grammar for Writing:
 Revising, Proofreading/Editing in Essays
o Revising and Editing questions will include the following:
 Addition of words and phrases
 Prepositional phrases
 Participles and Participial phrases
 Gerunds and Gerund phrases
 Infinitives and Infinitive phrases
 Subject/Verb Agreement - focus on indefinite pronouns
 Correct Verb Tense
 Order of sentences and/or paragraphs
 Correct Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
 Appositives / Appositive Phrases
 Correct Use of First, Second, Third Person Point of View
 Parallel Structure
Literature:
 Oedipus the King - Text pages 460 – 526
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Review all online resources
Review the play
Know the Characters
Review all tests and handouts
 The Kite Runner – Make sure you have read the entire book
o Refer to handouts that include vocabulary, plot summaries and
quotations (handouts were distributed to you and are still posted
on my website under Literature Circles).
o Review all Study Guides and Summaries as well as the character
list that can be found under Literature Circles on my website:
mrs-sullivan.com
 Dante’s Inferno: Cantos I, III, V, and XXXIV – Text pages 656
- 692
o Review all online resources – powerpoints, videos, notes, handouts
o Review the name of all characters and their relationship to other
characters
o Review all returned tests
o Review all handouts
o Create Flashcards for yourself on Quizlet.com by setting up a free
account.
o Review notes posted on mrs-sullivan.com under the heading
Literature.
o Review all of the Cantos.
Grammar:
 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases – Grammar for Writing
Book pages 137 – 138
o The bird on the stamp is a scarlet tanager.
 Participles and Participial Phrases:
o A participle is a verb form that acts as an adjective modifying a
noun or pronoun.
 There are two kinds of participles: present (-ing ending),
and past (-ed ending)
 The past participles of irregular verbs have different
endings: written, known, run, seen, etc.
o Participle: We listened to the speaker’s opening remarks.
o Participial Phrase: An article published recently by Julia Reed
says that the military look is always in fashion.
 Gerunds and Gerund Phrases – text pages 143 – 144
o A Gerund is a verb form that ends in –ing and acts as a noun, and
it can be used as a subject, direct object, object of a preposition,
and a predicate noun.
 Jogging is Matt’s favorite exercise. (subject)
 The magazine article discusses jogging. (direct object)
 His early morning habit is jogging. (Predicate noun)
 It details the benefits and drawbacks of jogging. (object of
the preposition.
o Gerund Phrases are made up of a gerund and all of its
modifiers and complements. A Gerund Phrase’s
modifiers includes adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional
phrases. The entire phrase functions as a noun.
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Walking the dog is Zach’s responsibility. (subject)
Lauren’s least favorite job is walking the dog. (Predicate
noun)
Luckily, Zach likes taking the dog for a walk. (direct object)
Lauren and Zach fight about doing jobs around the house.
(Object of the preposition)
 Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases : Text Pages145 -146
o An Infinitive is a verb form that is almost always preceded by the
word “to.” In a sentence, an infinitive can act a noun, an
adjective, or an adverb
 I plan to compete. (Infinitive as a noun)
 I was among the first runners to enter. (Infinitive as an
adjective)
 I am eager to win. (Infinitive as an adverb)
o An Infinitive Phrase is a phrase made up of an infinitive and all of
its modifiers and complements. It may contain one or more
prepositional phrases.
 To land on the moon was once a dream. (Infinitive Phrase
used as a noun – subject)
 We ran the race to raise money for medical research.
(Infinitive Phrase used as an adverb)
 Subject/verb agreement when using Indefinite Pronouns – text
Page 193
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o Each of the poem's sections is divided into cantos. (Singular subject
takes singular verb)
2. Each of the sinners is punished according to the plan of symbolic
retribution.
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3. Everything is dark and dreary in the woods.
4. One of the characters in the story represents reason.
5. Another of the great poets is Homer.
Fragments and Run-On Sentences
o Fragment: studying all night
 Correction: Add a subject – The students were studying all
night.
o Run-On: We went to the store, we didn’t have enough money.
 Correction: Add correct punctuation and/or conjunctions.
 We went to the store, but we did not have enough money.
(Added a coordinating conjunction turning sentence into a
compound sentence which has two independent clauses
connected by the conjunction “and” plus a comma).
 We went to the store; we didn’t have enough money. (Added
a semicolon turning the sentence into a compound
sentence).
 We went to the store. We didn’t have enough money. (Added
a period and capitalized the first letter of “We” to turn the
Run-On Sentence into two separate sentences.
 Although we went to the store, we didn’t have enough money.
(Added a subordinating conjunction to turn the sentence
into a Complex Sentence with one dependent clause and
one independent clause).
 Possessive Forms of Nouns –
o The boy’s bike
o The boys’ bikes
 Pronouns and Their Antecedents – page 193
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Know the difference between the following words:
than / then
to /two/ too
accept / except
affect / effect
your /you’re
there/ their / they’re
a lot / allot
of / have