Title: English 9 Exam review
1English 9 Exam review
2..a person, place or thing
Noun
3modifies a noun or a pronoun
Adjective
4shows action
Verb
5modifies a verb, adjective,or another .
Adverb
6takes the place of a noun
Pronoun
7The turning point in a story
Climax
8DAILY DOUBLE
The main character in astory and the opposite
of the main character
ProtagonistAntagonist
9A clue given in a storyabout what may
happenlater on
Foreshadowing
10Bitter sweetJumbo shrimpHonest villain
Oxymoron
11Plot structure
12The tone, attitude, or emotion or the speaker
Voice
13His feet are big boats
Metaphor
14Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
15His feet are big like boats.
Simile
16I love youI love youI love you
Repetition
17RAFTS
RoleAudienceFormatTopicStrong verb
18Answer the questionCite _____________Explain
your position
Specific examples
19DAILY DOUBLE
Name three ways specific examples can be
generatedwhen writing
Tell a storyUse statisticsQuotes
20SubjectTopic______________
Thesis
21Introductory paragraph goesfrom
__________________
Less specific tomost specific
22Survey, question, read,recite, review
SQ3R
23What does the main idea sound like? a) a
chapter b) a title or headline c) a question
24When does the main idea USUALLY appear in a
sentence? a) the end b) the middle c) the
beginning
25Statements in a piece ofreading that support
themain idea
Supporting details
26Drawing conclusions from thedetails read
Inferences
27Please Stand By
28Scattergories
- Task to list 10 things from this course that
begin with the randomly chosen letter. - Heres the catch no repeats allowed. The goal
is to stretch your brain to think of ten things
that no one else will think of.
29B
30E
31W
32Double Jeopardy
33What type of sentence?
We are reviewing for the final.
Simple sentence
34What type of sentence?
We are reviewing for the finalby playing
Jeopardy.
Complex sentence One independent clause and one
or more dependent clauses.
35What type of sentence?
We are reviewing for the finalbut everyone is
not paying attention.
Compound sentence Two or more independent clauses
-
36DAILY DOUBLE
What is the difference between an independent
clause and dependent clause?
Independent clause can stand aloneDependent
clause sounds incomplete
37What type of sentence?
We are reviewing for the final by playing
Jeopardy but everyone is not paying attention.
Compound-complex sentence Two or more
independent clauses and one or more dependent
clauses
38Stories that have mischievous spirits and other
supernatural elements and often take place in
medieval times.
Fairy Tales
39A traditional saying
Proverb
40Stories that teach a moral lesson
Parable
41Stories with animals charactersthat teach a moral
Fable
42Stories passed on from generation to generation.
Folk tale
43a long, narrative (storytelling) poem that tells
the achievements of a hero. This hero usually
symbolizes the beliefs of his country.
Epic
44DAILY DOUBLE
What are the five purposes of poetry?
For entertainment To express a feeling or
emotion To make a political statement To honor a
person To describe something or some event
45Odysseus, king of Ithaca Cyclops, one-eyed
monster Circe, sorceress Sirens, sea creatures
that sang and caused ships to crash
The Odyssey
46A literary explosion that brought a new cultural
identity for African Americans.
Harlem Renaissance
47DAILY DOUBLE
What makes a writer's voice forceful,
distinctive, and memorable?
Figurative language
48BONUS!!!
Collecting the facts and drawing a possible
conclusion.
Deduction
To what is this term similar?
Inference
49Someone or something that proves who committed
the crime.
Evidence
50Give the location for the topic, main ideas, and
details
51For this reading strategy, give the location for
the main idea and details
Main idea
Details
52I. A. B. 1) 2) C. II.
Outline
53Identify the topic, supporting detail, and main
idea for each group.
M
___ One door and usually no more than a single
window provided light and air. ___ For poor farm
families, life on the plains meant a sod house
or a dugout carved out of the hillside for
protection from the winds. ___ Sod houses on the
plains
D
T
54What is the author trying to say? What is the
point the author is trying to make?What is
the central focus?
What is the main idea?
55The answer is not in the text. You must connect
the text information to things you already know
Author and You
56Reading the text is not necessary to answer
these questions. Many times it is your opinion.
On Your Own
57You will need to put pieces ofinformation from
the text together to get the answer
Think and Search