FINAL EXAM

•Take down any notes you feel would help you on the final exam.

•You may use ONE SHEET of paper to assist you.

Reading Strategies

Predict

•using what you know to guess what might happen

Connect•a reader’s process of relating the content of a literary work to his or her own knowledge and experience

Visualize•the process of forming a mental picture based on a written description

Clarify•the reader’s process of pausing occasionally while reading to quickly review what he or she understands.

Evaluate•the process of judging the worth of something or someone.

Question

•the process of raising questions while reading.

Parts of Speech

Pronoun•a word that takes the place of a noun.

Noun•a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb•an action or state of being.

Adjective•A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

Article ( a type of adjective)•a, an, the

Adverb•A word that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb

Preposition•a connective word used with a noun or pronoun.

Conjunction•a word that connects words or groups of words.

Interjection•a word used to express strong feelings or emotions.

Poetry Terms

Unit 2

Form

•the way a poem looks or its arrangement on the page.

Line•what a poem is written in – may or may not be in sentences

Stanza•a grouping of two or more lines of poetry

Free Verse•poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm (conversational)

Rhyme•a repetition of sounds at the ends of words such as shell and well

Rhythm•pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

Alliteration•repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Onomatopoeia•use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings, like buzz, pop, and click.

Simile•a comparison that uses the words like or as.

Metaphor•a comparison that does not use the words like or as

Literary Terms

Unit 6

Types of Folklore•Myths: a traditional story, usually of unknown authorship, that answers basic questions about the world.

Types of Folklore•Folk Tales: a simple story that has been passed from generation to generation by word of mouth.

Types of Folklore•Fables: a brief tale that teaches a lesson about human nature. Many fables feature animals.

Types of Folklore•Legends: a story handed down from the past about a specific person – usually someone of heroic accomplishments.

Literary Terms

•Imagery: words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

Literary Terms•Personification: giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.

Literary Terms•Foreshadowing: when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story.

Literary Terms•Ballad: a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.

Literary Terms•Simile: a comparison of two things that have some quality in common.

Literary Terms•Hyperbole: a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect.

5-Paragraph Essay

Introduction

»Attention-getter»Connector»Thesis statement

• You need to start with an introduction that ends with a thesis statement.

Body Paragraphs

• The body paragraphs need to include a beginning CLAIM that defends your position and has supporting details from the book (3).

• Each of these paragraphs should also have a CONCLUDING STATEMENT at the end telling the reader that you did your job. Transitions should include: clearly, therefore, hence, or thus.

Conclusion• The final paragraph in your

formal review is your conclusion. The first sentence in the conclusion is restating your thesis. Here is an example:

Lois Lowry has written an enjoyable novel by using an inspiring, sometimes inconsistent, and frightening plot to lure her readers.