English 9A Final Exam Review - Class Website



Exam description:

• The exam is all multiple choice and matching questions, to be completed on a scantron-type paper. It will make up 15% of your final grade in English 9A. Each of the other marking period grades will make up 85%.

• If you have MORE THAN 6 absences in this class, and you would like to earn a letter grade (rather than just a Credit in the class), you must be passing the class (D- or higher) and pass the final exam with a C+ or higher.

• The exam will cover literary terms and grammar discussed this term, as well as the following readings: The Odyssey and “The Gift of the Mag.”

LITERARY TERMS: Define each of the following:

Antagonist:

Characterization:

Climax:

Conclusion:

Conflict:

Exposition:

Falling action:

Flashback:

Narrator:

Plot:

Protagonist:

Rising Action:

Round character:

Setting:

Static or flat character:

stock character:

theme:

CHARACTER IDENTIFICATION: Describe the following characters:

“The Gift of the Magi”

• Della

• James Dillingham Young

“The Scarlet Ibis”

• Doodle

“The Most Dangerous Game”

• General Zaroff

• Ivan

• Rainsford

“The Story of an Hour”

• Josephine

• Mrs. Mallard

• Mr. Mallard

The Odyssey:

• Hades

• Lotus-Eaters

• Odysseus

• Penelope

• Polyphemus

• Poseidon

• Telemachus

• Zeus

AUTHOR IDENTIFICATION: For each author, list his/her work we read in class:

• Homer

• O. Henry

FILL IN A PLOT DIAGRAM: Be able to identify the following parts of a plot diagram:

• Climax

• Conclusion

• Exposition

• Falling action

• Rising action

PLOT SUMMARY: Be able to recall the major events from the following stories:

The Odyssey

““The Gift of the Magi”

GRAMMAR. Be able to correctly identify each grammar term we’ve discussed.

1. Noun

Definition:

Examples:

2. Proper noun

Definition:

Examples:

3. Common noun

Definition:

Examples:

4. Pronoun

Definition:

Examples:

5. Adjective

Definition:

Examples:

6. Verb

Definition:

Examples:

7. Adverb

Definition:

Examples:

8. Preposition

Definition:

Examples:

9. Conjunction

Definition:

Examples:

10. Interjection

Definition:

Examples:

11. Subject:

Definition:

Examples:

12. Predicate

Definition:

Examples:

13. Complete sentences

Definition:

Examples:

14. Goals: _________________________________________________________________

LOOK OVER ALL NOTES FROM THIS MARKING PERIOD. ANYTHING WE HAVE COVERED IS FAIR GAME FOR THE FINAL EXAM. VISIT for notes and a review PP!

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