9th grade Literature and Composition final exam study guide
9th Literature and Composition
Final Exam Review
The exam is Wednesday 12/20/06 at 8:00 am
Come on time; you’ll need the full two hours.
You’ll have a choice of how much the first two sections are worth:
Quotations 35%/ Grammar 45%
Quotations 50%/ Grammar 30%
Quotation id’s– I’ll give you fairly obvious quotes, you give source, speaker (for The Pearl and Gilgamesh) and significance (at least 2 sentences on significance):
- “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”
- The Pearl
- Plato/Aristotle on Art
- Anglo-Saxon poetry/ “The Wanderer”
- Gilgamesh – Only the excerpt in the purple book
- John Donne’s “Meditation XVII”
Grammar covered [here's a good grammar resource] (short answer questions where you fix sentences with errors/ explain errors):
1) Independent/ dependant clauses
2) Comma splices and run-ons
3) Fragments
4) Pronoun agreement
5) The Five Comma Rules – use commas:
a) Between items in a series, including coordinate adjectives
b) Between independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction
c) Before and after nonrestrictive phrases and clauses
d) After introductory phrases and clauses
e) For clarity (use this sparingly)
Vocabulary covered (crossword and short answer):
From “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”:
Cowered Gait Cunningly Kerosene Rubbish Impotent
Cantonment Fledglings Masonry Valiant Fibres Kerosene
Consolation Kerosene Immensely Verandah
From Anglo-Saxon poetry:
Thanes Ringgiver Peaceweaver Alliteration Kenning
7/8 Writing Final Exam study guide
Final exam review/ study guide
7/8 Writing
This test is at 10:00 am on Tuesday, 12/19/06
Come on time; you'll need the full period.
4 easy steps to write an essay test:
- Read the directions! Make sure you address the topic given. One thing an essay test is looking for is your ability to write on a given topic.
- Make a plan. Be sure you plan for specific details or examples.
A. Introduction subject
B. Detail for paragraph 1
C. Detail for paragraph 2
D. Detail for paragraph 3
E. Idea for conclusion
3. Write!
4. Be sure you save time to proofread. If possible, take a short break before you
proofread. Check for spelling or words left out, and be sure you’ve put transitions
between ideas.
On your final, you’ll have a choice of 5 general essay topics. If you have a laptop, you may use it, but know that I will grade your content and organization more stringently than those of your classmates who write by hand. I’ll ask you to skip lines if you write by hand; this gives you room to make corrections if you need to.
Before the test:
We’ll write a practice essay in class. Read back over this and see if you need to do anything differently on the final.
Be sure to bring paper and pencils or pens to the test!
3rd period Euro/World Lit. Final Exam study guide
European and World Literature
Final Exam Review
Period 3
This test is at 8:00 am on Tuesdayday, 12/19/06
Come on time; you'll need the full period.
Quotation id’s (50%) – I’ll give you fairly obvious quotes, you give source, speaker (for plays and works of fiction) and significance (at least 2 sentences on significance):
- “The Landlady”
- Grendel
- “The Miller’s Tale”
- First 18 lines of “The General Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales in Middle English
- As You Like It
- John Donne’s “Meditation XVII”
Grammar (25%) [here's a good grammar resource] (short answer questions where you fix sentences with errors/ explain errors):
1) Independent/ dependant clauses
2) Comma splices and run-ons
3) Fragments
4) Pronoun agreement
5) The Five Comma Rules – use commas:
a) Between items in a series, including coordinate adjectives
b) Between independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction
c) Before and after nonrestrictive phrases and clauses
d) After introductory phrases and clauses
e) For clarity (use this sparingly)
Vocabulary/concepts covered (25%) (crossword and short answer):
From “The Landlady”:
Trilby Congenial Rapacious Kippers Dotty Queer Emanate Blemish Peculiar Lodging Alas Swamped Extraordinarily Dithering Tantalizing Brisk Swanky
From “The Miller’s Tale”:
Cuckold Swyve The Black Death Fabliau Reverdie
1st period Euro/World Lit Final exam study guide
European and World Literature
Final Exam Review
Period 1
This test is at 8:00 am on Monday, 12/18/06
Come on time; you'll need the full period.
Quotation id’s (43%) – I’ll give you fairly obvious quotes, you give source, speaker (for plays and works of fiction) and significance (at least 2 sentences on significance):
- “The Landlady”
- Grendel
- “The Miller’s Tale”
- First 18 lines of “The General Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales in Middle English
- As You Like It
- John Donne’s “Meditation XVII”
Grammar (32%) [here's a good grammar resource] (short answer questions where you fix sentences with errors/ explain errors):
1) Independent/ dependant clauses
2) Comma splices and run-ons
3) Fragments
4) Pronoun agreement
5) The Five Comma Rules – use commas:
a) Between items in a series, including coordinate adjectives
b) Between independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction
c) Before and after nonrestrictive phrases and clauses
d) After introductory phrases and clauses
e) For clarity (use this sparingly)
Vocabulary/concepts covered (25%) (crossword and short answer):
From “The Landlady”:
Trilby Congenial Rapacious Kippers Dotty Queer Emanate Blemish Peculiar Lodging Alas Swamped Extraordinarily Dithering Tantalizing Brisk Swanky
From “The Miller’s Tale”:
Cuckold Swyve The Black Death Fabliau Reverdie
American Lit Final Exam Study Guide
American Literature
Final Exam Review
Exam at 10:00 am on 12/18/06
You’ll have a choice of how much the first two sections are worth:
Quotations 25%/ Grammar 25%
Quotations 30%/ Grammar 20%
Texts we’ve covered (quote id’s – obvious quotes, you give source, speaker (for works of fiction), and significance):
- “A Worn Path”
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Essays by our “patriots and freedom fighters”: Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King
- Transcendentalism: essays and poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau
- Poems by Walt Whitman
- Poems by Langston Hughes
Grammar covered [here's a good grammar resource] (short answer questions where you fix sentences with errors/ explain errors):
1) Independent/ dependant clauses
2) Comma splices and run-ons
3) Fragments
4) Pronoun agreement
5) The Five Comma Rules – use commas:
a) Between items in a series, including coordinate adjectives
b) Between independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction
c) Before and after nonrestrictive phrases and clauses
d) After introductory phrases and clauses
e) For clarity (use this sparingly)
Vocabulary/concepts covered (crossword and short answer) (25%):
From “A Worn Path”:
Enduring Solemn Solitary Obstinate Furrow Lolling Lye Pullet Phoenix Cur Dainty
From patriots/freedom fighters:
Hypocracy Ethos Tyranny Perfidy Avarice
Other concepts to know:
Harlem Renaissance Transcendentalism
The Historical Perspective (matching and some short answer) (25%):
Have a sense of when each writer lived and was working by century and in relation to major American events such as the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement. Have a sense of who was writing about freedom from slavery and who was writing about equality under the law and what the difference is.
