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2009 FALL Final Exam Review: See
"Major Grade" calendar for the exam schedule.
Go to the bottom of the page for a variety
of interactive quizzes.
10 points
for attaching and completing ALL review exercises! (IT IS ALL OR
NONE!): You must include the handouts given to you in class.
Your final exam is
worth 20% of your grade. To figure out what you “need” on your exam,
complete the following formula:
(First nine weeks’
grade+ Second nine weeks’ grade) 2. Then, subtract from the
following:
To get an A 450, a B
400, a C 375 to pass 350!
The final is 100
questions TOTAL covering the following:
- Short story
terminology (You will need to read a short story on the test, answer
questions, and identify terminology)
- The Odyssey
(with emphasis on character motivation and literary terminology)
- Shakespeare’s
works (Pre-AP You will read a portion of a Shakespearean play and a
Shakespearean sonnet. You will need to answer questions about the
two works on the final.)
- Romeo and
Juliet (multiple choice
with an emphasis on drama terms, plot based multiple choice, and
matching characters to descriptions)
Grammar Review:
YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE GRAMMAR BOOK ONLY IN CLASS!
Complete ALL of the
following activities:
Sentence parts—You
MUST FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR EACH
SECTION
Page
421
Skill check B, C, D,
and E (excluding #24)
Page 444 Exercise 43,
44, 46 (excluding number 11—no objective complements), and exercise 48
(excluding 2, and 8)
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Literature Review:
Write a
brief description of each of the following people, places,
and things noting their importance in the work:
The Odyssey.
Odysseus Laertes
Zeus Polyphemus Calypso
Circe Elpenor
Hades Lotus plant Sirens
Eurymachus
Telemachus Helios
Romeo and Juliet
Prince Escalus
Capulet Montague
Paris Juliet
Friar
Lawrence Queen Mab Tybalt
Mercutio Nurse
Rosaline Romeo
Define the
following literary terms/literary elements using your textbook (p. 998
+), dictionary, and notes
Epics monologue
alliteration soliloquy
Objective/subjective
voice round/flat characters personification
prologue
Invoking the
muse foil
suspense rhyme scheme
In medias
res simile
mood iambic pentameter
Epic
hero metaphor
resolution oxymoron
Epithet apostrophe
verbal/situational/dramatic irony
Protagonist
conflict theme
blank verse
Characterization tragedy
aside


***On many of the review quizzes, the phrase "subject complement" is
used in place of "predicate nominative/adjective"
Try this interactive quiz to check on your
ability to differentiate action and linking verbs and direct objects
from object complements
http://www.argo217.k12.il.us/departs/english/blettiere/direct_object_quiz_01.htm
Indirect object quiz
http://www.argo217.k12.il.us/departs/English/blettiere/indirect_object_quiz_01.htm
Action linking and some other stuff quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/424609.html?AP_rand=151863979
All sentence parts review powerpoint
click here

quizzes and trivia
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/literature/shakespeare/romeo_and_juliet.html
Study questions
Check out Elizabeth Kucera's literary terms powerpoint

How about
this? Try an Odyssey jeopardy game:
Click here

Click here to see the powerpoint |