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

Click here to see the powerpoint