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Year-End Final Exam

Year-End Final Exam. 2012 Mrs. Beatty. Fill out your Study Guide. I. Figurative Language. 1. Two roads diverged in a wood… A. metaphor B. simile C. Personification D. Hyperbole. II. Context Clues. “Fixing the Student Loan System”

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Year-End Final Exam

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  1. Year-End Final Exam 2012 Mrs. Beatty

  2. Fill out your Study Guide

  3. I. Figurative Language 1. Two roads diverged in a wood… A. metaphor B. simile C. Personification D. Hyperbole

  4. II. Context Clues “Fixing the Student Loan System” In Room for Debate: How can young people get degrees without taking on an onerous financial burden? 1. In the above passage, onerous means • Small • Helpful • troublesome

  5. III. Parallel Episode • A parallel episode is • A recurring event • The time a place of a story • A comparison using like or as • Some other dumb answer

  6. IV. Plot Elements • Why is setting important? __________________________________ 2. What is the point called where the conflict is resolved? • Rising action • Resolution • Conflict (duh!) • Climax

  7. V. Tone and Mood 1. Tone is • The time and place of a story • The author’s attitude toward a work • The conflict • What your mom is always telling you to watch.

  8. VI. Thesis 1. Where does a thesis statement belong? __________________________________ 2. What is included in a thesis statement? • __________________ • __________________

  9. VII. Persuasion • If I told you that 25% of smokers will die of lung cancer, this would be an example of • Emotional appeal • Appeal to reason • Call to action

  10. VII. Persuasion 2. If I told you that my grandma smoked and died of lung cancer, this would be • Emotional appeal • Appeal to reason • Call to action

  11. VII. Persuasion 3. If I told you to write your congressman and ask for a state-wide ban on cigarette sales, this would be • Emotional appeal • Appeal to reason • Call to action

  12. VIII. Ambiguity • How can you fix this ambiguous headline? “Bill to Require Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients in the Making” • Drug Testing Bill in the Making for Welfare Recipients • Drug Recipients to Receive Welfare • Welfare Recipients To Be Drug Tested Per New Bill

  13. IX. Poetry • Narrative – A poem that tells a story • Ballad • Epic

  14. IX. Poetry • Lyric– A poem that tells expresses emotion • Ode • Elegy

  15. X. Theme • Things are seldom what they seem. • Love can conquer all. • Young people can often depend on family for support.

  16. XI. Sentence Types • Simple • Compound • Complex • Compound-Complex

  17. Sentence Type? • The tree stood in an empty field. • If at first you don’t succeed, you should try again. • Our dog barks, and our cat hides when the mailman comes to the door.

  18. Good Luck!

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