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Comprehensive Study Guide for Mrs. Beatty's Year-End Exam 2012

Prepare for Mrs. Beatty's Year-End Final Exam with this comprehensive study guide. This guide covers essential topics such as figurative language, context clues, plot elements, tone and mood, thesis statements, and persuasion techniques. Learn about narrative and lyric poetry, sentence types, and the significance of setting. Additionally, understand the importance of ambiguous headlines and how to clarify them. This study guide is designed to help you grasp key concepts and excel in your exam. Good luck!

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Comprehensive Study Guide for Mrs. Beatty's Year-End Exam 2012

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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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