Final Exam Study Guidehour

Language Arts 2Name:

Date:

Final Exam – Study GuideHour:

- The final will consist of content from:

Tuesdays with Morrie, Animal Farm,theRussian Revolution,Romeo & Juliet,

grammar (punctuation, their/there/they’re, capitalization, subject verb agreement, pronoun antecedent, among/between)

literary themes (Animal Farm - allegory, personification, satire, irony, bravery vs. loyalty) (Tuesdays with Morrie – detachment, acceptance, the media, popular culture) (Romeo & Juliet – love vs. hate, fate)

citing sources using Modern Language Association (MLA)

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

1) Who is Morrie Schwartz?

2) Who is Mitch Albom?

3) What health condition did Morrie suffer from?

4) What were some of the topics that Morrie and Mitch discussed on Tuesdays?

5) What did Morrie say you have to do to yourself when experiencing any kind of emotion?

7) How did Morrie detach himself from the acceptance of his inevitable death?

8) Why did Mitch come back to see Morrie?

9) What did Morrie tell Mitch about popular culture values? What did he tell him to do instead?

10) What did Morrie say when asked what he dreaded the most about his slow decay?

vocabulary

11) biopsy –

12) aphorism –

13) nostalgia –

14) opiate –

15) radical –

16) condemned –

17) ambivalence –

ANIMAL FARM

1) Who was Old Major?

2) Who was Snowball?

3) Who was Napoleon?

4) Who was Squealer?

5) Who was Boxer?

6) Who was Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick?

7) What does Old Major tell the animals of what needs to happen?

8) How does the first rebellion take place?

9) What happens when Mr. Jones and the humans come back to take over the farm?

10) What are the Seven Commandments the animals make up as rules of the farm?

11) Which animal takes rule over the farm? Which animal did he kick out of the farm?

12) What is “Animalism”?

13) How was propaganda used after the pigs took control of the farm?

14) What events happened that demonstrated that the pigs were taking on human traits?

15) How was bravery demonstrated in this story? How was loyalty demonstrated?

vocabulary

16) cryptic –

17) acute –

18) impromptu –

19) countenance –

20) eloquence –

21) cannibalism –

22) parasitical –

23) How did Animal Farm prove to be an allegory?

24) How did Animal Farm prove to be a satire?

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

1) What led to the beginning of the Russian Revolution?

2) What is communism?

3) What was the problem with communism?

4) Who is Joseph Stalin? Which Animal Farm character resembled him most?

5) Who is Karl Marx? Which Animal Farm character resembled him most?

6) Who is Leon Trotsky? Which Animal Farm character resembled him most?

ROMEO & JULIET

1) What did the prologue tell us about this story and the main people involved?

2) Who was Romeo originally in love with?

3) How did Romeo know about the party at the Capulet’s home?

4) Who did Romeo fall in love with their?

5) Which two people tried to help Romeo & Juliet get married?

6) How did Mercutio die?

7) How did Tybalt die?

8) What happened to Romeo after Tybalt’s death?

9) What did Juliet do in order for her not to marry Paris?

10) Why did Romeo commit suicide?

11) Why did Juliet commit suicide?

12) Why is love vs. hate such an important theme in this story?

13) Which part of the brain is in charge for feelings of fear, rage, and impulse of teenagers?

14) Was there ever a part in Romeo & Juliet that led to the fate of Romeo and Juliet’s death?

15) How was love a cause of violence in Romeo & Juliet?

- You will be given a small part of Shakespeare’s writing in the story to translate into modern English.

vocabulary

16) dismal –

17) sallow –

18) pilgrimage –

19) intercession –

20) vile –

21) predominant –

22) procure –

GRAMMAR

Correct the following sentences

punctuation: Michaels favorite sport is hockey.

This is a fantastic movie, you have to see it.

there/their/they’re: There house is down the street.

Their transferring the patient to a different room.

It is they’re opportunity and not his.

capitalization: The name of the place is pacino’s.

The president called congress to discuss the issue.

subject/verb agreement: Everyone walk around the town.

The print on the labels are so small.

Ricardo do not care whether United or City are winning.

pronoun antecedent: The car has a leak in the car’s transmission.

The audience clapped the audience’s hands.

Ed Blaker promoted Bill this morning; Ed will go on the Washington trip next week.

MLA

- you will be given information about a book and you will have to determine how it is correctly cited.

Here is an example of a work by one author.

Carson, Ben. Gifted Hands. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1990.

Cite the following information in proper MLA format

title – Graceling

author – Kristin Cashore

place of publication – Orlando, Florida

publisher – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Cite the following information in proper MLA format

title – The Hidden Injuries of Class

authors - Richard Sennett, Jonathan Cobb

place of publication - New York

publisher – Vintage Books

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