English 10 Honors – A. Williams
June 2013
10H Final Study Guide
VOCABUARLY: the following words will appear on your exam:
acquiesced
acrimony
ambiguous
antithesis
apathy
banal
bellicose
belligerent
benevolence
benign
candid
capricious
chagrined
clandestine
cognizant
concise
concurrently
copious
decorous
deference
disparity
ebullient
ensue
ephemeral
erudite
exacerbate
extricate
fastidious
faux pas
feign
galvanized
garrulity
hackneyed
imminent
impeccable
impervious
impetus
incensed
incessantly
insipid
inundate
lascivious
malign
mercurial
mollify
nascent
ostracize
palpable
permeate
placate
plethora
prevaricate
quintessence
rancor
razed
recluse
relinquish
replete
salutary
subvert
taciturn
torpid
torpor
truncate
ubiquitous
unprecedented
wax
zealous
LITERATURE:
- Night – review discussion question and reading checks; pay particular attention to sensory detail and to the art of memoir writing.
- Macbeth – review packet; pay particular attention to the Elements of Drama terms chart, paradox, motifs, and Act questions.
- Lord of the Flies - Review reader response journals, reading checks, symbols chart and quiz, character chart, Socratic seminar questions.
- 1984 – review reading checks, doublespeak, Socratic seminar questions.
SONNETS:
Review structure and form; be ready to analyze an unseen sonnet.
CRITICAL READING:
You will read one unseen passage and answer corresponding questions.
RESEARCH:
Review parenthetical citations, Works Cited information, dropped quotations, and valid/reliable sources.
GRAMMAR AND USAGE:
You will have selections that deal with sentence structure, specifically run-on sentences and sentence fragments.
You will have a section that asks you to identify the flaw in the sentence. These typically contain problems with agreement, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Be sure to review grammar worksheets/concepts we have covered in class, including:
- appositive phrases
- commas (commas and conjunctions)
- semicolons (with and without longer conjunctions)
- good v. well
- agreement
- commonly misused words (effect/affect)
- parallel structure
FINAL EXAM ESSAY: This will be completed in the computer lab on the day of your exam (the last hour).
MAKE SURE YOU BRING A DIGITAL COPY OF YOUR ESSAY WITH YOU ON EXAM DAY! You can bring in a jump drive or email it to yourself, but it is IMPERATIVE that you are making revisions (not writing the entire essay) the day of the exam.
This essay will be a personal reflection on your own writing progress over the course of the year. You will use your strengths/weaknesses chart (which we will complete in class on Thursday) to guide your written response. Make sure you DIRECTLY reference at least three (3) of your essays within your reflection. Your task is to show the progress and growth you have made as a 10 Honors student, so don’t be afraid to brag. This is a great opportunity to show highlight your written VOICE!