2011RegularFinal Review
Mrs. Silva- Language Arts
This review covers the material that is on the midterm. It is important that you study your notes that we took in class and review all the terms below.
I. Literary Terms- Notes
-Setting
-Plot
-Exposition
-Climax
-Falling Action
-Rising Action
-Theme
-Foreshadowing
-Flashback
-Main Character
-Conflict
-Fantasy
-Science Fiction
II. Nonfiction- Notes
-Persuasive Essay
-Biography
-Autobiography
-Second, Third, First Person
III. Identifying Sentences and Fragments
Directions: Circle the answer that states whether the group of words is a sentence or a sentence fragment.
Ex. Among the trees.
A. Sentence B. Fragment
IV. Punctuation- Notes
Semicolons and Colons
Directions: Read each sentence below and choose the answer that shows where the semicolon(s) or colon(s) should be placed.
Ex. The thunder sounded louder the downpour was only minutes away.
A. louder: downpour
B. louder; downpour
C. downpour;
Quotation Marks
Directions: Read each sentence below and choose the answer that shows where the quotation marks should be placed.
Ex. Ed said Let me help you with that heavy carton.
- “Ed said,” Let me help you with that heavy carton.
- Ed said “Let me help you with that heavy carton.”
- Ed said, “Let me help you with that heavy carton.”
Ex. China said Janice is a land of great, proud heritage.
- “China” said Janice “is a land of great, proud heritage.”
- China said Janice, “is a land of great, proud heritage.”
- “China,” said Janice, “is a land of great, proud heritage.”
Italics
Directions: Read each sentence below and choose the answer that shows which words should be in italics.
Ex. Would you say that Time is the leading news magazine?
A. magazine
B. Time
C. news magazine
Apostrophe
Directions: Read each sentence below and choose one answer from the parentheses that shows where the apostrophe should be placed.
Ex. (Sheila’s, Sheilas’) jacket is hanging on the back of the door.
A. Shiela’s
B. Sheilas’
Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses
Directions: Read each sentence below and choose the answer that shows what punctuation mark is being used.
Ex. Will and Cindy decided to enroll in the table tennis tournament spon-
sored by the Athletic Club.
A.Hyphen
B. Dash
C.Parentheses
V. Capitalization- Notes
Directions: Read the sentences below. Choose the word or words that should be capitalized in each sentence.
Ex. This restaurant serves delicious cajun cuisine.
- Restaurant, Cajun, Cuisine
- Restaurant, Cajun
- Cajun
- Cajun, Cuisine
VI. Poetry- Notes from PowerPoint
-Simile
-Metaphor
-Alliteration
-Hyperbole
-Onomatopoeia
-Personification
-Speaker
-Repetition
-Rhyme
-Analogy
VII. Reading Skills
-Main Idea
-Supporting Details
-Author’s Purpose
-Cause and Effect
-Compare and Contrast
-Fact vs. Opinion
-Context Clues
-Inference
VIII. Vocabulary- Word Wall Web Notes
Directions- Using the words from the box, choose a vocabulary word that completes each sentence.
Ex. Moving to a new city made the student ______for his old school.
IX. Writing- Notes
-Expository Essay
-Persuasive Essay
-Thesis Statement
-Grabber
-Transitions