Name______
Ford
English 11, Block ______
Date ______
English 11, American Literature Semester Exam Review 2013/14 Ford

Multiple Choice Sections / Information
1-20 Reading Comprehension / Review the activity completed in class.
21-29 Nonfiction SOL Questions / Review the Revolutionary Period Passage on my web-site.
30-49 SOL Based Writing Questions / Complete a practice SOL online.

50-54 Persuasive Writing, Transitions, & Sentence Punctuation / Semi-colon;
Subject-Verb Agreement; Fragment and Fused;
Independent/Dependent;
54-61 Grammar / Review rules on commas, semi-colons & colons on my website
62-83Literary Devices (Crucible & Scarlet Letter) / Fill in the below chart with the definitions
84-86 Vocabulary in Context / Review the Vocabulary in Context PowerPoint on my website
87-90 Argument Essay Body Paragraph Structure / Review the 3 Body Paragraph Counterargument Assignments on my web-site
91-100 Primary Sources/Rhetoric / Review the Primary Source Database Assignment on my web-site
  1. Reading Comprehension & II. SOL Nonfiction Reading Passage

Complete the sample reading comprehension passage. (It is also on my website under semester exam.) / Review the Revolutionary Period Multiple Choice Questions. You will complete a passage like this passage.
(The Revolutionary Period passage is on my website. You can also check your answers on Vision.)
Key Questions:
  1. What is the main idea?
  1. How do we drawing conclusions?
  1. How do we make inferences?
  1. How do we understand vocabulary in context?
/ Key Questions:
  1. What is the organization pattern of the passage?
  1. Which sentence has the most elaboration to support the author’s purpose based on the entire article?
  2. What is the tone of the essay? Select three word(s) that best support the author’s tone and purpose?
  3. What is the best way to revise the sentence for clarity, without changing the meaning?
  4. Which fact is least essential to the article?
  1. What is a counterargument in an essay?
  2. What can we infer from the passage?
  3. How do we understand vocabulary in context?

  1. SOL-Based Writing Questions & Grammar Questions

Review the Writing SOL Multiple Choice Questions on my website.
Key Questions:
  1. How does sentence combining impact the message of the sentence?
  1. How do we revise sentences for clarity?
  1. How do transition sentences develop ideas?
  1. What are the elements of a complete sentence?
  1. What is parallel structure?
  1. How is a semicolon used?
  1. How is a colon used?
  1. How is a comma used with a fanboy?
  1. What is a fragment sentence?
  1. What is a fused/run-on sentence?

  1. Literary Terms: Define these terms or record examples.

Literary Terms / Definition/Example
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Antagonist
Archetype
Dialect
Diction (Elevated)
Dramatic Irony
Figurative Language: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole , Imagery
Foreshadowing
Literal Language
Mood
Parallelism
Point of View
Protagonist
Pun
Rhetorical Question
Satire
Situational Irony
Tone
Verbal Irony
  1. Primary Source & Persuasive Rhetoric

Definition
Bias
1st, 2nd & 3rd person point-of-view
Bias
Persuasive Appeal:
Logical Appeal/Logos / Provide logical/rational arguments to support writers’ claims
Persuasive Appeal:
Emotional Appeal/Pathos / Provide examples with emotions; rich in connotations
Persuasive Appeal:
Ethical Appeal/Ethos / Not only is this a credible appeal—a credible expert/author—it is also a morally righteous appeal

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