English II Semester I Final Exam Study Guide

Mr. Rodriguez

*Your final exam will be approx. 90 multiple-choice scantron questions.

Here an overview of what you will be tested on:

· Lord of the Flies

· MLA Rules for Composition writing

· LOTF Vocabulary Words for Chapters 1-12

· Integrated Language Skills (Grammar): Commas and Dashes

Lord of the Flies:

· Lord of the Flies Checklist for Test (handout)

· Notes from lecture

· LOTF study guide

· Handouts about novel and philosophers

LOTF characters to know:

· Ralph

· Jack Merridew

· Simon

· Samneric

· Roger

· Henry

· Percival

· Piggy

Details to know for LOTF:

· Who wrote it/Know the Setting: time period/which major war occurring

· Know the basics of Thomas Hobbes’s philosophy from your notes

· Know the basics of John Locke’s philosophy from your notes

· What did the boys do to create their own society?

· Name the different ways is the conch used.

· Name all the boys (that we know of) who die on the island.

· Know Ralph’s new rules/demands from the meeting

· Where do meetings take place?

· Know the differences between Ralph’s group and Jack’s group

· Know the comment that caused Jack to form his own group

· Know who Ralph accidentally beat up.

· Who or what exactly is the Lord of the Flies in the book?

· What purpose does paint serve in the novel?

· How is Roger’s killing of Piggy different than other deaths that have taken place?

· Why does Ralph cry at the end of the novel?

Know MLA rules for Composition writing:

· Know the correct MLA heading for a composition

· Study the notes from the “Introduction of your Essay” presentation

· Know the correct way of writing the title of a short story, play, and a novel

· Know the correct MLA format for a date

· Know the correct MLA format for an in-text citation

· Study your Jane Schaffer Paragraph format and know the ratios of commentaries for each concrete detail

LOTF Vocabulary Words to Study:

Chapter 1:
· Scar (noun) definition #3
· Spectacles (plural) definition #2
· Conch
Chapter 2:
· Gaped (verb)
· Wizard (adjective)
· Gesticulate
· Beastie
· Tirade
Chapter 3:
· Batty
Chapter 4:
· Chastisement
· Taboo
· Trivial
· Malevolently
Chapter 5:
· Wearisomeness
· Improvisation
· Ludicrous
Chapter 6:
· Festoon
· Leviathan
· Impervious
· Mutinous / Chapter 7:
· Curtly
· Brandishing
· Vulnerable
Chapter 8:
· Coward
· Cynicism
· Demoniac
Chapter 9:
· Parody
· Abominable
· Furrowing
· Inquisitive
Chapter 10:
· Stubbornly
· Assimilating
· Disguised
· Exulting
Chapter 11:
· Myopia
· Propitiatingly
· Pinnacles
· Delirious
Chapter 12:
· Inimical
· Ululation

Integrated Language Skills (Grammar): Commas and Dashes

Page 1186 in the textbook and workbook page 321.

Study your Integrated Language Skills notes and the exercises you completed for homework.

Other Stuff:

Ø You will be asked to write a Jane Schaffer Two Chunk Paragraph. You should know all parts of a Jane Schaffer Two Chunk Paragraph and the colors for each part.

Ø Bring a pencil, a blue pen, red pen, and green pen.

Ø Do not stay up till 2AM studying the night before the Midterm—get sleep!

Ø Study, study, study!

GOOD LUCK!