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Midterm English 9, 2019 Grammar & Writing Review
Midterm English 9, 2019 Grammar & Writing Review
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a review for English 9 midterm of literary terms, writing rules, and grammar
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What is POINT OF VIEW?
whether or not the main character wears glasses
when animals, ideas, or objects are given human traits
the most important character
the vantage point from which a narrative is told
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Third person limited point of view means
you are inside one's head, either a "he" or "she"
you are inside several characters' heads
the story is being told by an "I" character
the story is being told by a "he" or a "she"
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RED is used to improve:
revising
editing
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What is DIALOGUE?
conversational passages in a narrative or play
an author's idea about life
communication by exchange of letters
a daily logic problem
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The snow fell from the heavens.
INCOMPLETE sentence
COMPLETE sentence
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When writing an essay or response about a story, the topic or thesis sentence contains:
an obscure fact from the story
complete thoughts
the author, title, and topic
an example of figurative language
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What is PLOT?
a physical description of a character
the sequence of events in a story
the actors in a story
an idea about life
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What is SETTING?
the location and/or time a story takes place
the location of a story
a struggle between two opposing characters
an idea about life
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Which is a symbol of love?
a rock
a throne
a barren field
a heart
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When writing a 5-paragraph essay, which step involves revising?
outline
final
pre-write
rough draft
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The way a teacher knows you understand a topic through Cornell Notes is:
the detail in your notes
that your spelling, grammar, and punctuation were correct
the way you write your title
that your summary explains what the Cornell Notes mean
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Titles of short works are
italicized
placed in "quotation marks"
placed in (parentheses)
typed in bold letters
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What is a MEMOIR?
a person's account of his/her own life
an account of the personal experiences of an author
an account of a real person's life
a personal record of a person's experience and observations
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What is PROSE?
poetry
organized writing with sentences, paragraphs and punctuation
writing that is not structured and full of images
the position of an author on a topic
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GPS is used for :
revising
editing
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What is THEME?
a struggle between two opposing forces or characters
a group of lines forming a unit in a poem
the main idea of a story or passage
a comparison between two dissimilar things using "like"/"as"
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"I am so hungry, I could eat a cow" is an example of:
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
simile
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In the sentence, "I like
to eat
mashed potatoes and gravy," what is TO EAT?
an appositive
an infinitive
a subject
a prepositional phrase
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Dr. DiPaula, our principal, a very nice man.
INCOMPLETE sentence
COMPLETE sentence
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Identify what is
in bold:
"Ms. Goff goes
to the library
on Saturdays for new books."
a prepositional phrase
a subject
an infinitive phrase
an appositive
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"The cat moved like a shadow" is an example of:
simile
allusion
personification
metaphor
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In the middle of the night.
COMPLETE sentence
INCOMPLETE sentence
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"The sun smiled on the happy children" is an example of:
metaphor
alliteration
onomatopoeia
personification
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In the sentence, "The mythology book is interesting", what does "mythology" modify?
the
is
book
interesting
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FIRST PERSON point of view uses which pronoun?
it
they
he
I
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MLA stands for
the Multiple Language Association
the Modern League of Alchemists
the Military Legion Assembly
the Modern Language Association
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When writing a 5-paragraph essay, the three body paragraphs...
support the thesis statement
contain the attention-getter
contain personal opinions
set the tone of the essay
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Titles of long works are
italicized
typed in bold letters
placed in "quotations marks"
placed in (parentheses)
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"Sally sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of:
oxymoron
metaphor
alliteration
simile
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The clause that tests to see if a sentence is a sentence is:
I write that...
I read that...
I like that...
I know that...
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"The traffic was a parking lot" is an example of:
onomatopoeia
simile
repetition
metaphor
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"At midnight
, the ghosts emerge from their tombs." Identify what is
IN BOLD.
independent clause
appositive phrase
prepositional phrase
infinitive
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Identify what is in bold: "Ms. Leonard,
our former principal
attended HCPSS."
infinitive
proper noun
prepositional phrase
appositive
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What is MOOD?
where the story takes place
the atmosphere or tone the author creates in a story
the sequence of events in a story
the sound a sick cow makes
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His key fell between the seats.
INCOMPLETE sentence.
COMPLETE sentence.
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Which is NOT a type of conflict?
man vs. self
man vs. nature
man vs. beauty
man vs. society
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"Jumbo shrimp" is an example of:
personification
metaphor
oxymoron
simile
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What is IRONY?
a fact or idea stated directly
an cordless iron
an author's idea about life
something that states or implies the opposite of truth
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What is CONFLICT?
a struggle between two opposing forces or characters
the atmosphere or tone the author tries to create in a story
an idea about life
a conversational passage in a narrative or play
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To T4 means
talking to the text
thinking about thinking
a metabolic drink
morphing words into other forms
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The purpose of a rough draft in the writing process is to
to kill trees by wasting paper
get ideas on paper
give the teacher something else to grade
to have a perfect paper
