English Midterm Study Guide

Identify the interjection. Wow! I love this place.

An adverb modifies nouns and pronouns.

A type of feeling readers get from a narrative.

This part of speech can be transitive or intransitive.

What is the other name for point of views?

This part of speech can indicate and action or a state of being.

Identify the Proper Noun. The Ohio State Buckeyes are a well known school.

What part of speech is a person, place, thing, thought, or idea?

When writing paragraphs on a short story, you should state the title and name of the author in the topic sentence.

A concluding sentence should NOT restate the topic.

Which part of speech shows where and when?

What kind of words are the, an, and a

Identify the pronoun. She is very excited to go to the fair.

What part of speech modifies nouns and pronouns?

A header is needed in MLA essays

The type of story is called what?

The word “Walsh Jesuit” is a pronoun

The part of the story exposes the characters, setting, and conflict.

When filling out a plot diagram you should fill out the climax before the rising action.

Signify ideas by giving objects symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

What part of the story comes after the climax?

What kind of conflict is happening when a character is battling an illness?

Identify the preposition. I was under the bleachers.

What literary element uses the text to make the reader feel emotion.

The choice of words and style of expression that an author makes and uses.

You should always have all of the lines filled out in a plot diagram.

How the speaker feels

What part of speech is hysterically in this sentence? I laughed hysterically at the fact that she couldn’t complete this

This part of speech connects words, phrases, and clauses.

Identify the adjective. The boy lost his old Christmas sweater.

This part of speech modifies adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs

identify the verb. I wish I could have a million dollars.

When does the conflict get solved?

This part of speech is used in place of one or more nouns

The central topics or ideas explored; life lessons.

What kind of conflict is happening when a man is facing the government?

Which part of speech is used for emotion and emphasis?

Which part of the story comes right before the conflict begins to resolve?

What type of format should essays be typed and written in?

Identify the pronoun/s. She wants pizza, but he wants pasta.