English Midterm Review, Spring 2023

Words that can show tense and be conjugated

Five extremely fat cats lounged in the sun. The bold word is

What is textual evidence?

PERIODS 1 & 6 ONLY - When writing a letter, it doesn't matter if you have good paragraph organization.

Fix this sentence: "Your not my father!" the boy screamed in rage.

Period 4 - The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay..."

Fix this sentence: Mikes backpacks were always black.

The amazing students were very tired after their exams. The bold word is:

Period 4: What is symbolism?

Quiet. Friendly. Angry. Kind. These are all character traits.

A good explanation for cause-and-effect is:

When summarizing, you should:

The number 2

A protagonist is:

A topic sentence is:

What is a character trait of a character in our class book? Write your answer.

The amazing students were very tired after their exams. The bold words are:

What is setting?

What's a prefix?

Malfunction, malice. What do both of these words have in common?

Supporting details 'prove' your topic sentences and thesis

In addition to/ also; an overflowing amount of something; not enough

A thesis is:

Were going for a walk later. You're coming too, right?

What is foreshadowing?

The amazing students were very tired after their exams. The bold word is:

words that describe a character; a character's personality

I ran too the store, too. I got back at two o'clock.

Summarizing means telling only the most critical, important events that have happened

The prefix of kindness and loneliness

Two purple ducks swam happily in the lake. The bold word is:

PERIODS 3&5: The American Dream is about self-sufficiency, independence, and sometimes money

Periods 3, 5: In literature, the American Dream is:

An adjective is a person, place, thing, or idea

The prefix of the word prefix is fix.

Words that describe nouns are adjectives

The suffix of kindness and loneliness

Saying "I tumbled down the stairs" instead of "I fell down the stairs" is an example of:

A summary is like a highlight reel of most important moments

PERIODS 1 & 6 ONLY - A salutation is:

The suffix of the words capable and incapable

What's a suffix?

The fast dog ran quickly down the road. The bold word is an adjective

What does ‘parts of speech’ mean?

What is word choice?

What are context clues?

Nouns, verbs, and adjectives are:

Apostrophes are used for:

She said a quiet goodbye to Rex, the beloved family dog, as she buried him in the garden.

My brother told me he's going to the movies and I want to go to.

Verbs are not actions

His expression became wistful as he remembered his childhood home.

The prefix in the word return is re

Period 6 - What is personification?