English 1 CP
Midterm Study Guide
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Literary Terms: Define and provide an example for each literary term.
Mood
Theme
Antagonist
Protagonist
Simile
Metaphor
Conflict
Onomatopoeia
Foreshadowing
Alliteration
Personification
Allusion
Grammar
Parts of speech: Define and provide an example for each of the parts of speech.
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Interjection
Conjunction
Preposition
Pronoun
Parts of the sentence: Provide rules for identifying each of the parts of the sentence.
Subject
Predicate
Direct object
Indirect object
Predicate nominative
Predicate adjective
Speak: Provide a description for each of the characters listed.
Melinda
Mr. Neck
Mr. Freeman
Heather
Rachel
Ivy
David Petrakis
Principal Principal
Hair Woman
The Odyssey: Provide a description for each character listed.
Odysseus
Penelope
Polyphemus
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Tiresias
Athena
Telemachus
Argus
Identify and explain the elements of an epic poem.
Explain the characteristics of an epic hero.
Identify key plot points related to The Odyssey.
Identify the author.
King Oedipus: Provide a description for each character listed.
Oedipus
Teiresias
Merope
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Laius
Jocasta
Chorus
Provide key plot points related to the play.
Provide and explain the characteristics of a tragic hero.
Identify the author.
Creon
English 1 CP
Midterm Study Guide
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Shakespearean Sonnets
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Identify and explain the elements of a Shakespearean sonnet.
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Define the following key terms:
Rhyme
Meter
Rhyme scheme
Romeo and Juliet
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Important plot points
Recall the speaker and understand the meaning behind important quotations
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“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
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“Do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he
dare…”
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“The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds
the appetite. Therefore love moderately.”
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“..by your leaves, you shall not stay alone till Holy Church incorporate two in one.”
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“…I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’
rancor to pure love.”
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“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as
sweet.”
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“…by yonder blessed moon I vow, that tips with silver…”
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“I fear too early for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars.”
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“Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb.”
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“Delay this marriage for a month, a week, or, if you do not, make the bridal bed in
that dim monument where Tybalt lies.”
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“She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit, and, in strong proof of
chastity well armed, from love’s weak childish bow she lives uncharmed.”
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“Did my hear love till now? Forswear it sight, for I ne’er saw true beauty till this
night.”
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“My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself because it is an enemy to thee.”
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“Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, but love from love, toward
school with heavy looks.”