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Language Arts Final Exam Study Guide
Name:____________________
IMPORTANT: This will count as your last daily grade of the semester. You must complete the study
guide and turn it in on the day you take your final exam. If you do not turn it in, you will receive a 0
for your last daily grade.
Directions: Define the following terms.
1. exposition2. rising action3. climax4. falling action5. resolution6. character7. setting8. plot9. conflict10. internal conflict11. external conflict12. theme13. point of view14. first person point of view15. third person point of view16. personification17. simile18. metaphor19. alliteration20. assonance21. onomatopoeia-
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22. hyperbole23. figurative language24. historical fiction25. nonfiction26. biography27. autobiography28. science fiction29. fantasy30. allusion31. flashback32. foreshadowing33. genre34. sensory imagery35. moodDirections: Answer the following questions about Mississippi Trial, 1955. Write in complete sentences.
36. Who is the author?
37. Who are the main characters? Briefly describe each one.
38. The genre of literature could be characterized as _______________________________. Explain.
39. From whose point of view is the story told?
40. Write a summary of the novel. Write at least one full paragraph.
Directions: Answer the following questions about “LAFFF.” Write in complete sentences.
41. Who are the main characters? Briefly describe each one.
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42. The genre of literature could be characterized as _________________________________. Explain.
43. What does this story suggest about possible problems with time travel?
44. What are sources of conflict in the story?
45. Write a summary of the story. Write at least one full paragraph.
Directions: Answer the following questions about “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Write in complete
sentences.
46. Who is the author?
47. Briefly describe the main character.
48. The genre of literature could be characterized as ________________________________. Explain.
49. How does the author use personification in his concept of a self-sufficient house?
50. Describe the technology in the house. Which technology in the house do you find most believable?
Which technology do you think could not exist?
51. Write a summary of the story. Write at least one paragraph.
Directions: Answer the following questions about Touching Spirit Bear. Write in complete sentences.
52. Who is the author?
53. Who are the main characters? Briefly describe each one.
54. Why was Cole such an angry person?
55. Edwin tells Cole that “anger keeps you lost.” What does he mean?
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56. What do you think Edwin felt Cole could learn from being alone on the island?
57. How does Cole first react when he sees Spirit Bear? How does this change? Why?
58. What horrific events seem to change Cole for the better? Why?
59. Write a summary of the novel. Write at least one paragraph.
Directions: Label and diagram the following sentences just as you would for DGP.
60. if the groundhog sees its shadow there will be six more weeks of winter weather
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Tuesday-
Wednesday-
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61. chinese food is popular and fortune cookies are always fun
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Directions: Define the following terms.
62. noun63. pronoun64. verb65. adjective66. adverb67. conjunction68. preposition69. interjection70. subject71. predicate72. transitive73. intransitive74. direct object75. indirect object76. predicate nominative77. predicate adjective-
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78. appositive/appositive phrase79. independent clause80. dependent clause81. simple sentence82. compound sentence83. complex sentence84. declarative sentence85. imperative sentence86. exclamatory sentence87. interrogative sentence88. verbal89. gerund90. participle91. present participle92. past participle93. infinitive94. comma splice95. run-on sentence96. sentence fragmentDirections: Answer the following questions.
97. When would you use a semicolon?
98. What titles should be underlined or italicized?
99. What titles should be placed inside quotation marks?
100. How do you tell the difference between a nominative pronoun and an objective pronoun?