1st Semester Exam Study Guide-2015
Texts Covered:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Romeo and Juliet
“Sonnet 18”
Literary Terms
Allusion
Alliteration
Characterization
Connotation
Denotation
Figurative Language
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Foreboding
Hyperbole
Irony
Imagery
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Personification
Pun
Simile
Symbolism
Theme
Tone
Terms Associated with Drama/Romeo and Juliet
Aside
Courtly Love
Monologue
Soliloquy
Stage Directions
Conceit
Elizabethan Language
Poetry Terms
Sonnet- (be able to identify a sonnet based on line
numbers, rhyme scheme, and meter)
Quatrain
Couplet
Iambic Pentameter
Rhyme Scheme
(Be able to paraphrase lines of poetry)
Vocabulary Terms
1. Assuage
2. Indigenous
3. Contentious
4. Erratic
5. Persevere
6. Benign
7. Prowess
8. Malignant
9. Unfathomable
10. Caricatures
11. Compensation
12. Inconspicuous
13. Degradation
14. Ominous
15. Stifle
16. Formidable
17. Elucidate
18. Volition
19. Cynical
20. Vehement
21. Infantile
22. Squalor
23. Remorse
24. Recluse
25. Impertinence
Grammar/Writing Concepts
-Identify and correct punctuation for appositives and
appositive phrases
-Apostrophe usage
-Colon usage
-Identify independent and dependent clauses
-Be able to combine sentences or independent clauses
using a comma/coordinating conjunction, a period, or a
semicolon
-Identify correct citations for a direct quote
-Be able to correctly introduce a direct quote
-Be able to identify the subject, concrete element, and
opinion in a thesis statement
-Be able to identify a correct vs. incorrect thesis
statement
-Be able to craft a thesis statement that completely
addresses a given prompt
1st Semester Exam Study Guide-2015