English 9 ~ 2014-2015 Midterm Prep
Study Resources: Your notes, your handouts, your flashcards, and your books.
You will need pencil for the scantron and pen for the writing portion.
The Setup:
100 questions on Scantron ~ 100 pts. And 1 MEAL Paragraphs ~ 25 pts. Total: 125 points
Section I: Grammar
Read each sentence carefully. Choose the best underlined answer for each question.
Some underlined answers may be used more than once. Some underlined answers
may not be used at all.
Questions 1-40 are Grammar Related and follow this format.
Sample questions:
Competing in basketball since the age of 10, Joey won the championship trophy.
A B
C
D
E
1. ______ Simple Predicate
2. ______ Object of the Preposition
FLYNN STUDY ADVICE:
Be prepared for the following terms: listed below.
While you are not actively diagramming on this exam, you are identifying and labeling
sentences (as seen above), so you must be familiar with these grammatical terms.
1. Nouns
a. Common and Proper
b. Concrete and Abstract
c. Singular and Plural
d. Collective
e. Compound
f. Possessive
2. Pronouns
a. Antecedents
b. Possessive
c. Personal
3. Verbs
a. Action
b. Linking
c. Auxiliary
4. Adjectives
a. Articles
i. Indefinite and Definite
b. Proper Adjectives
5. Adverbs
6. Prepositions
a. Prepositional Phrases
b. Objects of the
preposition
7. Conjunctions
8. Simple Subjects and Simple
Predicates
9. Complete Subjects and
Complete Predicates
10. Compound Subjects and
Compound Verbs
11. Kinds of Sentences
12. Subjects in Unusual Positions
13. Subject Complements
a. Predicate Adjectives
and Predicate
Nominatives
b. Direct and Indirect
Objects
Section II: Vocabulary
Choose the best response. Please note that the choices are above the question.
Questions 41-60 are Vocab related and follow this format
Sample Question:
A. An
occupant;
inhabitant
B. Anything that destroys,
prevents growth or causes
devaluation
C. A state of
continual change
or movement
D. Extreme Poverty
E. Not
Listed
41. _____ Penury
FLYNN STUDY ADVICE:
Review all flashcards from vocabulary lessons 1-10. Know all the definitions.
All 10 lessons are fair game for the midterm.
1
Alienate
Elated
Epigram
Fatalistic
Lackadaisical
Licentious
Numismatist
Obtrude
Paucity
Pensive
8
allude
beget
chafe
desist
educe
effrontery
elite
feign
glean
imbibe
2
Amalgamate
Antiquated
Beleaguer
Caricature
Dally
Demented
Felonious
Gorge
Hone
Opiate
9
aghast
bilk
choleric
decadence
demise
emit
eradicate
fabricate
ghastly
granary
homily
impede
lampoon
narcissistic
qualm
aghast
3
Ambidextrous
Animate
Belated
Berserk
Chauvinist
Delude
Edifice
Egalitarian
Knead
Ostentatious
10
affiliate
bane
berate
blatant
calumny
dawdle
desolate
fallible
fawn
filch
garble
minion
neophyte
pacify
prevaricate
affiliate
4
Blight
Denizen
Elude
Entice
Fallow
Fealty
Gambit
Gratify
Laggard
Obsequy
5
Advocate
Bandy
Charisma
Dastardly
Efface
Entity
Gist
Jaded
Mesmerize
Ogre
6
bibliophile
declaim
enmity
gaff
glutinous
imbue
mandarin
nepotism
quaff
begrudge
7
daunt
despot
egress
felicity
flux
gird
gothic
hovel
penury
cadaverous
Section III: Literature
Choose the best answer from the following choices.
Questions 61-90 are literature related and follow multiple-choice format.
FLYNN STUDY ADVICE:
Review your tests for sample test questions. Know the answers to the test questions.
I have returned all your literature tests to you – study them.
List of literature:
Lord of
the Flies
“The Most
Dangerous
Game”
“A Sound
of
Thunder”
“The
Raven”
“The Cask of
Amontillado”
“Pancakes”
“The
Necklace”
“I Know
Why the
Caged Bird
Sings”
“The Gift
of the
Magi”
Know the character names, the plot, and how literary devices are associated with the stories.
For instance, what is an example of internal conflict from “Pancakes”?
Section IV: Literary Terms
Using the word bank fill in the blank with the correct response.
Questions 91-100 are literary term related and will use a word bank for matching.
FLYNN STUDY ADVICE:
Review your tests for sample test questions.
The following literary terms are fair game for the word-bank matching portion.
a. Foreshadowing
s. Allegory
b. Conflict:
t. Point of View
a. Internal
a. First Person “I”
b. External
b. Third Person “he”
c. Freytag Pyramid:
i. Limited
Exposition, Rising
ii. Omniscient
Action, Climax, Falling
u. Motive
Action, Resolution
v. Static and Dynamic Characters
d. Internal Rhyme
w. Irony
e. Alliteration
a. situational
f. Flashback
b. dramatic
g. Characterization
c. verbal
a. Character traits
x. Setting
h. Symbolism & Symbols
y. Non-fiction vs. Fiction
i. Autobiography
z. Narrator
j. Form
aa. Mood
k. Lines & Stanzas
bb. Theme
l. Narrative Poem
cc. Internal Rhyme
m. Speaker
dd. Alliteration
n. Rhyme Scheme
ee. Speaker vs. Narrator
o. Rhythm
ff. Anything else not on this list?
p. Repetition
We can discuss that after break!
q. Internal Rhyme
r. Alliteration
Section V: 1 MEAL Paragraph ~ Loose-leaf Paper
25 points
Remember that your MEAL paragraph should be detailed, be written in academic tone, use correct
grammar, and should contain the essential elements of a MEAL paragraph.
Since you cannot use your novel, use your knowledge of the plot to the best of your ability. Your
expertise on the reading should be obvious to me, the reader. I would highly suggest that you
organize your ideas before beginning to write. You may use the paper to outline your ideas.
FLYNN STUDY ADVICE:
Practice writing and review how to write a MEAL paragraph.