9(1) English Final Review Mrs. Kirk Multiple Choice Vocabulary: Definitions and completing the sentence; units 1-___. Complete reviews in workbook as well as online quizzes to prepare. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Identifying sentence errors: *capitalization, punctuation (especially apostrophes, semicolons, quotation marks), usage (confused words), pronoun usage (case and agreement), run-ons, fragments. Use chompchomp.com to review! *Do capitalize family titles used as names (Mom said), compass directions used as name of place (from the South), proper names of person, places, brands; the names of school courses that are proper adjectives or that are followed by course number (Algebra II; French) *Do not capitalize family names used to show relation (my mom said), compass directions used to show direction (we traveled north), the seasons, the names of school courses (world history, algebra, language arts) Poetry and drama terms: Multiple choice, matching, definitions, and examples Speaker Tone Diction Connotation Denotation Stanza End stop line Enjambment Poetic Inversion Simile Theme Motif Metaphor Imagery Personification Hyperbole Pun Allusion Oxymoron Paradox Idiom Synecdoche Dramatic Irony Foil Metonymy Alliteration Consonance Assonance Onomatopoeia Rhyme scheme Internal rhyme Sonnet Iambic pentameter Couplet Tragic flaw Literature Essay: Five-paragraph style essay You will choose from among five thesis statements and you will support ONE of those thesis statements by using two major works we read this year (To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, Night, Romeo and Juliet) and a personal experience from ninth grade. Graded on successful essay format, thoughtful use of book details, and intelligent analysis and discussion. How to prepare? Read through old quizzes and notes for those works. For each work, list main characters, conflicts, and themes as a refresher. You will not be expected to use direct quotes, but to simply discuss the work knowledgeably.