Review Guide for English 10 Final Exam
Be sure you are familiar with all the stories you read this semester. If there are any that you did
not completely understand, go back and re-read.
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Tone
Ethos
Narrative
Conflict
Exposition
Climax
Conclusion
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Parallel plot
Theme
Oxymoron
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Internet address endings and their significance (.edu, .com, .gov, .org)
Coherence
Parallel structure
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
Connotations
Correct and incorrect capitalization
Be able to use context clues of a sentence to figure out the meaning of a word you are unfamiliar
with.
Review the rules for capitalization and punctuation.
There will be one essay on the exam. This is not the exact question or prompt, but be familiar
with the theme of Hellen Keller’s “The Story of My Life.” More detail will be given on the test.
All of the above terms and rules can be found in Apex, so please go back through your Study
Sheets and Apex to review. If you have questions, do not hesitate to email me at
christinaherrera@conejousd.org. You may also come to see me at English tutoring Mondays
from 11:00-12:00 or Thursdays from 10:00-11:00.