Grade 9 English Language Arts
Final Exam Study Guide
A common assessment is to be administered in ELA 9 on the morning of June 17th, 2014.
The Countdown is on! Don’t be like those students! Start your studying early! 
Ms. Harnum’s & Ms. Barnes’ Final Exams Survival Guide:
Demand Writing (40%)
You will be graded on the following:
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Ideas-10 marks
Organization-10 marks
Sentence Structure-5 marks
Vocabulary-5 marks
Voice-5 marks
Conventions-5 marks
You should review your Tone / Voice handout from class. Also, your sample final exam will be
very useful as well.
To prepare for your demand writing, you should study the following pages in Resource
Lines 9/10.
Resource Lines 9/10:
Essay (pages 93-115)
1. Thesis, 94
2. argument and persuasion, 93
3. description, 99
4. narration, 103
5. Thesis, 94
6. argument and persuasion, 93
7. description, 99
8. narration, 103
9. Parts of an essay, 108-110
10.Methods of essay development(definition, comparison, cause and effect, problemsolution), 109
11.Types of essay, 111
-expository
-narrative
-descriptive
-persuasive
Sight Passages (40%)
Your exam will also consist of an unseen poetry (15%) and an unseen prose (25%)
selection. Remember, you should review your Informational Text Features Chart as well
as your class poetry booklet / power point notes. You should also be familiar with your
Terms Glossary (Poetry and Short Story). Having trouble remembering your terms?
https://quizlet.com/create-set is an online study tool where you can create your own
virtual flashcards! The following pages in Resource lines 9/10 will help you too:
Poetry (pages 47 -52, 123-127, 337):
1. Types of poetry, 48, 125
2. Figurative language, 48
i. –simile, 125
ii. –metaphor, 125
iii. –personification, 125
iv. –apostrophe, 125
v. –hyperbole
3. imagery, 49, 123
4. alliteration, 49, 125
5. Assonance, 49, 125
6. Onomatopoeia, 49, 125
7. Allusions, 49
8. How to read and respond to a
poem, 49-52
9. Theme, 123
10.diction, 123
11.How to Quote poetry, 337(Review for
purposes of giving references on
exam)
Get Plenty of Rest, bring your brain and
your pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, colored
leads, etc… Good luck! 
Short Story:
1. Plot, 41
2. Setting, 41
3. Static, dynamic characters, 42
4. Theme. 42
5. protagonist/antagonist, 42
6. Point of view, 42, 119
7. foreshadowing, 42
8. flashback, 42
9. diction, 44
10.figurative language, 44
11.atmosphere, 117
12.theme, 117
13.resolution, 117
14.character, 118
15.setting, 118
16.conflict, 119
17.dialogue, 119
18.paragraph writing, 89-92