English 10: Final Exam Suggested Study Topics
Poetry
Imagery terms: Know the differences between the different types of imagery.
Connotation terms: Denotation vs. Connotation. How is connotation derived?
Rhyming terms: Identify different rhyming schemes and know the effect they have no the poem.
Cacophony
Euphony
Consonance Alliteration
Assonance
Denotation
Connotation Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
Sonnet
Repetition
Free Verse
Meter
Stanza
Onomatopoeia
Symbol
Rhyme
Application: Read, understand and interpret a poem that you have never seen before.
Julius Caesar
Drama terms: Memorize the terms associated with a drama.
Dialogue
Drama
Aside
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
Staging
Stage directions
Chorus
Soliloquy
Comedy
Tragedy
Characters: Who is who? Who did what?
Comprehension: Do you understand what happened in the plot?
Application: Read, understand and interpret excerpts from the play.
Propaganda and Persuasion
Rhetorical devices: Can you spot the rhetorical devices in speech excerpts?
Persuasive appeals: Can you spot persuasive appeals in speech excerpts?
Ethos, pathos, logos: Can you group examples of persuasive appeals according to their category.
Rhetorical triangle: Why is it important to always think of communication as a triangle?
*See notes or check online for these terms—too many to list.
Yo Mama
Sentence Completion: Select the world that best finishes/completes the sentence.
Matching: Match the word with the correct definition.
Multiple Choice: Select the correct definition for the given word.
Ubiquitous
Emaciated
Hirsute
Voracious
Corpulent
Malapropism
Egregious
Prostrate
Luddite
Unctuous
Wizened
Fetid
Redundant
Clairvoyant
Ephemeral
Homely
Timorous
Hyperbole
Oblivious
Succulent
Pyrrhic
Erudite
Jaundiced
Concentric
Leviathan
Callous
Innuendo
Lucid
Masochistic Abysmal
Juxtaposed
Vicariously
Ambivalence Depraved
Asinine
Hedonist
Paradox
Apathetic
Obligatory
Obtuse
Askew
Utilitarian
Monomaniacal
Anachronism
Schadenfreude
“Verbatim”
“Status quo”
“Post hoc”
“Quid pro quo”
“id est”
“Exempli Gratia”
Essay Writing / Research
* Essay structure: Can you label the parts of an essay structure?
* Thesis generation: How do you create an OPHS certified intelligent sounding thesis?
MLA format: Proper format for in-text citations?
Essay Writing
Plan and write an essay in which you discuss.......................................wouldn’t you like to know?
• 3-4 references specific references to books from this year
• Provable and well-written thesis
• Formal style and tone
• Formal essay structure (references as evidence)
• Adequate support and analysis…