Semester Exam 2011-2012
Your Semester Exam will consist of the following:
5 Phrase/Clause Identification
5 Independent/Dependent Clause
10 Sentence Identification
15 Comma Rule Questions
15 Vocabulary Questions week 6-12
10 Greek& Latin Roots weeks 6-12
10 Story Element & Figurative Language Questions
5 Beat the Queen
5All Summer in a Day
5 Monkey’s Paw
5 Tell Tale Heart
10 Outsiders
Punctuation 1
Copy each of the following sentences, circle the sentence
that is punctuated correctly, and use editing marks to fix
the incorrect sentences.
1.
Bubba asked Mabel Mary out, after she broke up with Wiley.
2.
Mabel Mary was flattered but she was not ready to start
dating.
3.
When she rejected his offer for dinner, Bubba went home
and sulked.
4.
Because Leroy and Bubba do not get along Leroy made fun of
Bubba.
Punctuation 2
Copy each of the following sentences, circle the sentence
that is punctuated correctly, and use editing marks to fix the
incorrect sentences.
John couldn’t decide whether to ask Julia, Cate, or
Breanna to the prom.
2. Julia asked, when he would stop playing around, and
decide.
3. Breanna didn’t care who she went with, as long as
her dress was purple.
4. By the time he decided John had no more options,
he had to take his mom
1.
Clauses/Phrases
Copy each of the following examples and determine
whether the underlined words are a clause or a phrase. If
the underlined portion is a clause, underline the subject
once and the predicate twice.
1.
Bradley, my youngest brother, is a gymnast at Penn State.
2.
He competes on the pommel horse and the parallel bars
and is ranked thirteenth in the country.
3.
When he comes to visit, Bradley spends time with me at
school and goes on the Disney Land trip with me.
4.
Even though I am excited that he will be graduating this
May, I will miss his annual visits to Las Vegas.
Sentence Identification
Copy the following sentences and determine if they are
simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
Underline all independent clauses once, all dependent
clauses twice; circle all subordinating conjunctions and box
all coordinating conjunctions.
1.
Randy, the older of my two brothers, is an aeronautical
engineer.
2.
Because he makes more money than me, he no longer allows
me to buy dinner.
3.
Even though I am much older, he hit me with the check,
and I sat helpless to do anything.
4.
For the last twenty years, I have paid for dinner, and he
never complained.
Vocabulary
Copy each of the following sentences and determine which word is
the best word for the sentence.
1.
The hands-on experience that Randy received during his
summer internship was more _______ than his three years
in a classroom.
a. discriminating
b. didactic
c. cryptic
d. devious
2.
After reading another rejection letter, her dream of
becoming a famous author seemed more _______ than ever.
a. elusive
b. dogmatic
c. elated
d. ephemeral
Vocabulary (General)
Copy each of the following
Literary Terms
Copy and answer the following questions.
1.
Which literary device is an extreme
exaggeration?
2.
“Bang” is an example of what literary device?
3.
“She sat quiet as a mouse” is an example of what
literary device?
4.
Which literary device is the repetition of
beginning sound?
Literature
“Beat the Queen”
“All Summer in a Day”
“The Lottery”
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
“The Monkey’s Paw”
Literature 1
“Beat the Queen”
1.
Who was the headmaster and coach of the
hockey team?
2.
Whose nickname was Number One?
3.
What did Pat notice that made him decide to
ask his parents for a set of goalie equipment?
4.
What gave Pat the opportunity to score the
winning goal?
Literature 2
“All Summer in a Day”
1.
Where does “All Summer in a Day” take place?
2.
What does Margot remember that the other
students do not?
3.
What do the students do to Margot while the
teacher is out of the room?
4.
When the students come back to release
Margot, what is she doing?
Literature 3
“The Lottery”
1.
What were the children doing when the
story began?
2. In what order were the villagers called
to draw names?
3. What was Mrs. Hutchinson’s argument?
4. Who “won” the lottery?
Literature 4
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
1.
Which of his senses does the narrator claim is
acute?
2.
What made the narrator murder the old man?
3.
After he killed the old man, what did the
narrator do with the body?
4.
What caused the narrator to confess his
crimes?
Literature 5
“The Monkey’s Paw”
1.
What was the last wish of the first owner of
the paw?
2.
What is the consequence of Mr. White’s first
wish?
3.
What is the second wish and who wants to wish
for it?
4.
What is the theme of “The Monkey’s Paw”?