10 Academic / Honors English Final Exam 2014 Study Sheet
Ms. Carroll
NAME: _______________________________
Part 1 – Vocabulary - 50 Questions (multiple choice) – Chapters 1-11
Allocate
Allude
Allure
Apprehensive
Askew
Augment
August
Belligerent
Callous
Condolence
Copious
Demise
Deride
Deviate
Disheveled
Disreputable
Duplicity
Endemic
Extol
Fathom
Fortitude
Holocaust
Infallible
Insuperable
Integrity
Irrelevant
Lamentable
Malevolent
Multifarious
Muse
Negligible
Ominous
Opulent
Parsimonious
Placid
Plagiarism
Poignant
Potent
Pretext
Reiterate
Renegade
Skulk
Sophomoric
Stately
Superficial
Supple
Uncanny
Unkempt
Voluminous
Wastrel
Part 2 – Persuasion and Rhetoric: Famous Speeches – 8 Questions (multiple choice). Choose the strategy described
by the underlined words and/or the strategy that is BEST exemplified by the excerpt.
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Allusion
Repetition
Metaphor and/or Analogy
Personification
Rhetorical Questions
1.
"And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler on the road to Jericho, we will not
pass to the other side." -- George W. Bush, 2000 Inaugural Address
2.
"Once again, the heart of America is heavy. The spirit of America weeps for a tragedy that denies the very
meaning of our land." -- Lyndon Baines Johnson
3.
"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
4.
"What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we
need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness; but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one
another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country whether they be white or
whether they be black." -- Robert F. Kennedy, Announcing the death of Martin Luther King
5.
"With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of
brotherhood." -- Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream
6.
"I look at this as being in the form of a house...and the students are the foundation, and the teachers are the
walls, and the roof itself is the school. And we know that if you have a weak foundation, the walls and the roof
can't be supported. Therefore, it crumbles." -- Northwestern State University student Jason Madison, Students
should 'come first' address
7.
"But no one seems to mention morality as playing a part in the subject of sex. Is all of Judeo-Christian tradition
wrong? Are we to believe that something so sacred can be looked upon as a purely physical thing with no
potential for emotional and psychological harm? And isn't it the parents' right to give counsel and advice to
keep their children from making mistakes that may affect their entire lives?" -- Ronald Reagan, Remarks to the
National Association of Evangelicals, 1983
8.
"Let us let our own children know that we will stand against the forces of fear. When there is talk of hatred, let
us stand up and talk against it. When there is talk of violence, let us stand up and talk against it."-- William
Jefferson Clinton, Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address
Part 3 – Persuasion and Rhetoric: Julius Caesar – 36 Questions (multiple choice)
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Setting -- Social Context of PLAYWRIGHT, AUDIENCE, ACTORS, and CHARACTERS
Importance of Act 1, scene 1
Suspense / superstition / omens
Motivation
Persuasion / Rhetorical Devices (Cassius to Brutus, Portia to Brutus, Antony to the crowd)
Leadership in the conspiracy (decision-making)
Characterization – JC, Brutus, Antony, the commoners
Theme
Tragedy / Tragic Hero
Quotations from Julius Caesar – Know who said this and in what context.
1. “And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg/Which hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, / And
kill him in the shell”
2. “Cowards die many times before their deaths;/The valiant never taste of death but once”
3. “Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar!”
4. “Blood and destruction shall be so in use/ And dreadful objects so familiar/That mothers shall but
smile when they behold / Their infants quarter’d with the hands of war … And Caesar's spirit, ranging
for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice /
Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war…”
English 10A
Final Exam
For each of the following quotations from Mark Antony’s funeral speech, select the term that best describes the
rhetorical strategy being used:
anecdote
appeal to ethics
false modesty
irony
understatement
visuals/props
appeal to authority
appeal to logic
flattery/encouragement
repetition
verbal irony/sarcasm
appeal to emotion
appeal to self-interest (greed)
imagery
rhetorical question
visuals/props
1. “You all do know this mantle (coat). I remember / The first time ever Caesar put it on; / 'Twas on a summer's
evening, in his tent, / That day he overcame the Nervii.”
2. “You will compel me then to read the will? /Then make a ring about the corse of Caesar, / And let me show you
him that made the will. / Shall I descend? …”
3. “Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through; / See what a rent the envious Casca made; / Through this the
well-beloved Brutus stabb'd; / And as he pluck'd his cursed steel away, / Mark how the blood of Caesar follow'd
it …”
4. “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; and Brutus is an honorable man.”
5. “Bear with me, My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.”
6. “But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar; I found it in his closet, ‘tis his will.”
7. “Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a sudden flood of mutiny.”
8. “I am no orator, as Brutus is.”
9. “Here was Caesar! When comes such another?”
10. “Kind souls, what weep you when you but behold / Our Caesar's vesture wounded? Look you here, / Here is
himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.”
Part 4 – Prejudice and Truth: Considering the Medium and the Message Using To Kill a Mockingbird, Four Little Girls,
The Ballad of Birmingham and newspaper articles – 55 Questions (multiple choice)
Message
Audience
Prejudice
Plot
Narrator
Symbolism
Medium / Media
Author’s Purpose
Setting / Social Context
Flashback
Point of View
Diction
Characters
Bias
Conflict
Foil Characters
Theme
Connotation/ Denotation
Part 5 – New Reading / Analysis – Comprehend, Analyze, and Compare Two Articles with Opposing Viewpoints -- 18
Questions (multiple choice)
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English 10A
Final Exam
Essay Topics – Type or write every other line (one side of paper only). TURN IN AHEAD OF TIME!
ESSAY #1 (50 POINTS) – What works for you?
As a teacher, I emphasize the importance of life lessons, and I understand that not everyone is perfect – especially not
me.
Still, I have a job to do: facilitate your learning. My teaching style incorporates humor, nurturing and encouragement. I
believe that students who are engaged in the lesson can and will learn. Other teachers approach their classrooms with
very different styles. Some are very organized. Some teachers use primarily lecture. Many hold students to a very high
standard. Some are stricter about deadlines and enforce more rules on behavior.
What works for you? To write about this topic, do some preliminary brainstorming. Think back to the last year in ALL of
your classes. What lessons did you learn? When did you work hard? When were you disengaged? When were you
looking forward to class and time flew? When were you dreading class and time crawled? Not all of your ideas need to
be academic; consider the whole experience as well as the learning.
You will write a constructed response essay that discusses what works for you and what does not work for you as a
learner, using our class as at least one example.
ESSAY #2 (33 POINTS) – Choose one:
CHOICE #1 -- To Kill a Mockingbird is taught in high schools throughout the United States, despite it being published
over fifty years ago. What makes this novel so popular? What is its message and how is it uniquely conveyed? What
theme do you think applies most to your life? How? (be specific)
OR
CHOICE #2 -- What would a modern-day To Kill a Mockingbird novel focus on? Make a cover sheet that indicates the BIG
5: conflict/plot, characters/characterization, setting/social context, point of view, and theme. Select two of the five
areas and elaborate further in essay form.
OR
CHOICE #3 -- How does the medium affect the message? Using the multiple perspectives and multiple media we
examined with regard to the 1963 bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, discuss the how the author’s purpose, the medium
choice, and the intended purpose work together to affect the success of the message.
Your essays will be graded using a combination of the Keystone Constructed Response
Rubric (content) and the Keystone Informational Writing Rubric (organization, style,
conventions).
COMPLETED ESSAYS WILL BE ACCEPTED ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE FINAL EXAM. Essays can be
completed during the exam time; however, NO EXTRA TIME will be granted. Do NOT risk
losing these points!
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