American
Literature
Semester
Review
Where the Smart Just
Keep Getting Smarter!
Hosted by Mr. Stepp
2014/Stepp
10 points
The Crucible
Character Match
Ran naked in the woods
A – Mercy Lewis
B – Tituba
C – Abigail
D - Sarah Good
10 points
Research Paper
An in-text recognition of a source of
information or of a quoted passage.
A – parenthetical citation
B – sources
C – transitions
D - topic
10 points
ACT PREP – Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Choose the correct word for the sentence below.
Fans cheered the baseball team as _____
won the last game of the season.
A – it
B – they
10 points
Vocabulary
Choose the vocabulary word that best fills in the blank.
The storm is expected to ____ twenty
inches of snow.
A - intervene
B - circumvent
C - deposit
D - tactile
10 points
ACT PREP – Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Choose the correct word for the sentence below.
The FBLA members put _____ signatures
on the document.
A – its
B – their
their
10 points
Research Paper
A record of all sources cited in the
paper, set up according to very
specific rules
A – citation
B – references
C – plagiarism
D – MLA format
10 points
ACT PREP – Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Choose the correct word for the sentence below.
The Kentucky team was opportunistic;
_____ took advantage of every break.
A – it
B – they
10 points
Vocabulary
Choose the vocabulary word that best fills in the blank.
The teenager felt it was a great _____
to clean his room once a month.
A - counteract
B - intervene
C - expose
DD--imposition
imposition
10 points
The Crucible
Character Match
Works for the Proctor family and made
a doll for her employer
A – Abigail
B – Tituba
C – Mary Warren
D - Goody Putnam
10 points
Research Paper
The first paragraph(s) of a paper;
introduces the topic and contains the
thesis and the blueprint
A – introduction
B – paraphrase
C – topic
D – thesis
10 points
The Crucible
Character Match
Wealthy landowner who tried to profit
from the accusations of others.
A – Rev. John Hale
B – John Proctor
C – Reverend Parris
D –- Thomas
Thomas Putnam
Putnam
10 points
ACT PREP – Commonly Confused Words
Choose the correct word for the sentence below.
Clothes that are _____ are comfortable
but often not flattering.
A – loose
loose
B – lose
10 points
Vocabulary
Choose the vocabulary word that best fills in the blank.
The _____ on the old gravestone was
nearly unreadable.
A - postscript
B - inscription
C - circumscribe
D - cognition
10 points
ACT PREP – Commonly Confused Words
Choose the correct word for the sentence below.
I have often wondered about ____ state
of mental health.
A – you’re
B – your
your
10 points
Research Paper
A restatement of a text, passage, or
work in a different form than it
originally appeared
A – quotation
B – paraphrase
C – report
D – plagiarism
10 points
ACT PREP – Commonly Confused Words
Choose the correct word for the sentence below.
Please _____ this pot of Mom’s chicken
soup.
A – accept
accept
B – except
10 points
Research Paper
Use of material-quoted OR
paraphrased-without required
documentation
A – citation
B – paraphrase
C – works cited
DD––plagiarism
plagiarism
10 points
ACT PREP – Capitalization
Choose A. is the sentence contains no capitalization errors
Choose B. if the sentence is incorrect
“I believe you,” Dean replied, “But I can
do nothing for you.”.
A – The answer is ‘A’ - no errors
B – The answer is ‘B’ - error(s) found
10 points
Vocabulary
Match the word to the definition
A breaking apart or the state of being
broken apart
A - circumvent
B - circumscribe
CC-–rupture
rupture
D - prediction
10 points
The Crucible
Character Match
Confessed to an affair with a servant
girl, but refused to sign a lie about
being a witch.
A - Rev. Parris
B – John Proctor
C - Thomas Putnam
D - Arthur Miller
10 points
ACT PREP – Capitalization
Choose A. is the sentence contains no capitalization errors
Choose B. if the sentence is incorrect
Oh Death, thou art life’s last whisper.
A – The answer is ‘A’ - no errors
B – The answer is ‘B’ - error(s) found
10 points
Vocabulary
Match the word to the definition
To stop or interrupt the course of
A - counteract
B -– intercept
intercept
C - rupture
D - terminal
10 points
The Crucible
Character Match
Angry that seven of her children died;
blamed witchcraft by midwives.
A – Abigail Williams
B – Tituba
C – Elizabeth Proctor
D –- Goody
Goody Putnam
Putnam
10 points
ACT PREP – Capitalization
Choose A. is the sentence contains no capitalization errors
Choose B. if the sentence is incorrect
We turned north toward the old church.
A – The answer is ‘A’ - no errors
B – The answer is ‘B’ - error(s) found
10 points
Vocabulary
Match the word to the definition
An addition to an already completed
letter, article or book
A - expose
B - intercept
CC-–postscript
postscript
D - compositition
Tally the points.
Winning team receives a
10 point bonus!
(and a very good shot at passing the test tomorrow)