FINAL EXAM REVIEW
English III
Spring 2012
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Questions 1-8: Read a passage from a John F. Kennedy speech
and answer questions about it.
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Implied assumption
Parallelism
Main idea
Point of view
Metaphor
Author bias
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Questions 9-14: Read a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson and
answer questions about it.
 Simile, personification, metaphor, apostrophe (when you address
something not alive or dead as if it can hear/answer you)
 Tone: comic, lecturing, somber, lofty
 Theme
 Inference
 Point of view
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Questions 15-21: Read an exert from a short story by
Sherwood Anderson and answer questions about it.
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Inference
Mood
Direct and indirect characterization
Theme
3 rd person limited narrator
Predictions
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Questions 22-33: Vocabulary -Read sentences with vocabulary
words underlined and choose the definition of the word based
on context clues
 Examples:
 Philosophers since the time of Plato have pondered the definitions and
details of ethics, which are sometimes difficult to state.
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A. thought about
B. looked at
C. taken apart
D. peered into
 She worked hard on her leadership skills, so being voted student council
president was the zenith of her high school achievements.
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A. tight spot
B. high point
C. punch line
D. low point
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Questions 34-39: Grammar-Read the sentences. There may
be a mistake in verb tense or pronoun agreement.
 Example:
 A person who wants to learn how to play guitar must be dedicated
because you have to practice every day.
 A. A person who wants to learn how to play guitar must be dedicated because he or she has
to practice every day.
 B. To learn how to play guitar, they have to practice every day and you must be dedicated.
 C. People who want to learn how to play guitar must be dedicated because everyday you must
practice.
 D. Correct as is.
GRAMMAR RULE
 A person who wants to learn how to play guitar must be dedicated because you
have to practice every day.
-The subject of the sentence must match the pronoun that
replaces it.
- A person is singular, so the matching pronoun would be “he or
she”
What pronoun would you use to replace the nouns in the
sentences below?
-Rachel walked to the store.
-The groceries sat in the car.
-Each student must turn in ________ work on time.
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Example:
 I was walking to school when I saw Justin, and I talk with him.
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Seeing Justin as I walk to school, I talked with him.
As I walked to school, I saw Justin, and I talked with him.
Walking to school, I see Justin and I talked with him.
Correct as is
GRAMMAR RULE
 Verb tense:
 I was walking to school when I saw Justin, and I talk with him.
 Your tenses MUST match!!
 Ways to change this sentences?
 She drove to school and _______ (crash) her car.
 The students read and ________ (write) every day.
 She tried to cook spaghetti for dinner, but she ______ (burn)
the pasta.
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Questions 40-45: Punctuation-There may be a mistake in
punctuation. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that
corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose Correct
as is.
 Example:
 I will meet you at 17 Johnson Street, Portland Oregon, on March 18, 2012
to discuss your project.
How would you correct this sentence?
PUNCTUATION RULE
 When writing an address, you need commas after the street
and in between the town and state.
 17 Johnson Street, Portland, Oregon
 When writing the date, you need commas after the day of the
month.
 March 18, 2012
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Example:
 She must have gone to work otherwise she would have taken the dog
with her.
 How would you punctuate this sentence?
GRAMMAR RULE
 She must have gone to work otherwise she would have taken the dog
with her.
 The sentence above is a run-on sentence because there are two
complete sentences stuck together.
 She must have gone to work otherwise she would have taken the
dog with her.
 If you want to join two sentences together correctly without making
two separate sentences, use a semicolon.
 She must have gone to work ; otherwise , she would have taken the
dog with her.
 You also need a comma after otherwise because it serves as a transition
(however, therefore, consequently, etc)
FORMAT OF EXAM
 “Have you read “Benjamin Button” by F. Scott Fitzgerald?”, the
teacher asked.
 How would you correct this sentence?
GRAMMAR RULE
 “Have you read “Benjamin Button” by F. Scott Fitzgerald?”, the
teacher asked.
 This is an example of a sentence that uses two sets of
quotation marks.
 If you have two sets, the quotation marks that are inside the
first set of quotation marks become single quotations.
 “Have you read ‘Benjamin Button’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald?” the
teacher asked.
 (You also do not need the comma after the end of the quotation)
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Example:
 The 1920’s was a period of wealth and social change.
 What’s wrong with this sentence?
GRAMMAR RULE
 Dates of eras do not need an apostrophe.
 Example: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
 The only time you would use an apostrophe would be if you
are referring to an item from that time period.
 Example: 1920’s fashion, 1950’s automobiles
FORMAT OF TEST
 Questions 46-50: Read the following paragraph from a draft
of a student’s historical research paper. Then, answer the
questions that follow.
 Based on what you read, be able to figure out what type of
research question the paragraph is answering.
 Identify main idea
 Primary sources
 What should be cited within a research paper? (direct quotes;
paraphrased statements; cartoons, timelines, pictures, etc
that are photocopied and included in the paper)
 To document sources, you put the citation at the end of the
sentence in parenthesis or you refer to the author or material
you use in the sentence.
FORMAT OF EXAM
 Writing application:
 You will have a topic that you will need to respond to in the format of
a business letter. Your letter should be at least 3 paragraphs and
follow the proper format.
 Make sure you edit your letter when you are finished.
BUSINESS LETTER FORMAT
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