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Semester Test-LA
Mrs. Watson SJMS Lang. Arts. Semester Test Study Guide
| Questions | Answers/Definitions |
|---|---|
| What is a struggle between two people or things in a literary work called? | Conflict |
| What is the main character in the story called? | Protagonist |
| What is the character or force that stands directly opposed to the main character called? | Antagonist |
| What is the voice of who is telling the story called? | Point of view |
| What is the a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot ; or a point when the action changes course and begins to resolve itself in some manner called? | Climax |
| What are the 4 types of conflict? | Man v. man, man v. society, man v. nature, man v. himself |
| What is the conflict in the following scenario: He battled as his boat rocked back and forth in the storm. He felt he wouldn’t make it back to land safely. | Man v. nature |
| What is the conflict in the following scenario: “I can’t skip practice because I know I will get in trouble, but I really want to go home and take a nap.” | Man v. himself |
| What is the conflict in the following scenario: The two boys fought in the hallway over the girl in their homebase. | Man v. man |
| What is the conflict in the following scenario: “I don’t think it’s fair we can’t have gum in school.” | Man v. society |
| What is the conflict described in the following scenario?: We couldn’t have tryouts today because it was pouring. | Man v. nature |
| What is the conflict described in the following scenario?: My dad was given a speeding ticket for traveling 45 mph in a 35 mph zone. | Man v. society |
| Name 3 different "points of view". | First person, third person objective, third person omniscient. |
| What is the point of view in the following scenario?: “I called him but he did not answer.” | First person |
| What is the point of view in the following scenario?: “Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there lived a princess by the name of Belle.” | Third person omniscient |
| What is the point of view in the following scenario?: “She turned slowly wishing she could turn and run instead of facing Mrs. Grunch.” | Third person objective |
| What is the point of view in the following scenario?: “Kristy was unsure whether her teacher would be there or not. She was hoping there would not be a substitute.” | Third person objective |
| What is mood? | Mood is the overall emotion created by a work of literature. |
| What is tone? | Tone is the attitude that a writer takes toward the audience, a subject or a character. Tone is conveyed through the writer's choice of words and details. |
| Define vacant | Empty |
| Define perambulating | walking around |
| Define jabbed | a short, sharp poke |
| Define cohorts | companions, a group or band of people |
| Define clutches | in the firm grip of |
| Define pulchritudinous | having great physical beauty |
| Define exterior | on the outside |
| Define audacious | bold, fearless, reckless |
| Define appalling | causing dismay, frightful |
| Define peers | group or individual of the same status |
| Define hapless | unlucky |
| Define inept | clumsy |
| Define cringed | pulled back in fear |
| Defined volition | will, ability to make own choices |
| Define porky | chubby, overweight |
| Define disdain | to treat badly, dislike |
| Define virility | manliness |
| Define pondered | considered, thought about |
| When do you use quotation marks with dialogue? | Use quotation marks to begin and end a direct quotation. |
| What is used to separate quoted material (dialogue) from the dialogue tag (ex. I said, she asked)? | Separate with a comma |
| Do you use quotation marks to set off an indirect quotation? | Do not use quotations with indirect dialogue. |
| How do you use a question mark or exclamation point with dialogue? | If a question mark or an exclamation point occurs where one of the separating commas should be used, omit the comma and use the exclamation point to separate the quoted material. ("Don't be late!" Bill warned. |
| Where is the punctuation for the end of a sentence placed with quotation marks? | What the end of the quotation marks is also the end of the sentence, the period is placed inside the quotation marks. I stated, "Jenny is going to meet us." |
| How is dialogue capitalized? | The first word of the quotation is capitalized. (He said, "We'll meet later." |
| How do you use quotation marks with divided dialogue? | Both parts of the divided quotations are enclosed in quotation marks. ("This class," exclaimed the teacher, "is much to noisy." |
| How do you capitalize divided dialogue? | The first word of the second part of the dialogue is not capitalized unless it begins a new sentence. "Keep practicing," said Coach Smith, "and you will improve." |
| How does dialogue affect paragraphs? | When you write dialogue, begin a new paragraph whenever the speaker changes. |
| What does Exposition mean? | "Exposition a narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work, that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances |
| Define bizarre | Very strange, weird |
| Define loathsome | Digusting, very offensive |
| Define sauntered | To walk at a leisurely pace, to stroll |
| Define comely | Attractive and pleasing to look at |
| Define elucidated | To make clear or explain plainly |
| Define obese | Very overweight |
| Define stunning | Overwhelming |
| Define mesmerized | To hypnotize, to keep someone's attention fixed on something |
| Where should the quotation marks go in the following sentence: as the effects of her stunning beauty wore off harold heard conan shouting at him she thinks shes to good for us | As the effects of her stunning beauty wore off, Harold heard Conan shouting at him, " She thinks she's to good for us." |
| Where does the punctuation and capitalization go in the following sentence?: a obese pimply face kid in the next desk leans over to harold. dont pay no attention to conan he whispered. hes not as tough as he looks | An obese, pimply face kid in the next desk leans over to Hrold. "Dont pay no attention to Conan," he whispered, "hes not as tough as he looks." |
| Where should the quotation marks be placed in the following sentence?: as the effects of her stunning beauty wore off harold heard conan shouting at him she thinks shes to good for us | As the effects of her stunning beauty wore off, Harold heard Conan shouting at him, "She thinks she's to good for us." |
| Where should the quotation marks be placed in the following sentence?: a obese pimply face kid in the next desk leans over to harold. dont pay no attention to conan he whispered. hes not as tough as he looks | An obese, pimply-faced kid in the next desk leans over to Harold. "Don't pay no attention to Conan," he whispered, "he's not as tough as he looks." |
| Where do the quotation marks go in the following sentence?: gnarly nerd a straight A student continued to inform harold. and classy Cassandra is to good a students to be interested in conan he elucidated. | Gnarly Nerd, a straight "A" student, continued to inform Harold. "And classy Cassandra is too good a student to be interested in Conan," he elucidated. |
| Where should the commas be placed in the following sentence?: as the effects of her stunning beauty wore off harold heard conan shouting at him she thinks shes to good for us | As the effects of her stunning beauty wore off, Harold heard Conan shouting at him, "She thinks she's to good for us." |
| Where do the commas go in the following sentence?: a obese pimply face kid in the next desk leans over to harold. dont pay no attention to conan he whispered. hes not as tough as he looks | An obese, pimply-faced kid in the next desk leans over to Harold. "Don't pay no attention to Conan," he whispered, "he's not as tough as he looks." |
| Where do the commas belong in the following sentence?: gnarly nerd a straight A student continued to inform harold. and classy Cassandra is to good a students to be interested in conan he elucidated. | Gnarly Nerd, a straight "A" student, continued to inform Harold. "And classy Cassandra is too good a student to be interested in Conan," he elucidated. |
| Where should the apostrophes be placed in the following sentence?: shes shy and shes nice and shes comely and she gets good grades and all the cool dudes are after her but she ignores them gnarly concludes. | "She's shy and she's nice and she's comely and she gets good grades and all the cool dudes are after her, but she ignores them," Gnarly concludes. |
| Where do the commas belong in the following sentence?: as gnarly nerd concluded his sentence the teacher a short bizarre middle aged lady dressed in tennis shoes and an loathsome purple dress sauntered in the door. | As Gnarly Nerd concluded his sentence, the teacher, a short, bizarre, middle-aged lady dressed in tennis shoes and a loathsome purple dress, sauntered in the door. |
| Where do the apostrophes belong in the following sentence?: a obese pimply face kid in the next desk leans over to harold. dont pay no attention to conan he whispered. hes not as tough as he looks | An obese, pimply-faced kid in the next desk leans over to Harold. "Don't pay no attention to Conan," he whispered, "he's not as tough as he looks." |
| Where do the commas belong in the following sentence?: shes shy and shes nice and shes comely and she gets good grades and all the cool dudes are after her but she ignores them gnarly concludes. | "She's shy and she's nice and she's comely and she gets good grades and all the cool dudes are after her, but she ignores them," Gnarly concludes. |
| Where do the commas belong in the following sentence?: hapless harold weird a chubby kid with horn rimmed glasses fat tummy chocolate brown skin and zits on his cute round face was assigned to Stonewall Jackson Middle School in mechanicsville, virginia. | Hapless Harold Weird, a chubby kid with horn-rimmed glasses, fat tummy, chocolate brown skin and zits on his cute, round face, was assigned to Stonewall Jackson Middle School in Mechanicsville, Virginia. |
| Which words need to be capitalized in the following sentence?: hapless harold weird a chubby kid with horn rimmed glasses fat tummy chocolate brown skin and zits on his cute round face was assigned to Stonewall Jackson Middle School in mechanicsville, vi | Hapless Harold Weird, a chubby kid with horn-rimmed glasses, fat tummy, chocolate brown skin and zits on his cute, round face, was assigned to Stonewall Jackson Middle School in Mechanicsville, Virginia. |
| Where do the commas belong in the following sentence?: poor hapless harold however was inept at every sport he had tried so far in his thirteen years of life | Poor, hapless Harold, however, was inept at every sport he had tried so far in his thirteen years of life. |
| Where do the commas belong in the following sentence?: once there was a four eyed weirdo from baltimore maryland who moved to mechanicsville virginia against his volition | Once there was a four-eyed weirdo from Baltimore, Maryland who moved to Mechanicsville, Virginia against his volition. |
| What words need to be capitalized in the following sentence?: once there was a four eyed weirdo from baltimore maryland who moved to mechanicsville virginia against his volition | Once there was a four-eyed weirdo from Baltimore, Maryland who moved to Mechanicsville, Virginia against his volition. |
| Where do the commas belong in the following sentence?: well the 1st day of school hapless harold weird cringed at the cool treatment he got from his peers | Well, the first day of school, hapless Harold Weird cringed at the cool treatment he got from his peers. |
| What is the grammar rule for writing numbers in sentences? | In general numbers one through twenty and numbers that can be expressed in less than three words should be written out. |
| What is the rule for beginning a sentence with a number? | Never begin a sentence with a number ( 2, 45), though it is allowed if the number is written out (One, Twelve, Fifty). |
| What is the most important rule about using numbers in sentences? | You can write numbers out or use numerals. The most important point is that you shouldn't mix the two. (Ex. I have three cats and two dogs.) |
| When should numerals always be used in writing sentences? | With dates and street numbers, when the number is part of a proper name, when the number is part of a math problem, when the number is part of a sequence, when the number is part of a caption. |
| What is the rule for writing fractions in sentences? | If you have a few fractions in a sentence, write them out, if you have many, use numerals (two-thirds, 2/3), but do not mix the two. |
| What type of mood is being set by the following words?: The house was small and dark and run-down. It was the last place I want to spend the night. | Fear, concern. |
| What type of mood is being set by the following words?: Amy took a warm cookie off the plate her grandmother was holding. She closed her eyes as she bit into her very favorite oatmeal raisin cookies her beloved Nana had baked just for her. | Love, happiness |
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