English/ Language Arts Final Exam Study Guide PDF

Name: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Date: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Period: \_\_\_ **English/ Language Arts Final Exam: Study Guide** ***Figurative Language*** ***[Part 1: Matching] - Match each word to its definition.*** 1\. \_\_\_\_ Simile a. Words that sound like their m...

Name: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Date: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Period: \_\_\_ **English/ Language Arts Final Exam: Study Guide** ***Figurative Language*** ***[Part 1: Matching] - Match each word to its definition.*** 1\. \_\_\_\_ Simile a. Words that sound like their meaning 2\. \_\_\_\_ Hyperbole b. Exaggeration 3\. \_\_\_\_ Alliteration c. Comparing using like or as 4\. \_\_\_\_ Metaphor d. Repeating consonant sounds 5\. \_\_\_\_ Personification e. giving human trait to non-human things 6\. \_\_\_\_ Onomatopoeia f. comparing without using like or as 7\. \_\_\_\_ Oxymoron g. contradictory term ***[Part 2: Multiple Choice] -- Read each question and choose the best answer.*** 1\. The snake slowly, silently, slithered towards it's prey is an example of \_\_\_\_\_\_. a\. Simile b. Metaphor c. Alliteration d. Personification 2\. The words, "bang", "boom", and "whoosh" are examples of \_\_\_\_\_\_. a\. Simile b. Onomatopoeia c. Hyperbole d. Metaphor 3\. Her hair is like gold is an example of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. a\. Simile b. Hyperbole c. Metaphor d. Personification 4\. The cruel wind tore off the roof of the house is an example of \_\_\_\_\_. a\. Simile b. Hyperbole c. Metaphor d. Personification 5\. I called my grandmom a hundred times yesterday is an example of \_\_\_. a\. Simile b. Hyperbole c. Metaphor d. Oxymoron 6\. Graduating high school is bitter -sweet is an example of \_\_\_\_\_\_. a\. Simile b. Oxymoron c. Personification d. Metaphor 7\. His smile is a shining star is an example of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. a\. Simile b. Metaphor c. Oxymoron d. Onomatopoeia ***Author's Purpose*** ***Authors write for one of three main purposes: to entertain, to inform, or to persuade.*** ***[Directions]: Read the passage. Then answer the questions.*** We begin with the subject of business letters, and the first thing we shall say about them is, Be very particular about their appearance. There is a proverb, to be sure, warning us that appearances are deceitful, but that proverb is only true occasionally; in general we may safely draw an inference as to the writer from the look of her letter. An ill-folded, clumsy, up-and-down-hill, blotted, greasy-looking letter almost certainly comes from an untidy house and a stupid girl, whereas a neat, carefully-written epistle suggests just as surely the opposite. In friendly letters our correspondents know something about us beforehand, but in business we may be writing to perfect strangers, who can only judge of us by the figure we cut on a sheet of note-paper. To secure prompt attention and a polite reply, no plan works so well as putting good taste into the appearance of letters. They are really a part of ourselves, and a girl should as soon think of sending them marked with carelessness to either a friend or a stranger as of going to make a call in a patched frock, a faded hat, and gloves with holes. An indispensable point in a business letter is to have the meaning quite clear. It must say exactly what the writer intends, leaving nothing to be guessed at. And after clearness the next point is shortness. A brief letter makes far more impression than a long one, besides which it usually gets attended to at once. We have known a man open a lady\'s letter on a matter of business, and, seeing it a long rigmarole, put it at once in his pocket and let it lie there forgotten for a week. 1\. What do you think is the title of this article? B. Linda\'s First Job 2\. What is the purpose of this passage? A. Entertain B. Inform C. Persuade 3\. What textual evidence in the passage shows us the purpose? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ***AEC Paragraphs*** ***[Part One: Multiple Choice]- Read each question and choose the best answer.*** 1\. What does the "A" is AEC paragraph stand for? a\. Assertion b. Answer c. Accusation 2\. What does the "E" in AEC stand for? a\. Entertain b. Evidence c. Evolving Statement 3\. What does the "C" in AEC stand for? a\. Conclusion b. Commentary c. Common Sense ***[Part Two: Annotate-] Annotate the following AEC paragraphs.*** Directions: Underline the Assertion, Circle the Evidence, Draw a box around the Commentary. By the end of the novel, Scout shows she has learned to be a compassionate person. For example, after Scout walks Boo home, she states, "Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough" (279). At this point in the novel, Scout is standing on the Radley porch reflecting on the important events that have taken place during the past three years. This statement shows that Scout is compassionate because she reminisces about her life through Boo's eyes, not her own. Therefore, Scout's narration proves that she knows the true meaning of compassion.