2024 English I Midterm Study Guide Answer Key PDF

English I Midterm Study Guide Monday, December 16 - 4th and 7th Tuesday, December 17 - 3rd and 6th Wednesday, December 18 - 2nd and 5th Thursday, Decembe...

English I Midterm Study Guide Monday, December 16 - 4th and 7th Tuesday, December 17 - 3rd and 6th Wednesday, December 18 - 2nd and 5th Thursday, December 19 - 1st I.​ Declaration of Independence A.​ What is the injustice in this text? How do the people respond to the injustice? The injustice in this text is the unfair treatment of the colonist by King George. The colonist respond to this injustice by declaring their independence from Great Britian. ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ B.​ Explain why the Declaration of Independence was written. The colonist declared their independence from the rule of Great Britian and explained why they are declaring independence. ______________________________________________________________________ C.​ According to the document, what are the rights of the people? The rights of the people are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ______________________________________________________________________ D.​ According to the document, what is the purpose of the government? The purpose of the government is protecting the rights of the people. ______________________________________________________________________ E.​ According to the document, what should people do if the government isn’t serving its purpose? _If the government isn’t projecting the rights of the people, the people have the right to change or remove their government if the government infringes upon their rights. _____________________________________________________________________ F.​ List 5 grievances of King George. *answers will vary (see section two of The Declaration of Independence) 1. _______________________________________________________ 2._______________________________________________________ 3._______________________________________________________  4._______________________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________________ G.​ What does section 2 of the Declaration of Independence contribute to the main idea? Section two explains the king’s numerous acts of injustice/justifies their reason for leaving Great Britain ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ II.​ Hope, Despair, and Memory A.​ Who is the author of the speech? Elie Wiesel _______________________________________________________ B.​ What is Wiesel’s main claim in this speech? Wiesel’s main claim is how memory is significant. It is important to remember the past and learn from past mistakes in order to secure a better future. ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ C.​ Define imagery and give three examples from the speech. “Children look like old men, old men whimpered like children” (paragraph 7) “...nameless and faceless creatures reduced to the same ration of bread…dreading the same end” (paragraph 7) “...endless processions vanished into flames, lighting up the sky” (paragraph 7)_________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ __  D.​ How does Wiesel use imagery to support his claim? Wiesel uses imagery to portray the tragedies that occured during the holocaust. He uses images of suffering children and people in despair to help communicate the suffering caused from hatred. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ E.​ Define Pathos an appeal to emotions Give an example of pathos from the speech and explain how it develops the claim. “... They needed to tell the child who, in hiding with his mother, asked softly, very softly: “Can I cry now?” Wiesel encourages the the audience to stop hatred and injustice by appealing to their emotions. He shows images of the devastating effects of hatred and how children even had to go into hiding. ___________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ F.​ Define ethos an appeal to credibility (trust) _________________________________________________________ a.​ Give an example from the speech and explain how it develops the claim. He establishes ethos by being a holocaust survivor. He us speaking from experience and that makes what he says more impactful. He also uses biblical allusions to establish his credibility in the speech. _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________  III. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson A.​ What is the injustice in this text? How do the characters respond to the injustice? The injustice in this text is the unnecessary murder of a individual every year in the village. The characters respond by not doing anything. The cycle continues because no one is speaking against the injustice. _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ B.​ Describe the setting of the short story. The story takes place in a small town. The weather is described as bright and pleasant. _________________________________________________________ C.​ What is a possible theme for this short story? Explain your answer. A possible theme is that people should not blindly follow tradition. The people in the village continue the deadly tradition because they are not questioning why and simply doing as they as told. _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ IV: “I have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A.​ What is the injustice in this text? How does MLK respond to this injustice? The injustice in this text is racial injustice. MLK responds to the injustice by fighting against it and encouraging others to to the same. Review the test in google classroom. B.​ Write a well written paragraph explaining three metaphors in the speech. Please say what is being compared and explain the connection. Answers will vary  C.​ Explain the check metaphor. (paragraphs 4-5) The Declaration of Independence states that “all men are created equal” and that people have the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. This is similar to a promissory note (a check) that has come back marked “insufficint funds” because not everyone was recieving the rights as promised. - multiple choice V: Antigone A.​ What is the injustice in the text? How does Antigone respond to this injustice? The injustice in this text is that Antigone’s brother has been denied his burial rights by Creon, the king. Antigone feels that this is an injustice to her brother and defies the king’s orders and attempts to give her brother burial rights. This action led to the king sentencing her to death. B.​ Give a character trait for each of the following characters: Answers will vary a.​ Ismeme: ________________________________ b.​ Antigone: _______________________________ c.​ Creon: _________________________________ C.​ ICE a quote for one of the characters explaining their character trait. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________  Grammar & Vocabulary I.​ Appositives: Remember to punctuate correctly. Answers will vary Write a sentence that contains an appositive for each of the following texts: 1.​ Hope, Despair, and Memory ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 2.​ Antigone ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 3.​ The Declaration of Indepedence ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 4.​ The Lottery ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 5.​ I Have a Dream ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ II. Sentence Variety: Answers will vary Write a sentence that beings with a subordinating conjunction for each of the following texts. Use a comma after the dependent clause. 6.​ Hope, Despair, and Memory ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 7.​ Antigone ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 8.​ The Declaration of Indepedence ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 9.​ The Lottery ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 10.​I Have a Dream  ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ III. Vocabulary: Be able to define each of the following terms. (See the powerpoint in classroom for definitions) 1.​ Civil Disobedience: breaking the law based on moral principles 2.​ Social Injustice: unfair treatment of a group of people 3.​ Alter: change 4.​ Objective: factual 5.​ Subjective: opinionated 6.​ Candid: honest 7.​ Consent: agree 8.​ Abolish: end 9.​ Impel: force 10.​Impose: to take advantage of 11.​Tyranny: dictatorship 12.​Pathos: emotional appeal 13.​Logos: appeal to logic 14.​Ethos: appeal to trust, creditbility 15.​Allusion: reference to something well-known or famous 16.​Simile: comparison of two unlike thing using like/as 17.​Imagery: appeals to the five senses 18.​Profusely: a lot 19.​Reconcile: reunite / come back together 20.​Boisterous: loud, rowdy 21.​Jovial: happy 22.​Foreshadowing: hints to what will happen later in the story 23.​ Reluctantly: hesitantly 24.​Reprimand: rebuke, correct IV. Identifying Pathos/Ethos/Logos Practice: Determine whether each statement is ethos/pathos/logos. Mr. Jones used to be a police officer. If he suggests we do something to improve school security, I think we should follow his instructions. Ethos Somewhere, right now, an animal feels afraid and lonely. Homeless animals need your help. Give to the Humane Society. Pathos Dr. Smith will present the mathematical calculations that demonstrate that the rotation of the earth is slowly varying from its axis. Ethos Our family doctor suggested we stop eating rice and pasta for a month to improve our overall health. Ethos Of course this security system is expensive – but can you really put a price on the safety of your family? Pathos The defendant’s fingerprints are on the safe, he was found with a large sum of money in his bag, and he was trying to buy a plane ticket to South America. It is clear that the defendant is the man who robbed the bank. Logos