Final Exam Review

English II, Fall 2014

Complete the review by attaching the definitions and answers written on another
sheet of paper. Answer all of the questions by writing your answer, but you do not
have to write anything for the Make sure you know and Be able toquestions.
Section 1- Literary Elements and Devices
1. What is plot? Main event: The start, or exposition, is where the characters
and setting are being told.
2. What are the parts of a plot diagram? Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Rising
Action, Resolution.
3. What is setting? Where the story takes place.
4. What is foreshadowing? Prediction of a future event.
5. Why do authors use foreshadowing? It adds dramatic tension.
6. What is a flashback? Set in a time earlier than the main story
7. What is a protagonist? Antagonist? Protagonist- Hero Antagonist- villain
8. What is tone? The attitude of the author
9. Make sure you can analyze the tone of a passage.
10.How does the author create tone? Uses words to describe people
11.What is mood? How the person thinks or feels.
12.What is diction? The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or
writing.
13.What is point of view? Perspective in which the story is told.
14.What is 1st person POV? 3rd person? Omniscient? 1 person is a story being
told by a character. 3 person is when the story is being told by the narrator.
Omniscient knows everything about the characters.
15.What is an archetype? It is a pattern that is repeated.
16.List 3 common archetypes found in literature. Theme, a symbol, or a setting.
17.What is an inference? A conclusion based on the text
18.What is theme? The topic of the text
19.What is figurative language? A simile? Metaphor? Personification?
Hyperbole? Figurative Language= is figurative when is non-literal Simile=
comparison using like or as. Metaphor=a comparison NOT using like or as.
Personification=non-human object is given human qualities. Hyperbole=an
exaggeration.
20.Make sure you can analyze figurative language.
21.What are the two main types of conflict? Internal and External
22.Make sure you can identify imagery.
23.What is textual evidence? Is the evidence that something is true.
24.Be able to identify rhyme scheme.
25.What is it called when a poem has no set rhyme scheme?
26.What is anaphora? The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of
successive clauses.
27.What is denotation? The literal or primary meaning of a word,
28.What is connotation? an idea or feeling that a word invokes
29.Be able to list words in order of emotional connotation.
30.Be able to read a fiction, non-fiction, and poetry piece and answer analysis
multiple choice questions.
Section 2- Writing

Final Exam Review

English II, Fall 2014
1. What is expository writing? The type of writing that is used to explain,
describe, information, or inform.
2. What is persuasive writing? Persuasive writing is a form when trying to
convince someone.
3. What is a thesis statement? Contains the focus of your essay
4. What is ethos? Pathos? Logos? Ethos is an appeal to ethics, Pathos is an
appeal to emotion Logos is an appeal to logic,
5. What is a rhetorical question and why is it used? Its usually defined as any
question asked for a purpose other than to obtain the information the
question asks and is usually defined as any question asked for a purpose
other than to obtain the information the question asks, it is asked just for
effect.
6. What is empirical evidence? What is anecdotal evidence? Empirical evidence
is information that is acquired by observation or experimentation. Anecdotal
Evidence is the practice of using an anecdote to support a claim
7. What is statistical evidence? Statistical evidence is a set or collection of
numbers that prove a theory or story to be true.
8. What is logical evidence? It is a proof or a desired conclusion
9. What are the steps of the writing process? Pre-writing, Drafting, Revising,
Editing, Publishing
10.What is the purpose of an introduction paragraph? It introduces the topic of
your essay
11.Be able to write a 1 page persuasive essay.
Section 3- Poetry Analysis
1. Be able to analyze symbolism, tone, theme, repetition, and connotation of
words in a poem.
Section 4- Book Thief
Make sure you have read the whole book!
1. What are the major themes of The Book Thief? Rules are meant to be broken,
You cant trust no one you have to believe in yourself
2. What is the historical context of the book? Past tense
3. Create a plot diagram for The Book Thief. Leisel meets hans and rosa, hans
was a jew, hans was going to be taken away leisel lives her life with her
husband and three children
4. Who are the major characters? Leisel,rosa,hans,max, and rudy
5. From what POV is the book written? Omniscient
6. How are colors symbolic in the book? Death and Nazis
7. What are some major symbols used in the book? Nazis and death
8. How did the book end (no, seriouslyknow everything about the end of the
bookfor real)? There will be about 10 points worth of questions about the
end of the book. Death tells us the death of leisel, han she collected her and
wanted to ask so many questions about humans because he cannot
understand them.
Section 5- Grammar and Editing/Revising

Final Exam Review

English II, Fall 2014
1.

What are the 8 uses of a comma? 1) Use commas to separate items in a list
of three or more. 2) Use a comma to separate independent clauses (complete
thoughts) when they are joined by the following conjunctions: 3) Use a
comma to separate a dependent clause (incomplete thought) from an
independent clause (complete thought).
2. 4) Use a comma(s) to separate any word or phrase from the rest of the
sentence
that is not essential to the sentence's meaning. This phrase usually provides
extra information about the subject.
5) Use a comma to separate a quotation from the rest of a sentence.
6) Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of a
sentence.
7) Use a comma to separate the day of the week, the day of the month, and
the year.
8) Use a comma to separate the name of a city from a country or state
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an independent clause? Clause that can stand by itself

a dependent clause? Clause that augments a independent clause
to list the coordinating conjunctions in the acronym FANBOYS.
to identify a run on sentence and a sentence fragment.
to edit and revise passages in multiple choice questions.