English I Final Review Guide
I. DOL Section – Correct the following sentences.
1.) The pipe bursted during the morning; during the afternoon Dad found a plumber to repair it.
2.) The woman who was the one wearing the green hat should have brought her mother and father with she.
3.) Irregardless of the similarities you’ve noted, the “New York Post” is different from the New York Daily News.
4.) The book “the Return of the Native” is considered one of the better of Hardys many novels.
5.) My sister and I caught the bus at 22nd and Hamilton Streets; unfortunately, we got off the bus to blocks to soon.
6.) The young man drove that there yellow convertible wearing a blue cap.
7.) There truck would not start, regardless of what they did; they finally called your mechanic, I think.
8.) “The long poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage was written by Lord Byron,” Kim stated. “And is considered one of the poets best.”
9.) On Memorial Day the team ate at Coopers Restaurunt and also saw the movie Death of a Salesman.
II. Writing Strategies – Answer the following questions.
1.) How many sentences should a body paragraph in the Jane Schaffer format have at least? ______
2.) What is a chunk? ______
3.) What is a concrete detail CD? ______
4.) What is Commentary CM? ______
5.) What is a thesis? ______6.) What is a topic sentence TS? ______
7.) What is a narrative essay? ______
8.) What is a persuasive essay? ______
9.) What is a descriptive essay? ______
10.) What is an expository essay? ______
III. Literary Analysis – Define, know and be able to apply the following literary terms.
Literary Term / Definition / Examplealliteration
allusion
climax
conflict
connotation
consonance
denotation
dialogue
diction
exposition
external conflict
falling action
foreshadowing
foil
hyperbole
imagery
internal conflict
irony
metaphor
mood
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
personification
plot
point of view
resolution
rising action
setting
simile
symbolism
theme
tone