ELA RAMP UP From ELA 1st Semester Review Power Point
Directions: As a group, use the guided reading notes you completed from the Semester Review PowerPoint in December to answer the following questions. Everyone should write the answers on their own paper.
1. What is rhetoric?
How______
Speaking ______
Using ______
2. Define:
Logos-
Ethos-
Pathos-
3. What are archetypes?
Write the correct archetype next to the correct description.
Hero Evil Villain Mentor Damsel in Distress
4. ______character that is the vulnerable female who needs to be rescued by the hero.
5. ______character capable of crime and wickedness that goes against the story’s hero.
6. ______ character that must leave their usual life (world) to go on a journey where they will overcome challenges and face their fears in order to save the day.
7. ______ character that is the wise or holy figure who guides the hero through their journey.
Write the correct figurative language word next to the correct definition:
Imagery Oxymoron Onomatopoeia Idiom Metaphor
Personification Hyperbole Alliteration
8. ______ – Appeals to the 5 senses.
9. ______ – Comparison using “like” or “as.”
Ex. She is as quiet as a mouse.
10. ______ – Comparison of two unlike things NOT using “like” or as.”
Ex. Time is money.
11. ______– Repetition of the initial consonant sound.
Ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
12. ______– Giving human like qualities to animals or inanimate objects.
Ex. My computer hates me.
13. ______– A word that imitates the source of the sound that it describes.
Ex. Boo, pow, meow, crack, buzz...
14. ______– Extreme exaggeration.
Ex. He’s so stupid; he thought a quaterback was a refund.
15. ______ – An expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words.
Ex. “Kick the bucket.” This means someone has died.
16. ______ – A figure of speech that combines contradictory or unlike terms.
Ex: The test made her break out into a cold sweat.
17. What is the definition for Point of View-
Write the correct point of view next to the correct definition: 1st person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient
18. ______The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.
19. ______The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of a single character. The narrator does not know the thoughts and feelings of the other characters in the story.
20. ______The narrator is a character in the story. The narrator uses the word “I.”
21.Define Theme –
22. What does them often offer us?
23. ______is a fundamental ideal used in a literary work that goes beyond the boundaries of race, class, ethnicity, and gender.
24. Define Tone –
25. What should you use from the text in order to help determine the author’s tone?
26. Define Mood and give an example of mood –
27. ______is what happens and how it happens in a narrative. A narrative is any work that tells a story, such as a short story, a novel, a drama, or a narrative poem.
Write the correct plot event next to the correct definition:
Conflict Falling Action Exposition Climax Resolution or Denouement Rising Action
28. ______– the opening situation of the story where the main characters are introduced and the setting is described.
29. ______- events that lead to the climax of the story. They occur as result of central conflict.
30. ______ – the disagreements, problems, or issues that start in the rising action and take place in the story.
31. ______- highest point of interest or emotional involvement of the story.
32. ______ – logical result of climax (events that lead to resolution)
33. ______- final outcome of the story where all is revealed. We know how everything turns out.
34. Define Parallel Structure –
35. How does parallel structure help to organize ideas?
36. What is the example given by William Shakespeare for parallel structure?
37. What do you call the words or phrases around an unfamiliar word that you should use to help you understand the meaning of the new word?
38. Define Mythology –
39. What do Myths contain?
40. Why did ancient people create and tell myths?
41. What form of writing is used when the author’s purpose is to inform the reader about a particular subject by sharing information that is generally based in fact?
42. What form of writing is used when the author’s purpose is to not only give information, but also present an argument with PROS (supporting ideas) and CONS (opposing ideas) in order to persuade the reader to agree with their side of the argument?
43. What must you use in argumentative writing to “back up” what you are saying?
44. In argumentative writing the opposite side to your argument is known as the ______.
45. ______is often associated with the conventions expected of written standard English. It does ______use contractions and avoids using personal pronouns such as: ______. You should definitely use this form of language in a ______.
46. ______uses simple grammatical structure, contractions and colloquial or slang vocabulary. Two examples of this slang vocabulary are: ______. This type of language is more appropriate to use in ______with friends and family.
47. A semicolon is used to join ______in compound sentences that do not have coordinating conjunctions (______) and commas as connectors. Also use semicolons to separate ______in a series that already have commas, and to separate two long or complex independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction if using a comma would be confusing.
48. Use a ______after an independent clause that is before a ______and to separate an explanation, rule, or example from a ______.
49. In direct address, use ______to separate the name from the rest of the sentence. In lists, place commas between items in a list, but not ______the first item. Before conjunctions, when combining two complete sentences with a conjunction, place a comma before the conjunction. If you have ______, don’t put a comma before the conjunction.