Final Exam - Northwestern High School
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FINAL EXAM REVIEW
English III
Spring 2012
FORMAT OF EXAM
Questions 1-8: Read a passage from a John F. Kennedy speech
and answer questions about it.
Implied assumption
Parallelism
Main idea
Point of view
Metaphor
Author bias
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Questions 9-14: Read a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson and
answer questions about it.
Simile, personification, metaphor, apostrophe (when you address
something not alive or dead as if it can hear/answer you)
Tone: comic, lecturing, somber, lofty
Theme
Inference
Point of view
FORMAT OF EXAM
Questions 15-21: Read an exert from a short story by
Sherwood Anderson and answer questions about it.
Inference
Mood
Direct and indirect characterization
Theme
3 rd person limited narrator
Predictions
FORMAT OF EXAM
Questions 22-33: Vocabulary -Read sentences with vocabulary
words underlined and choose the definition of the word based
on context clues
Examples:
Philosophers since the time of Plato have pondered the definitions and
details of ethics, which are sometimes difficult to state.
A. thought about
B. looked at
C. taken apart
D. peered into
She worked hard on her leadership skills, so being voted student council
president was the zenith of her high school achievements.
A. tight spot
B. high point
C. punch line
D. low point
FORMAT OF EXAM
Questions 34-39: Grammar-Read the sentences. There may
be a mistake in verb tense or pronoun agreement.
Example:
A person who wants to learn how to play guitar must be dedicated
because you have to practice every day.
A. A person who wants to learn how to play guitar must be dedicated because he or she has
to practice every day.
B. To learn how to play guitar, they have to practice every day and you must be dedicated.
C. People who want to learn how to play guitar must be dedicated because everyday you must
practice.
D. Correct as is.
GRAMMAR RULE
A person who wants to learn how to play guitar must be dedicated because you
have to practice every day.
-The subject of the sentence must match the pronoun that
replaces it.
- A person is singular, so the matching pronoun would be “he or
she”
What pronoun would you use to replace the nouns in the
sentences below?
-Rachel walked to the store.
-The groceries sat in the car.
-Each student must turn in ________ work on time.
FORMAT OF EXAM
Example:
I was walking to school when I saw Justin, and I talk with him.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Seeing Justin as I walk to school, I talked with him.
As I walked to school, I saw Justin, and I talked with him.
Walking to school, I see Justin and I talked with him.
Correct as is
GRAMMAR RULE
Verb tense:
I was walking to school when I saw Justin, and I talk with him.
Your tenses MUST match!!
Ways to change this sentences?
She drove to school and _______ (crash) her car.
The students read and ________ (write) every day.
She tried to cook spaghetti for dinner, but she ______ (burn)
the pasta.
FORMAT OF EXAM
Questions 40-45: Punctuation-There may be a mistake in
punctuation. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that
corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose Correct
as is.
Example:
I will meet you at 17 Johnson Street, Portland Oregon, on March 18, 2012
to discuss your project.
How would you correct this sentence?
PUNCTUATION RULE
When writing an address, you need commas after the street
and in between the town and state.
17 Johnson Street, Portland, Oregon
When writing the date, you need commas after the day of the
month.
March 18, 2012
FORMAT OF EXAM
Example:
She must have gone to work otherwise she would have taken the dog
with her.
How would you punctuate this sentence?
GRAMMAR RULE
She must have gone to work otherwise she would have taken the dog
with her.
The sentence above is a run-on sentence because there are two
complete sentences stuck together.
She must have gone to work otherwise she would have taken the
dog with her.
If you want to join two sentences together correctly without making
two separate sentences, use a semicolon.
She must have gone to work ; otherwise , she would have taken the
dog with her.
You also need a comma after otherwise because it serves as a transition
(however, therefore, consequently, etc)
FORMAT OF EXAM
“Have you read “Benjamin Button” by F. Scott Fitzgerald?”, the
teacher asked.
How would you correct this sentence?
GRAMMAR RULE
“Have you read “Benjamin Button” by F. Scott Fitzgerald?”, the
teacher asked.
This is an example of a sentence that uses two sets of
quotation marks.
If you have two sets, the quotation marks that are inside the
first set of quotation marks become single quotations.
“Have you read ‘Benjamin Button’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald?” the
teacher asked.
(You also do not need the comma after the end of the quotation)
FORMAT OF EXAM
Example:
The 1920’s was a period of wealth and social change.
What’s wrong with this sentence?
GRAMMAR RULE
Dates of eras do not need an apostrophe.
Example: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
The only time you would use an apostrophe would be if you
are referring to an item from that time period.
Example: 1920’s fashion, 1950’s automobiles
FORMAT OF TEST
Questions 46-50: Read the following paragraph from a draft
of a student’s historical research paper. Then, answer the
questions that follow.
Based on what you read, be able to figure out what type of
research question the paragraph is answering.
Identify main idea
Primary sources
What should be cited within a research paper? (direct quotes;
paraphrased statements; cartoons, timelines, pictures, etc
that are photocopied and included in the paper)
To document sources, you put the citation at the end of the
sentence in parenthesis or you refer to the author or material
you use in the sentence.
FORMAT OF EXAM
Writing application:
You will have a topic that you will need to respond to in the format of
a business letter. Your letter should be at least 3 paragraphs and
follow the proper format.
Make sure you edit your letter when you are finished.
BUSINESS LETTER FORMAT
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/format.pdf