English- 9English- 9thth GradeGrade

11stst Semester Semester ReviewReview

Literary Terms The Odyssey

The Most Dangerous Game

Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Gift of the Magi

Romeo and Juliet

MUGS The Short Story Potpourri

Scarlet Ibis5-Paragraph

EssaysPoetry

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Literary TermsLiterary Terms

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The OdysseyThe Odyssey

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Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet

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Most Dangerous GameMost Dangerous Game

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Secret Life of Walter MittySecret Life of Walter Mitty

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Gift of the MagiGift of the Magi

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Scarlet IbisScarlet Ibis

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5-Paragraph Essays5-Paragraph Essays

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PoetryPoetry

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MUGSMUGS

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The Short StoryThe Short Story

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PotpourriPotpourri

Literary Terms 100Literary Terms 100

What is “a small unit of a play in What is “a small unit of a play in which there is no shift in place or which there is no shift in place or time?”time?”

Answer:Answer:A sceneA scene

Odyssey 100Odyssey 100

What is Odysseus’ tragic flaw?What is Odysseus’ tragic flaw?Answer:Answer:hubris= excessive pridehubris= excessive pride

Romeo and Juliet 100Romeo and Juliet 100

The play opens with a fight The play opens with a fight between….?between….?

Answer:Answer:The servants of the Capulets and The servants of the Capulets and

MontaguesMontagues

Most Dangerous Game 100Most Dangerous Game 100

What is the setting?What is the setting?Answer:Answer:Tropical jungle/ “Ship-Trap Island”Tropical jungle/ “Ship-Trap Island”

Secret Life of Walter Mitty Secret Life of Walter Mitty 100100

What does Walter Mitty do What does Walter Mitty do repeatedly throughout the shorty repeatedly throughout the shorty story that makes the format story that makes the format peculiar?peculiar?

Answer:Answer:Daydream Daydream

Gift of the Magi 100Gift of the Magi 100

What do both of the main characters What do both of the main characters sell?sell?

Answer:Answer:His pocket watch and her hairHis pocket watch and her hair

Scarlet Ibis 100Scarlet Ibis 100

What is the narrator’s brother’s real What is the narrator’s brother’s real name?name?

Answer:Answer:William ArmstrongWilliam Armstrong

5-Paragraph Essays 1005-Paragraph Essays 100

What is a Thesis Statement?What is a Thesis Statement?Answer:Answer:Argument (will not accept blueprint- Argument (will not accept blueprint-

it is part of the argument!!)it is part of the argument!!)

Poetry 100Poetry 100

How many lines are in a sonnet? How many lines are in a sonnet? Answer:Answer:1414

MUGS 100MUGS 100

Which is correct? Which is correct?

(There/Their/They’re) not going to the (There/Their/They’re) not going to the movies tonight with Ted.movies tonight with Ted.

Answer:Answer:They’reThey’re

Short Story 100Short Story 100

What is “a struggle between What is “a struggle between opposing forces”?opposing forces”?

Answer:Answer:A conflictA conflict

Potpourri 100Potpourri 100

What is the Latin term for “seize the What is the Latin term for “seize the day”?day”?

Answer:Answer:Carpe DiemCarpe Diem

Literary Terms 200Literary Terms 200

What literary term means a seeming What literary term means a seeming contradiction and is very similar to contradiction and is very similar to oxymoron ?oxymoron ?

Answer:Answer:paradoxparadox

Odyssey 200Odyssey 200

What is Odysseus’ idea that finally What is Odysseus’ idea that finally penetrates the walls of Troy in the penetrates the walls of Troy in the IliadIliad??

Answer:Answer:Trojan HorseTrojan Horse

Romeo and Juliet 200Romeo and Juliet 200

Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet is Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet is famous because of the way it is famous because of the way it is staged- what is the name of this staged- what is the name of this famous scene?famous scene?

Answer:Answer:The Balcony SceneThe Balcony Scene

Most Dangerous Game 200Most Dangerous Game 200

What is the meaning of “the most What is the meaning of “the most dangerous game”?dangerous game”?

Answer:Answer:= humans hunting humans= humans hunting humansDaily Double!! Explain the double-Daily Double!! Explain the double-

meaning (pun) of the phrase/titlemeaning (pun) of the phrase/title

Secret Life of Walter Mitty Secret Life of Walter Mitty 200200

What is inevitable with the point of What is inevitable with the point of view in a narrative?view in a narrative?

Answer:Answer:biasbias

Gift of the Magi 200Gift of the Magi 200

What is ironic about the end of the What is ironic about the end of the short story?short story?

Answer:Answer:Their gifts were uselessTheir gifts were useless

Scarlet Ibis 200Scarlet Ibis 200

What does the doctor’s predictions What does the doctor’s predictions and warnings of Doodle’s heart as a and warnings of Doodle’s heart as a baby foreshadow?baby foreshadow?

Answer:Answer:He will die of heart failureHe will die of heart failureOr He will never give up/he is a Or He will never give up/he is a

fighterfighter

5-Paragraph Essay 2005-Paragraph Essay 200

About how many specific examples About how many specific examples should be in every body paragraph?should be in every body paragraph?

Answer:Answer:33Or 2-4 , 2-3Or 2-4 , 2-3

Poetry 200Poetry 200

What is the term for unrhymed What is the term for unrhymed poetry?poetry?

Answer:Answer:Blank verseBlank verse

MUGS 200MUGS 200

Which is correct?Which is correct?

1.) Me and her went to the store.1.) Me and her went to the store.

2.) Her and I went to the store.2.) Her and I went to the store.

3.) She and I went to the store.3.) She and I went to the store.Answer:Answer:33

Short Story 200Short Story 200

What is “the main idea, message, or What is “the main idea, message, or moral of a literary work?”moral of a literary work?”

Answer:Answer:ThemeTheme

Potpourri 200Potpourri 200

What does the acronym MLA What does the acronym MLA represent:represent:

Answer:Answer:Modern Language AssociationModern Language Association

Literary Terms 300Literary Terms 300

What is “a long speech given by one What is “a long speech given by one character alone on stage while other character alone on stage while other characters are present?”characters are present?”

Answer:Answer:monologuemonologue

Odyssey 300Odyssey 300

Who does Odysseus have to consult Who does Odysseus have to consult in the Underworld?in the Underworld?

Answer:Answer:The blind prophet, TiresiasThe blind prophet, Tiresias

Romeo and Juliet 300Romeo and Juliet 300

In what era did Shakespeare write In what era did Shakespeare write this play?this play?

Answer:Answer:The RenaissanceThe RenaissanceDaily Double!! What does Daily Double!! What does

“renaissance” mean?“renaissance” mean?

Most Dangerous Game 300Most Dangerous Game 300

Is the conflict in the short story Is the conflict in the short story internal, external, or both?internal, external, or both?

Answer:Answer:bothboth

Secret Life of Walter Mitty Secret Life of Walter Mitty 300300

What did Mrs. Mitty keep reminding What did Mrs. Mitty keep reminding her husband not to forget at the her husband not to forget at the store?store?

Answer:Answer:Puppy biscuitsPuppy biscuits

Gift of the Magi 300Gift of the Magi 300

What does the author mean by “of all What does the author mean by “of all who give and receive gifts, such as who give and receive gifts, such as they are the wisest… They are the they are the wisest… They are the magi” ?magi” ?

Answer:Answer:They gave in a spirit of love which is They gave in a spirit of love which is

better than any material gift.better than any material gift.

Scarlet Ibis 300Scarlet Ibis 300

What is the central theme of the What is the central theme of the short story (that is directly stated)?short story (that is directly stated)?

Answer:Answer:Pride is a wonderful, terrible thing.Pride is a wonderful, terrible thing.

5-Paragraph Essays 3005-Paragraph Essays 300

What should happen (structurally) What should happen (structurally) throughout each body paragraph and throughout each body paragraph and especially at the end of each body especially at the end of each body paragraph?paragraph?

Answer:Answer:Refer to thesis Refer to thesis Or summarize your argument, Or summarize your argument,

explain relevance to argumentexplain relevance to argument

Poetry 300Poetry 300

What term is “a pair of rhyming What term is “a pair of rhyming lines?”lines?”

Answer:Answer:A Rhyming coupletA Rhyming couplet

MUGS 300MUGS 300

Why is the following sentence Why is the following sentence grammatically incorrect?grammatically incorrect?

Swaying, drifting, falling lightly down Swaying, drifting, falling lightly down to the ground.to the ground.

Answer:Answer:Fragment/ incomplete/ no subject Fragment/ incomplete/ no subject

(“What is “swaying, …”?)(“What is “swaying, …”?)

Short Story 300Short Story 300

The point at which the reader feels The point at which the reader feels the intensity of the action rising to its the intensity of the action rising to its highest peak is called:highest peak is called:

Answer:Answer:climaxclimax

Potpourri 300Potpourri 300

What is the 1What is the 1stst and 2 and 2ndnd Most Prevalent Most Prevalent allusions in our culture?allusions in our culture?

Answers:Answers:#1: Bible#1: Bible#2: Shakespeare#2: Shakespeare