English Graduation Review

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Identify the Type of Question

• Reading Comprehension

• English Vocabulary

• Literary Vocabulary (Devices)

• Literary Time Periods

• Writing

• Conventions (Grammar)

Look for Key Terms

• Author (literary period)

• Century (literary period)

• Generation (literary period)

• Primary Sources (writing)

• Come back to this list…..hah 3-14-14

Suppose you are writing an essay about the water quality for residents in your area. Which of the following is the best way to state your research question? A. What is being done to make our environment cleaner? B. Is the water Americans drink becoming more polluted? C. Does the water in this community meet health and safety standards? D. What are the differences between bottled water and tap water?

Answer: C. Does the water in this community meet health and safety standards?

A. Which sentence would be best to include in a letter to the school board requesting more money for the school band? A. The school band is horrible because the uniforms are out of fashion. B. You should have given us more money because our band is awesome. C. It isn’t our fault that the band is terrible, so you shouldn’t blame us. D. Please consider supporting the band, which is vital to our school.

Answer: D. Please consider supporting the band, which

is vital to our school.

Which of the sentences below is written correctly? A. Pat has the best grades in the school. B. Pat has the better grades in the school. C. Pat has like the best grades in the school. D. Pat has the more better grades in the school.

Answer: A. Pat has the best grades in the school.

Of the following, who MOST believed in working hard and living a strict life from the bible? A. Benjamin Franklin B. Spanish Explorers: C. Ames Oglethorpe D. Puritans

Answer: D. Puritans

How would you improve your understanding of Transcendentalism? A. Read the works of Henry James B. Research the life of Samuel Clemens C. Read Thoreau’s Walden D. Research Natty Bumppo’s adventures on the American frontier

Answer: C. Read Thoreau’s Walden

To whom did Gertrude Stein’s “The Lost Generation” refer? A. American “ex patriots” who disappeared in Europe B. Her parents’ generation of wealthy patricians C. Unemployed young Americans living in Europe D. World War I era artists whose experiences hurt them

Answer: A. American “ex patriots” who disappeared in Europe

Early American literature includes works by

A. Native Americans B. Colonists C. Settlers

D. All of the above

Answer: D. All of the above

During the late 19th to early 20th century, _____ became a new force in American literature.

A. Novelists

B. Dramatists C. Women D. Poets

Answer: C. Women

The purpose of a presentation can be to inform, to persuade, or to entertain. For each topic, choose the letter that best describes the

purpose of the presentation.

How to operate a fire extinguisher. A. To inform

B. To persuade C. To entertain

Answer: A. To inform

• The purpose of a presentation can be to inform, to persuade, or to entertain. For each topic, choose the letter that best describes the purpose of the presentation.

• Write a presentation on why the movie version of The Color Purple is better than the book. A. To inform B. To persuade C. To entertain

Answer: B. To persuade

Your teacher asks you to use at least three primary sources in your research paper about an author. Which of the following

would fulfill this requirement?

A. A novel by the author, an interview with the author, and a letter written to the author

B. A Web site about the author, an encyclopedia entry about the author, and a diary entry by the author

C. An encyclopedia entry about the author, an email mentioning the author, and a speech by the author

D. A survey about literature of the time, a journal article about the author’s work, and a textbook mentioning the author

Answer: A. A novel by the author, an interview with the

author, and a letter written to the author

After reading a literary critic’s analysis of Hemingway’s use of bullfighting in his novel Death in the Afternoon, you restate her findings in your

own words. Which technique are you using?

A. A direct quote B. Paraphrasing C. Summarizing

D. Anecdotal scripting

Answer: B. Paraphrasing

Ben Franklin once said, “early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

This is an example of _____.

A. A direct quote B. Paraphrasing C. Summarizing

D. Anecdotal scripting

Answer: A. A direct quote

Which if the following would make the MOST effective research question for a research paper about American literature? A. What are molecules? B. During which years was Willa Cather alive? C. How did Henry David Thoreau’s friendships influence his writing? D. How many books did Flannery O’Connor write?

Answer: C. How did Henry David Thoreau’s friendships

influence his writing?

Which if the following is an example of a secondary source?

A. An interview B. A textbook C. A speech D. A poem

Answer: B. A textbook

Choose the sentence that uses the correct punctuation and capitalization. A. Let’s go through the tunnel around the park and down Melcher Street to get home. B. Let’s go through the tunnel, around the park, and down Melcher Street to get home. C. Lets go through the tunnel, around the park, and down Melcher Street to get home. D. Lets go through the tunnel, around the park and down Melcher Street, to get home.

Answer: B. Let’s go through the tunnel, around the park, and down

Melcher Street to get home.

Until this year, mathematics _____ my favorite subject. A. Is B. Are C. Was D. Were

Answer: C. Was

What is the primary persuasive technique used in the following advertisement? Everyone wants string and shiny hair, and that’s why women across America are trying our new BelleVitamin Shampoo. Our shampoo has a fresh, clean scent that you’ll love. Don’t be left in the cold with dull, boring hair. Join the rest of us, and try BelleVitamin Shampoo. We promise others will notice! A. Stereotyping B. Bandwagon C. Card stacking D. Rhetorical questions

Answer: B. Bandwagon

Maria wants to include a passage from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in her paper, but it is very long. She thinks she can cut out the middle of the passage and still keep the more important parts. What punctuation does she need to add to her excerpt so that the reader knows she omitted something? A. Parenthesis B. A colon C. A hyphen D. An ellipsis

Answer: D. An ellipses

Which literary device is used in the following sentence? I was so tired last night that I slept like a log. A. Onomatopoeia B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Hyperbole

Answer: B. Simile

The fact that a sweet carbonated drink has names like coke, pop, soda, and soft drink suggests differences in

A. Dialect B. Spelling C. Meaning

D. Pronunciation

Answer: A. Dialect

A literary movement emphasizing emotions and feelings that began in the late eighteenth century and ended during the Civil War was

A. Transcendentalism

B. Naturalism C. Post-Modernism

D. Romanticism

• Answer: D - Romanticism

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau represent authors from which literary

movement?

A. Transcendentalism B. Naturalism

C. Realism D. Modernism

• Answer: A - Transcendentalism

In what literary era did writers begin to break with tradition and rebel against the

sentimentality of the Romantics?

A. Realism B. Naturalism

C. Transcendentalism D. Modernism

• Answer: A - Realism

Members of the high school student body decided to make a presentation to the administration for support and funds to form a marching band. Some students decided to pretend to be the principal and vice principal arguing against the idea. Other students responded to their comments. What problem-solving technique were these students using? A. constructing models B. creating metaphors C. brainstorming D. role-playing

• Answer: D – role-playing

As per your request, I am enclosing a xerox copy of your account. This statement lists all of your

activities from the last twelve months. If we may provide any further assistance, please do not

hesitate to contact us.

This excerpt would most likely come from: A. Personal Writing B. Social Writing

C. Academic Writing D. Business Writing

• Answer: D – Business Writing

The correct contraction of they are is which of the following?

A. theya’re B. they’re C. there D. they’r

• Answer: B – They’re

Use the context clues in the sentence to decide the best meaning of the underlined word. They tried to ameliorate the hostage crisis with negotiations, but the terrorists were unreasonable and the situation worsened. A. worsen B. hide C. calm D. improve • Answer: D - improve

Which of the following sentences has a subject-verb agreement error?

A. Everything is the same as it was when we

left. B. No one is going to join us for a drink.

C. None wanted to go to the beach. D. None of the guys is going to the movie.

• Answer: D – guys/is Corrected – guys/are

Which sentence has the correct apostrophe usage?

A. Its going to rain. B. Its’ going to rain. C. It’s going to rain. D. I’ts going to rain.

• Answer: C – It’s - (It is) going to rain.

Authors who tell a story using I or we such as JD Salinger in Catcher In the Rye are

using

A. objective point of view B. first-person point of view C. third-person point of view D. omniscient point of view

• Answer: B – First-person

Clear, direct language and ordinary, everyday events characterize

A. Realism

B. Modernism C. Transcendentalism

D. Naturalism

• Answer: A - Realism

Puritan writing is characterized by

A. fiction B. drama

C. sermons D. humor

• Answer: C - Sermons

Native American literature was characterized by which of the

following?

A. poetry B. drama

C. symbolic writing D. oral tradition

• Answer: D – Oral Tradition

Complete the analogy:

Doctor is to Patient as Lawyer is to ___

A. Judge B. Criminal

C. Client D. Bailiff

• Answer: C - Client

During what time period was there the first significant movement of black writers

and artists?

A. the Colonial Period B. the Harlem Renaissance

C. Modernism D. Post-Modernism

• Answer: B – Harlem Renaissance

Choose the following word that matches the definition:

A way of speaking that is characteristic of a

social group or of a certain geographical area.

A. Epithet B. Assonance

C. Dialect D. Diction

• Answer: C - Dialect

An expository passage is most likely written to

A. narrate

B. entertain C. inform

D. persuade

• Answer: C - inform

All of the following are examples of facts, except A. Mt. Rainier, in Washington State, is 14,410 feet. B. Vermont is the state with the smallest black population. C. Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to use the radio as a communication device. D. Women firefighters are more capable in their work than male firefighters.

• Answer: D

Place the following events in their proper order: 1. Finally, results are analyzed and interpreted with respect to

the perceived “correctness” of the hypothesis. 2. Predictions are made based on the hypothesis, and methods

are designed for testing those predictions. 3. The experiment is conducted and data are collected.

4. Experimental design begins with asking a question and forming a testable hypothesis.

A. 1,3,2,4 B. 1,3,4,2 C. 3,2,1,4 D. 4,2,3,1

• Answer: D

Which statement expresses an opinion rather than a fact? A. Patrick Henry delivered his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech in 1775. B. Jacqueline Kennedy was the wife of President John F. Kennedy. C. George Washington was the most admired president of all time. D. “The Gift of the Magi” was written by O. Henry.

• Answer: C