ENGLISH MIDTERM INFORMATION

English Midterm Test Date: January 21, 2010

Part 1 of Midterm: ACT Dictionary Project Evaluation: Due by January 19, 2010 by 8:00pm via email. 200pts

Semester One Vocabulary: 135 Words- Weeks 2-14= Min. 136 Slide counting the introductory Slides.

Weeks- 2- 11 should contain: The part of speech, definition, synonym, antonym, and a meaningful sentence.

Weeks 12-14 should contain: The part of speech, definition and a meaningful sentence for each word.

Part 2 of Midterm- 350 points – Test Date: January 21, 2010 90 minutes.

1. What is a pronoun>

2. What is a verb?

3. What is an adjective?

4. What is an adverb?

5. What is the Humanities 2013 blog address?

6. What is a protagonist?

7. What is an antagonist?

8. What is self conflict?

9. What is individual conflict?

10. Why can’t one possess both innocence and compassion?

11. In the short story Marigolds, when did Lizabeth lose her innocence?

12. In the novel “Seedfolks”, what did Gonzalo mean when he stated” The older you are, the younger you get when you move to the United States?

13. What is personification?

14. What is a simile?

15. What is a metaphor?

16. In the Lady or the Tiger, what was the kings method of administering justice?

17. What is a plot?

18. What is a rising action?

19. What is the climax?

20. What is a turning point?

21. What foreshadowing?

22. In the “Cask of Amontillado” who was the protagonist?

23. “A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser”? What does this mean?

24. In the novel “Teas of a Tiger” what cause the car crash?

25. Why might Andy remember the retaining wall being larger than it actually was the night of the accident?

26. What is a Sunni Muslim?

27. What is a Shia Muslim?

28. In the end Hassan was revealed to be Amir’s _______?

29. “A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who wont stand up for anything.” What does this mean?

30. What does Baba mean by his statement, “The only sin is theft.” What did Baba steal?

31. In the necklace, how would you characterize the personality of Madame Loisel?

32. What are the 3M’s of Boolean searches?

33. Effective note takers must have what skill?

34. Know the Humanities 9 format!

1. In the short story “Thank you M’am” Why does Mrs. Jones take Roger home to wash his face and feed him?

35. In the short story” The most dangerous game”, What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story?

36. Who wrote the novel Seedfolks?

37. Who wrote the novel “The Kite Runner?”

38. What is the goal of persuasive writing?