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2. What are the two parts of setting? Time and place

3. What are the three parts of a typical plot? Introduction (also called “Exposition”) Rising Action (also called “Complication”) Climax & Resolution (also called “dénouement”)

4. What is foreshadowing? Hints or clues about what will happen later

5. Name the three conflicts. Character vs. character Character vs. environment Character vs. self

6. What is a theme? The idea presented by the work – what the characters or reader should learn from the work.

7. What are the elements of informational text? Thesis Supporting evidence Also: Tables, graphs, pictures, maps, textboxes, subheadings, statistics, etc.

8. What newspaper genre expresses the opinion of the paper’s writers? An editorial

9. What newspaper genre is supposed to stick to the facts? A news story

10. What newspaper genre allows readers to express their opinions? Letter to the editor

11. Name four of the five elements of a narrative. Character Plot Conflict Setting theme

12. What are synonyms and antonyms? The synonym of a word has nearly nearly the same meaning. The antonym of a word has nearly the opposite meaning.

13. What is imagery? Language that appeals to the senses – sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell

14. What is an allusion? A reference to another play, poem story, etc.

15. What is a metaphor? A comparison in which an object or person is said to beanother person or object.

16. What is a simile? A comparison in which an object or person is said to belike another person or object.

17. Edit this sentence:He has one of them cars with fins on the back. He has one of those cars with fins on the back.

18. Edit this sentence:That young man talk’s too much. That young man talks too much.

19. Edit this sentence:I saw the accident when me and him went downtown. I saw the accident when he and I went downtown.

20. Edit this sentence:He bought four chair’s and a table at the furniture store.

21. Edit this sentence:Every night, I let our cat go out side for two hours. Every night, I let our cat go outside for two hours.

22. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. She wandered the mountains of Utah, drinking from cold streams, sunning herself, and picking snow-white sego. A white flower native to the mountains of Utah (understand context clues)

23. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. He played computer games, watched TV, and slept in his mother’s basement, leading an entirely feckless life. Useless and without energy (understand context clues)

24. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. Ralph’s brother held grudges forever, but Ralph had a generally placable nature. Easily forgiving (understand context clues)

25. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. Lord Byron was killed after he joined the pro-Greek side of the struggle. Supportive of the Greeks (understand prefixes & root words)

26. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. Even after the arguments between the two parties, Senator Smith was willing to recommit himself to the project. To commit again (understand prefixes and root words)

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28. This is the largest Building in the city. Edit this sentence: This is the largest building in the city.

29. He is angry at people that dishonor his countries veterans. Edit this sentence: He is angry at people that dishonor his country’s veterans.

30. A person should decide for themselves. Edit this sentence: People should decide for themselves. OR A person should decide for him or herself. Don’t mix up singular and plural.

31. He eat’s his lunch every day at noon. Edit this sentence: He eats his lunch every day at noon.

32. Coffee and tea is served here. Edit this sentence: Coffee and tea are served here. Don’t mix up singular and plural.

33. What’s wrong here? He tried to climb the fence, it was just too hard. This is a comma-splice. It is incorrect because it attempts to join two complete thoughts with only a comma.

34. What’s wrong here? He loved the little dog, she loathed the wretched thing. This is a comma-splice. It is incorrect because it attempts to join two complete thoughts with only a comma.

35. What’s wrong here? If Mary comes down with the disease. None of us will be able to leave the house. This is chopped in half, creating two fragments

36. What’s wrong here? Two girls who were friends. This is a fragment of a sentence. It doesn’t tell what the two friends did.

37. What’s wrong here? If the president would only take a stronger stand against illegal immigration. This is a fragment of a sentence. It is half of an “if-then” statement.

38. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. After an unhappy childhood and a horrible adolescence, Angela finally found felicity in married life. Happiness in life (understand context clues)

39. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. She entered the room, followed by that obsequious little flatterer who would have eaten dirt if she had asked. Excessively obedient (use context clues)

40. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. The German army began to suffer cold-weather injuries due to the paucity of winter equipment on the Russian Front. Scarcity, lack of (use context clues)

41. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. Since the rock was entirely without fossils, the geology students guessed it was pre-Cambrian. Rocks existing before the Cambrian period, which had the earliest fossils (understand prefixes and use context clues).

42. Form an educated guess at the meaning of the underlined word below. During the séance, the investigators began to feel the presence of a maleficent force. harmful or evil (understand prefixes and use context clues)

43. Tell whether or not this is a good thesis, and if not, tell why. Social Security and Old Age This says nothing at all about its topic. Better: Continuing changes in the Social Security System makes it almost impossible to plan intelligently for one's retirement.

44. Tell whether or not this is a good thesis, and if not, tell why. The American steel industry has many problems. This thesis is far too vague and tries to cover “many problems” instead of just one. Better: The primary problem of the American steel industry is the lack of funds to renovate outdated plants and equipment.

45. Tell whether or not this is a good thesis, and if not, tell why. The thesis of this paper is the difficulty of solving our environmental problems. This is merely announcement of the topic. It says nothing about the topic. The thesis should never refer to the paper or the author.

46. Tell whether or not this is a good thesis, and if not, tell why. People are ruining the environment with chemicals merely to keep their lawns clean. This is a good thesis.

47. Tell whether or not this is a good thesis, and if not, tell why. Stephen Hawking's physical disability has not prevented him from becoming a world-famous physicist, and his book is the subject of a movie. This thesis tries to focus on two separate things.

48. What is a soliloquy? A speech on stage in which an actor speaks his or her thoughts out loud.

49. What is an aside? lines spoken onstage, heard by the audience but not by the other characters

50. What is a foil? A character created to contrast another character.