English 11 First Semester Exam Study Guide: Extra Credit Option

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Section 1: Reading Comprehension Nonfiction
**SOL format **
Section 2: Writing Strategies
**SOL format**
Section 3: Identifying Characteristics: Schools of Literary Thought
1. List three sources of inspiration for the Neoclassical school of thought.
Logic, symmetry, and Greek and Roman mythology and literature
2. List six attitudes/interests for the Neoclassical school of thought.
Practical outlook, science and technology, universal experiences, following
traditions, optimistic about the present, restraint and elegance
3. List three social concerns for the Neoclassical school of thought.
Social hierarchy, society as a whole, understanding and controlling nature
4. List four sources of inspiration for the Romantic school of thought.
Intuition, emotions, imagination, folklore and superstitions
5. List six attitudes/interests for the Romantic school of thought.
Idealistic outlook, the mysterious and supernatural, unique individual
experiences, new forms of expression, romanticized the past, excess and
spontaneity
6. List four social concerns for the Romantic school of thought.
Desire for radical change, in favor of democracy, concerned with common
people and the individual, nature as mysterious and untamed
7. List four sources of inspiration for the Transcendentalist school of thought.
Intuition, emotions, imagination, nature
8. List four attitudes/interests for the Transcendentalist school of thought.
Optimistic, the spiritual and the natural, individualism and confidence,
simplicity
9. List four social concerns for the Transcendentalist school of thought.
Nonconformity, self-reliance and free-thought, inherent goodness of people,
nature connects man and God
10. List the five characteristics of Romantic writing.
Interest in the common man and childhood; strong senses, emotions, and
feelings; awe of nature; celebration of the individual; importance of
imagination

Section 4: Tuesdays with Morrie

11. List three of Morrie Schwartzs aphorisms from Tuesdays with Morrie.
Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do.
Love each other or perish.
Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
12. What is Morries opinion on the relationship between teachers and students?
Morrie believes that students and teachers should be friends.
13. What is Morries opinion on talking about death?
Morrie believes that it is healthy to talk about death.
14. What is Morries opinion on popular culture?
Morrie believes that popular culture makes people feel bad about themselves.
15. What is Morries opinion on love?
Morrie believes that love always wins.
Section 5: Persuasive Writing Skills
16. List the four essential components of a persuasive introduction paragraph.
Hook, Context, Audience, Thesis Statement
17. List seven attention-grabbing (or hook) strategies for a persuasive essay.
Quote, Statistic, Interesting Anecdote, Rhetorical Question, Vivid Description,
Shocking Announcement, Onomatopoeia
18. List five elaboration strategies for the body paragraphs of a persuasive essay.
Hypothetical Instance, Clarify a Position, Think through a Process, Drawing
Comparisons, Conducting an Analysis
19. List three conclusion strategies for a persuasive essay.
Call to Action, Offer a Solution, Make a Prediction
20.List four types of appeals used for developing a persuasive argument.
Logical, Emotional, Ethical, Practical
Section 6: Literary terms & Concepts
Define each term.
21. Alliteration the repetition of
the first consonant sound of
words
22. Allusion a reference to a wellknown story, event, person, or
object in order to make a
comparison in the readers
minds

23. Analogy a point-by-point

comparison that uses one thing
or idea to make sense of another
24. Catalog the use of frequent lists
of people, things, or attributes
25. Diction the writers choice of
specific words to express
meaning
26. Syntax the arrangement of
words and phrases in a sentence

27. Tone an expression of a

writers attitude towards his or
her subject
28.Voice the writers use of
language that allows the reader
to hear a human personality in
his or her writing
29. Claim the writers position on a
specific issue or problem
33.

30.Support the reasons and

evidence provided to prove a
claim
31. Counterclaim arguments that
a writer formulates to answer
opposing views
32. Main Idea the central idea
about a topic that the writer
conveys

Section 7: Vocabulary

34. Define each vocabulary word, as it was used in the corresponding article.
35. compulsive resulting from an
irresistible urge
36. underlying related to the cause
or basis of something
37. predisposition a tendency to
suffer from a particular
condition, hold a particular
attitude, or act in a particular
way
38.appendix a section of
additional material at the end of
a book or document
39. inherently existing as a
permanent and inseparable
quality
40.empowered to give someone
the authority or power to do
something
41. integration the act of
combining two things so that
they become a whole

42. secession the action of

withdrawing formally from
membership
43. surging increasing suddenly
and powerfully, especially
during an otherwise stable
period
44.vassals a person or country in
subordinate position to another
45. ruthlessness mercilessness
characterized by a lack of pity
46.recess a period of time when
proceedings are temporarily
suspended
47. humanitarian concerned with
or seeking to promote human
welfare
48.catalyst a force or person
causing action, especially
without being involved or
changed by the consequences
49.shunted - pushed or shoved by
someone or something

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