Spring 2009 9th Grade Final Study Guide

Your final exam will be covering The Necklace, Lost on Dress Parade, As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap, A Just Judge, The Stub Book, The Death Disk, and The Story of King Arthur and His Knights p. 79-181.
Your final exam will be divided into two sections.

Section I: Literary Terms
You must be able to define, identify, and give an example of these literary terms:
surprise ending
verbal irony
situational irony
poetic justice
point of view
suspense
theme
conflict
setting
1st person limited perspective
3rd person limited perspective
omniscient perspective
objective perspective
dialect
dialogue
foreshadowing
tone
mood
plot

Section II: Passage Identification/Analysis
3 passage identifications taken from the stories we have read this quarter, one will definitely be taken from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, one will definitely be taken from As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap, and one will be a surprise.

In this section, you will be given an excerpt from the material that we have read. You must identify the name of the work, the author, and then you must talk about the meaning and importance of the excerpt.
You must spell the name of the work and author correctly.
Here are the things you should write about in your analysis of the passage:

First, relate the passage to the rest of the story or poem
Then, you must discuss any significant parts of the passage
1. Is this passage a key moment within the story? Here, you discuss the plot of the story-- highlighting the key moments within the the story as well as showing where the given passage occurs within the story as a whole.

2. Does it contain any of the literary elements that you were taught about, such as a symbol, repetition, refrain, etc.? You will have to mention at least 2 terms, and they must be the dominant terms within the passage. For example, if your passage contains a setting and irony, you would discuss IRONY over setting since it most likely plays a more important part in the passage.

3. What effect does this passage have on you as a reader? How does it make you respond, for example, does it make you feel more excited? Does it make you feel more nervous? What does it teach you? Here, you would discuss the TONE, MOOD, and the THEME of the passage.

9th Grade Final Exam Study Guide

Your final exam will be on Monday, 12/15, from 10:40 to 11:30. I will be at school on Saturday if you have any questions about your final exam-- (you shouldn't since I've given you all you need to know). On Sunday, I will not be answering your texts or phone calls.

It will be covering A Good Night, A Spark Neglected Burns the House, The Place of Peace, The Night the Bed Fell, Three Days to See, The Ugly Duckling, Appointment with Love, and The Black Arrow.

It will have three sections and be worth 70 points total- a character identification section, a reading comprehension section, and a passage identification and analysis section.

Section I (20 points total)
You should be able to identify the main and minor characters from each story. You should know the first and last name of each character. This is NOT a matching section.

Section II (30 points total)
This section will consist of the comprehension questions taken from the textbook and The Black Arrow.

Section III (20 points total)
Passage Identification (there will be one of these).In this section, you will be given an excerpt from the material that we have read. You must identify the name of the work, the author, and then you must talk about the meaning and importance of the excerpt.

You must spell the name of the work and author correctly.
Here are the things you should write about in your analysis of the passage:
First, relate the passage to the rest of the story or poem
Then, you must discuss any significant parts of the passage
1. Is this passage a key moment within the story?
2. Does it contain any of the literary elements that you were taught about, such as a symbol, repetition, refrain, etc.?
3. What effect does this passage have on you as a reader? How does it make you respond, for example, does it make you feel more excited? Does it make you feel more nervous? What is it teaching you?