ENGLISH 9AA EXAM INFORMATION

• Literal and Inferential Multiple Choice Questions over 1st semester

readings (most questions will be taken directly off old tests). Works to know:
* "The Most Dangerous Game" p.5
* "Thank You M'am" p. 86
* "Helen on 86th Street" p. 104
* "Marigolds" p. 118
* "The Necklace" p. 159
* "The Sniper" p. 211
* "The Gift of the Magi" p. 286
* "The Road Not Taken" p. 314
* "I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud" p. 457
* "How to Eat a Guava" p. 541
* the lesson of the moth
* "Harrison Bergeron
* Animal Farm

• Literary Terms Mulitple Choice. 33 Terms to know: Conflict (4 types),

irony, theme, plot, exposition, climax, resolution, primary source, secondary
source, simile, metaphor, personification, contradiction, imagery, prose,
mood, direct characterization, indirect characterization, allusion, round
character, flat character, protagonist, antagonist, static character, dynamic
character, omniscient point of view, limited omniscient point of view, first
person point of view, tone, diction, style, fable, allegory

• Vocabulary Multiple Choice. 22 Words to know: abhor, instigate, agile,

scrutiny, arid, impoverished, placidly, incinting, malicious, incessantly,
pauper, adulation, aghast, benevolent, apathy, indignation, intermediary,
countenance, sordid, taciturn , morose, innovations

• Objective (You can't really study for this section!)

* 2 reading passages with multiple choice and extended response
questions.
* Editing/Revision questions
* Author's purpose questions
* Organization questions

You may bring ONE 3x5 notecard to the exam. You will turn in the card
with your exam.