Name: ___________________________________________________________________ Date: ___________________________ Period:_____

10th Lit & Comp Midterm Test Date: ___________________________________________________________________________________

Tenth Grade Literature First Semester Midterm Exam

Study Guide Use notebook paper to write all information
Part One: Define each word - these will appear throughout the text or answers in your test: I will not define
words for you throughout the test as it is an interruption to other students.

Ditziness
Eccentricities
Somber
Neutral
Hastily
Lurched

Vestibule
Appertaining
Prosperity
Habitual
Persisted
Guile

Declined
Arrogance
Craftiness
Compassion
Modesty

Part Two: Literary Terminology:

First person POV

Second person POV
Third person limited
POV
Third person omniscient
POV
Tone
Mood
Setting
Direct Characterization
Indirect
Characterization
Flat Character

Round Character
Static Character
Dynamic Character
Protagonist
Antagonist
Major Character
Minor Character
Theme
Authors Purpose
Dialogue
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Verbal Irony

Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Satire
Symbolism
Plot
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Denouement
Memoir

Part Three: Grammar

Nouns (singular, plural, collective, common, proper, concrete and abstract)

Pronouns (personal and possessive, reflexive and intensive, interrogative, relative, demonstrative, and
indefinite)
Sentence Types (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex)
Sentence Structure (fragment, comma splice, run-on)

Part Four: You will have a constructed response question on the exam. You will have to compose a well-written
response analyzing how literary devices (irony, metaphor, diction, etc.) used in a given passage reveal a theme.