2014 SPRING FINAL REVIEW

2014 SPRING FINAL REVIEW

8TH

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COMPOUND SENTENCES*Contains two complete ideas called clauses*The clauses must be related.*Clauses are connected by a conjunction*A conjunction is a “joiner.”*Conjunctions: remember “FANBOYS” for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so*Semicolon functions as a conjunction

1. Abe Lincoln gave a stump speech, and he stood on a real stump. (C)

2. I washed the rug with detergent, but the red stain would not come out. (C)

3. The book is about ancient Egypt. (S)

4. Geronimo was born in No-doyohn Canyon, Mexico. (S)

5. Iris and Phil took a train to Chicago. (S)

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6.C 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. C

11. S 12. S 13. S

CHECK YOUR ANSWERSLITERARY TERMS

1. E 2. P 3. G 4. O

5. C 6. A 7. K8. M9. F 10. B 11. D 12.

N13. T 14. S 15. J 16. H17. N 18. U 19. Q

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GREEN LITERATURE BOOK1. The German mayor of the town accompanied the

American soldiers.2. Gerta has no feelings. She says that looking back

she was an “emotionless vacuum.”3. She took the pictures that she kept in the boots out,

but she allowed the poison to be burned with the boots.

4. The powerful memories of her family; father reading the paper and smoking a pipe, her mother needlepointing, she and her brother doing homework, soft lamps glowing

5. Gerta married the officer that liberated her.

The outsiders

1. Ponyboy gets jumped by some of the Socs.

2. Gang members: Darry, Sodapop, Steve, Two-Bit, Dally, and Johnny (and Ponyboy, of course)

3. The narrator is Ponyboy.

4. S. E. Hinton was 16 years old when she wrote The Outsiders.

The outsiders 5. Ponyboy ran away from home because Darry slapped him in an argument.6. Ponyboy and Johnny rescued small children

from a burning church building.7. Ponyboy tried to cope with Johnny’s death by

denying that it happened or was real.8. Randy was sick of the fighting, and he was

tired of it not doing any good. He said that it didn’t matter who won, that that nothing would change.

The outsiders 9. Johnny meant that Ponyboy should not change, that he should keep his ideals, that he should stay sensitive, caring, kind, and innocent. 10.Dally “broke” after Johnny’s death. (pg. 52) He

robbed a grocery store, ran to the vacant lot, pulled the EMPTY gun on the police, and was shot down. He died young, desperate, and violently.

11.Cherry helped Ponyboy realize that all socs were not

like the soc that beat Johnny anymore than all greasers were like Dally.12. Ponyboy is kind, smart, polite, soft-spoken and sensitive.

The Diary of Anne Frank

1. The setting of the play is Amersterdam in the Netherlands during WWII.

2. The Frank’s went into hiding because the Nazi’s were persecuting the Jews. They were exiling them to concentration camps for labor and extermination.

The Diary of Anne Frank

3. The Franks and the Van Daans wore multiple layers of clothing because they could not carry

suitcases or they would look suspicious to the Nazis.

4. The Franks and the Van Daans were hiding in the annex for 25 months or about two years.

The Diary of Anne Frank

5. There were eight people hiding in the annex, the Franks (4) The VanDanns (3) and Mr. Dussel.

6. Anne Frank never lost faith in the goodness of people.

The outsiders

9. Johnny wanted Ponyboy to stay sensitive, caring, kind, and innocent.

10.Dally “broke” after Johnny’s death. (pg. 52) He robbed a grocery store, ran to the vacant lot, pulled the EMPTY gun on the police, and was shot down. He died young, desperate, and violently.

The Diary of Anne Frank

7. Peter called Anne “Miss Quack, Quack”

8. The yellow star of David

9. The Franks and the VanDaans think one of their warehouse workers is blackmailing them.

The Diary of Anne Frank10. Their rations were cut because the suppliers of the ration books were arrested.11. The sound of the burglar downstairs ruins the Hanukkah celebration. 12. Mrs. Frank wants the VanDaans to leave because Mr. VanDaan was stealing food. 13.From Anne’s diary titled -

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Vocabulary from Anne Frank and

The Outsiders1. Acquitted- to relieve from charge or fault of

a crime; not guilty2. Apprehension- nervousness

3. Conspicuous- easily seen or noticed

4. Contemptuous- despised; hated; scorned; disdain

5. Defiance- a challenge; the act of going against authority

Vocabulary from Anne Frank and

The Outsiders

6. Detached- not attached; separated; disinterested

7. Disgruntled- unhappy

8. Doggedly- persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious

9. Elite- superior or powerful group; nobility

10. Flinching- to drawback or shrink

Vocabulary from Anne Frank and

The Outsiders11. Gingerly- carefully or cautious

12. Hue- color, tint, or shade

13. Incredulous- disbelief; skeptical

14. Indignantly- angrily

15. Intuition- an ability to know things without having to reason them out.

Vocabulary from Anne Frank and

The Outsiders

16. Loathe- hate

17. Nonchalantly- in a casual, unenthusiastic manner

18. Premonition- a feeling something bad will happen

19. Resignedly- submissive, giving in

20. S0phisticated- experienced in world ways

Vocabulary from Anne Frank and

The Outsiders

21. Stricken- hit, wound, or strike

22. Subside- to sink low or to a lower level

23. Unabashed- obvious; bold

24. Unfathomable- unbelievable, unable to grasp the meaning25. Vast- of great area or extent

1. "There are no walls, no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind.“ Otto Frank

  2. "We don't need the Nazis to destroy us. We are destroying ourselves.“ Otto Frank 3. "He's no father to you.. That man! He doesn't know what it is to be a father.“ Mrs. Frank 4. "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are basically good at heart.“ Anne Frank 5. "In my day it was the boys who called on the girls. Not the girls on the boys:” Mrs. VanDaan  

Who Said It?: Anne Frank

6. "Aren't they awful? Aren't they impossible? Treating us as if we were still in the nursery." Anne Frank  7. "There is so little that we parents can do to help our children. We can only try to set a good example. You must build your own character.“ Otto Frank  8. "You can't throw. . .? Something they branded you with? That they made you wear so they could spit on you?” Peter

Who Said It?: Anne Frank

Who Said It?: The Outsiders1. “Our one rule, besides stick together, is don’t

get caught…Either way there’s not going to be any blood feud between our outfit and Shepard’s. If we needed them tomorrow, they’d show.” Two-Bit

 2. “…. Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…” Dallas 3. “He kept trying to make someone say ‘No’ and they never did. They never did. That is what he wanted. For somebody to tell him ‘No’.” Randy 4. “I didn’t think! I forgot! That’s all I hear out of you! Can’t you think of anything?” Darry 

5. “I think I like it better when the old man’s hittin’ me. At least then I know he knows who I am.” Johnny

6. “We have troubles you have never even heard of….Things are rough all over.” Cherry

7. "You know what a greaser is? White trash with long hair.“ Bob  8. “It ain’t fair! It ain’t fair that we have all the rough breaks!”

Pony Boy 9. “Don’t let him bug you. He’s really proud of you ‘cause you’re so brainy. It’s just because you’re the baby.--I mean he loves you a lot. Savvy?” Soda Pop

Who Said It?: The Outsiders

aster & astrostar

astronomy, asterisk

Root Words

audto hear

audience, audible, audio

Root Words

cir & circumaround

circumference, circle

Root Words

credto believe, trust

credibility, incredibility, credit

Root Words

dic, dictto say, to speak

diction, dictionary

Root Words

durhard, lasting

duration, endure, durable

Root Words

graph & gramto write, draw

autograph, paragraph

Root Words

jur, jus, judiclaw, right, judgment

justify, judicial, jury

Root Words

logue, logo

idea, word, speech, reason

dialogue, logical

Root Words

microsmall

microscope

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monoone

Monologue, monopoly

Root Words

mov, mob, motto move

mobile, remove, moveable

Root Words

noc, nox

night

equinox, nocturnal

Root Words

Point-of-View

1. Me, I, we, us2. The narrator is a person outside of

the story that knows the thoughts and feelings of one character (usually the protagonist).

3. Third person omniscient4. First person point-of-view

“Rules of the Game”

1. Her mother named her after the street that they lived on: Waverly Place Jong.2. Chinatown – a section of San Francisco during

the late 1950’s.

3. Waverly lived in an apartment located above a Chinese bakery.

4. Waverly’s mother wanted to take Waverly shopping so that she could show her off. She feels responsible for Waverly’s success.