English II Honors Final Exam Review Mrs. Rainey. Inversion Inversion in grammar is a reversal of normal word order, especially the placement of a verb.

English II Honors

Final Exam ReviewMrs. Rainey

Inversion

• Inversion in grammar is a reversal of normal word order, especially the placement of a verb ahead of the subject.

• "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."(J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit, 1937)

Rhetorical Question

• A rhetorical device used in an argument.• A question that is not expected to be

answered.

Parallel Structure

• Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written.

Parallel Structure 

• Ashley likes to ski, to swim and jumping.

• Ashley likes to ski, to swim, and to jump.

 Parallel Structure

• Joe likes singing, walking and to dive.

• Joe likes singing, walking, and diving.

Parallel Structure

• Mary wanted to make sure she made her presentation creatively, effectively and persuaded others.

• Mary wanted to make sure that she made her presentation creatively, effectively and persuasively.

Parallel Structure

• Tim was considered to be a good employee because he was never late, he was very motivated and he did not lack initiative.

• Tim was considered to be a good employee because he was never late, he was very motivated and he was not lacking in initiative.

Parallel Structure

• The following activities can be done at the shopping center: buying groceries, eating lunch and a bill payment center.

• The following activities can be done at the shopping center: buying groceries, eating lunch or paying your bill.

Parallel Structure

• In your bedroom, you can find the following: a bed, a closet and sitting at a desk.

• In your bedroom, you can find the following: a bed, a closet and a desk.

Kinds of Sentences

• Declarative – makes a statement

• Imperative – gives a command

• Interrogative – asks a question

• Exclamatory – expresses strong emotion

Kinds of Sentences

• Finish your homework, Coleman.

• Imperative

Kinds of Sentences

• I love swimming.

• declarative

Kinds of Sentences

• Turn the music down.

• Imperative

Parallel Structure

• Dogs are great pets for the following reasons: they are loyal, they are loving and because of their obedience.

• Dogs are great pets for the following reasons: they are loyal, they are loving and they are obedient.

Kinds of Sentences

• What did you do?

• Interrogative

Kinds of Sentences

• I can’t believe it!

• Exclamatory

Fragment or Sentence?

• A kind of milky white?

• Fragment

Fragment or Sentence

• Because she has always loved swimming.

• Fragment

Sentence or Fragment

• To make sure all the swimmers are safe.

• Fragment

Sentence or Fragment?

• I believe.

• Sentence

Sentence or Fragment?

• Coleman laughed loudly.

• Sentence

Alliteration

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Allusion

• An indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work.

Connotation

• Attitude or feeling associated with a word.

Hyperbole

• Figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.

Inference

• Logical assumption that is based on observed facts and one’s own knowledge and experience.

Irony

• Contrast between appearance and reality – usually one in which reality is the opposite of what it seems.

Metaphor

• Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike but have something in common.

Onomatopoeia

• Use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as buzz, whisper, gargle, and murmur.

Third-person omniscient

• All-knowing point of view – narrator sees into the minds of all the characters.

Third-person limited

• Narrator tells what only one character thinks, feels, and observes.

First-person point of view

• Narrator is a character in the story

Protagonist

• Main character in a work of literature – the character who is involved in the central conflict of the story – usually the hero.

Simile

• Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using the word like or as.

Symbol

• A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself.

You

• What is the subject of the sentence below?

• Eat your pancakes!!

Irony

• Identify the literary device –

• “. . . I’ve done my best with what I have to work with. How Katniss sacrificed herself for her sister. How you’ve both successfully struggled to overcome the barbarism of your district.”

Buttercup

• What is the name of Prim’s cat?

8

• What score does Peeta get from his private screening?

Peacekeepers

• Who keeps order around District 12?

Avoxes

• Who gets their tongues cut out?

Metaphor

• Identify the literary device –

• “We always wait to trade with him when his witch of a wife isn’t around because he’s so much nicer.”

Mining

• What is the main industry of District 12?

11

• What score does Katniss get for her individual assessment?

Simile

• Identify the literary device.

• “The camera crews, perched like buzzards on rooftops, only add to the effect.”

Madege Undersee

• Who gave Katniss her mockingjay pin?

Kinds of Sentences

• Coleman does not feel well today.

• Declarative

Cinna

• Who is Katniss’ stylist?

Sentence of Fragment

• Currently on the local news.

• Fragment

Kind of sentence

• What kind of idiot are you?

• Interrogative

Chronological Order

• Arrangement of events in their order of occurrence.

• This type of organization is used in both fictional narratives and in historical writing, biography, and autobiography.

Blank Verse (Iambic pentameter)

• Much of Shakespeare’s drama is in what type of unrhymed poetry?

Comic Relief

• Humorous scenes, incidents, or speeches that are included in a serious drama to provide a reduction in emotional intensity.

Counterargument

• An argument made to answer an opposing argument.

Figurative Language

• Language that communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of words.

Flashback

• Account of a conversation, an episode, or an event that happened before the beginning of a story.

Foreshadowing

• Use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story.

Imagery

• Descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader.

Mood

• The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.

Oxymoron

• A special kind of concise paradox that brings together two contradictory terms.

• Deafening silence and original copy

Paraphrase

• Restating of information in one’s own words

Personification

• Figure of speech in which human qualities are given to a object, animal, or idea.

Propaganda

• Form of communication that may use distorted, false, or misleading information. I usually refers to a manipulative political discourse.

Repetition

• Technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity.

Rhyme

• Occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words.

Soliloquy

• Speech in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud.

Stanza

• A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem