9th Grade Final Exam Review Sheet

Your Final Exam is on Tuesday, June 8 and Wednesday June 9.
You must be able to define and identify each below.

Sentences
1.Declarative
2.Interrogative
3.Exclamatory
4.Imperative
5. Simple
6. Compound

7.Complex
8.Compound-Complex
9.Fragments
10.Run-ons
11. Comma Splices

Literary Terms
1.Origin Myth
2.Personification
3.Archetype
4.Personal symbol
5.Universal symbol
6.Epic
7.Epic Hero
8.Epic Conflict
9.Heroic Quest
1o.Invocation
11.Divine Intervention
12. In medias ras

Summer Reading Literary Terms

1.Antagonist
2.Protagonist
3.Point-of-view
4.3rd Person Omniscient P-o-V
5.3rd Person Limited P-o-V
6.1st Person P-o-V
7.Dialogue
8.Dialect
9.Conflict
10.Climax
11.Antithesis
12.Setting
13.Theme
14.Dynamic character
15.Static character

Writing:

1. Thesis Statement
2. Topic Statement
3. Paragraph
4. Supporting Details

Additional:

1. Griot
2. Call and Response
3. Genre
4. Science Fiction
5. Historical Fiction
6. Myth
7. Existentialism
8. Allegory
   
   Day 2: Short Responses

You will write a brief response of three paragraphs per question. You must refer to points discussed in class, given in lectures, and address the basic info on all the literature provided (author, setting, protagonist, antagonist, theme, conflict, etc.)

1. Explain two central lessons Gilgamesh learns on his epic quest.

2. Explain two central conflicts Shabanu faces throughout this bildungsroman.

3. Explain how 47 is both an existential and allegorical story.

4. Identify the two primary conflicts that lead to the demise of the unnamed cheechako in To Build A Fire and explain one theme of the story.

5. What did you learn from the Emmett Till documentary?