English- 9 th Grade 1 st Semester Review

Literary TermsThe Odyssey The Most Dangerous Game Secret Life of Walter Mitty Gift of the Magi Romeo and Juliet MUGSThe Short StoryPotpourri Scarlet Ibis 5-Paragraph Essays Poetry

Literary Terms

The Odyssey

Romeo and Juliet

Most Dangerous Game

Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Gift of the Magi

Scarlet Ibis

Paragraph Essays

Poetry

MUGS

The Short Story

Potpourri

Literary Terms 100 What is “a small unit of a play in which there is no shift in place or time?” What is “a small unit of a play in which there is no shift in place or time?” Answer: Answer: A scene A scene

Odyssey 100 What is Odysseus’ tragic flaw? What is Odysseus’ tragic flaw? Answer: Answer: hubris= excessive pride hubris= excessive pride

Romeo and Juliet 100 The play opens with a fight between….? The play opens with a fight between….? Answer: Answer: The servants of the Capulets and Montagues The servants of the Capulets and Montagues

Most Dangerous Game 100 What is the setting? What is the setting? Answer: Answer: Tropical jungle/ “Ship-Trap Island” Tropical jungle/ “Ship-Trap Island”

Secret Life of Walter Mitty 100 What does Walter Mitty do repeatedly throughout the shorty story that makes the format peculiar? What does Walter Mitty do repeatedly throughout the shorty story that makes the format peculiar? Answer: Answer: Daydream Daydream

Gift of the Magi 100 What do both of the main characters sell? What do both of the main characters sell? Answer: Answer: His pocket watch and her hair His pocket watch and her hair

Scarlet Ibis 100 What is the narrator’s brother’s real name? What is the narrator’s brother’s real name? Answer: Answer: William Armstrong William Armstrong

5-Paragraph Essays 100 What is a Thesis Statement? What is a Thesis Statement? Answer: Answer: Argument (will not accept blueprint- it is part of the argument!!) Argument (will not accept blueprint- it is part of the argument!!)

Poetry 100 How many lines are in a sonnet? How many lines are in a sonnet? Answer: Answer: 14 14

MUGS 100 Which is correct? Which is correct? (There/Their/They’re) not going to the movies tonight with Ted. Answer: Answer: They’re They’re

Short Story 100 What is “a struggle between opposing forces”? What is “a struggle between opposing forces”? Answer: Answer: A conflict A conflict

Potpourri 100 What is the Latin term for “seize the day”? What is the Latin term for “seize the day”? Answer: Answer: Carpe Diem Carpe Diem

Literary Terms 200 What literary term means a seeming contradiction and is very similar to oxymoron ? What literary term means a seeming contradiction and is very similar to oxymoron ? Answer: Answer: paradox paradox

Odyssey 200 What is Odysseus’ idea that finally penetrates the walls of Troy in the Iliad? What is Odysseus’ idea that finally penetrates the walls of Troy in the Iliad? Answer: Answer: Trojan Horse Trojan Horse

Romeo and Juliet 200 Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet is famous because of the way it is staged- what is the name of this famous scene? Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet is famous because of the way it is staged- what is the name of this famous scene? Answer: Answer: The Balcony Scene The Balcony Scene

Most Dangerous Game 200 What is the meaning of “the most dangerous game”? What is the meaning of “the most dangerous game”? Answer: Answer: = humans hunting humans = humans hunting humans Daily Double!! Explain the double-meaning (pun) of the phrase/title Daily Double!! Explain the double-meaning (pun) of the phrase/title

Secret Life of Walter Mitty 200 What is inevitable with the point of view in a narrative? What is inevitable with the point of view in a narrative? Answer: Answer: bias bias

Gift of the Magi 200 What is ironic about the end of the short story? What is ironic about the end of the short story? Answer: Answer: Their gifts were useless Their gifts were useless

Scarlet Ibis 200 What does the doctor’s predictions and warnings of Doodle’s heart as a baby foreshadow? What does the doctor’s predictions and warnings of Doodle’s heart as a baby foreshadow? Answer: Answer: He will die of heart failure He will die of heart failure Or He will never give up/he is a fighter Or He will never give up/he is a fighter

5-Paragraph Essay Paragraph Essay 200 About how many specific examples should be in every body paragraph? About how many specific examples should be in every body paragraph? Answer: Answer: 3 Or 2-4, 2-3 Or 2-4, 2-3

Poetry 200 What is the term for unrhymed poetry? What is the term for unrhymed poetry? Answer: Answer: Blank verse Blank verse

MUGS 200 Which is correct? Which is correct? 1.) Me and her went to the store. 2.) Her and I went to the store. 3.) She and I went to the store. Answer: Answer: 3

Short Story 200 What is “the main idea, message, or moral of a literary work?” What is “the main idea, message, or moral of a literary work?” Answer: Answer: Theme Theme

Potpourri 200 What does the acronym MLA represent: What does the acronym MLA represent: Answer: Answer: Modern Language Association Modern Language Association

Literary Terms 300 What is “a long speech given by one character alone on stage while other characters are present?” What is “a long speech given by one character alone on stage while other characters are present?” Answer: Answer: monologue monologue

Odyssey 300 Who does Odysseus have to consult in the Underworld? Who does Odysseus have to consult in the Underworld? Answer: Answer: The blind prophet, Tiresias The blind prophet, Tiresias

Romeo and Juliet 300 In what era did Shakespeare write this play? In what era did Shakespeare write this play? Answer: Answer: The Renaissance The Renaissance Daily Double!! What does “renaissance” mean? Daily Double!! What does “renaissance” mean?

Most Dangerous Game 300 Is the conflict in the short story internal, external, or both? Is the conflict in the short story internal, external, or both? Answer: Answer: both both

Secret Life of Walter Mitty 300 What did Mrs. Mitty keep reminding her husband not to forget at the store? What did Mrs. Mitty keep reminding her husband not to forget at the store? Answer: Answer: Puppy biscuits Puppy biscuits

Gift of the Magi 300 What does the author mean by “of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are the wisest… They are the magi” ? What does the author mean by “of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are the wisest… They are the magi” ? Answer: Answer: They gave in a spirit of love which is better than any material gift. They gave in a spirit of love which is better than any material gift.

Scarlet Ibis 300 What is the central theme of the short story (that is directly stated)? What is the central theme of the short story (that is directly stated)? Answer: Answer: Pride is a wonderful, terrible thing. Pride is a wonderful, terrible thing.

5-Paragraph Essays 300 What should happen (structurally) throughout each body paragraph and especially at the end of each body paragraph? What should happen (structurally) throughout each body paragraph and especially at the end of each body paragraph? Answer: Answer: Refer to thesis Refer to thesis Or summarize your argument, explain relevance to argument Or summarize your argument, explain relevance to argument

Poetry 300 What term is “a pair of rhyming lines?” What term is “a pair of rhyming lines?” Answer: Answer: A Rhyming couplet A Rhyming couplet

MUGS 300 Why is the following sentence grammatically incorrect? Why is the following sentence grammatically incorrect? Swaying, drifting, falling lightly down to the ground. Swaying, drifting, falling lightly down to the ground. Answer: Answer: Fragment/ incomplete/ no subject (“What is “swaying, …”?) Fragment/ incomplete/ no subject (“What is “swaying, …”?)

Short Story 300 The point at which the reader feels the intensity of the action rising to its highest peak is called: The point at which the reader feels the intensity of the action rising to its highest peak is called: Answer: Answer: climax climax

Potpourri 300 What is the 1 st and 2 nd Most Prevalent allusions in our culture? What is the 1 st and 2 nd Most Prevalent allusions in our culture? Answers: Answers: #1: Bible #1: Bible #2: Shakespeare #2: Shakespeare