English 9 Benchmark Study Guide

Setting Time and place of the story Analyzing the setting helps the reader understand the meaning of the story What is the setting of Lady, or the Tiger? amphitheater –What purpose does it serve? Court of law

Theme message of the story Identify the theme in The Interlopers –Situations such as near-death experiences can change attitudes that have existed for a long time

Elements of Plot Exposition –Includes setting & introduction to characters Rising Conflict –Conflict introduced Climax –Turning point Falling conflict –Conflicts are resolved Resolution –Conclusion to the story

Suspense What details from The Most Dangerous Game add to the suspense of the story? –Rainsford learns that sailors are afraid of Ship Trap Island –Ivan meets Rainsford at the door by pointing a gun at his chest –Rainsford learns that he is to be Zaroffs next hunting subject

External Conflict : Character vs. Character Character vs. Nature Character vs. Society struggle occurs b/t a character & an outside force

Internal conflict Character vs. self Identify the internal conflict the princess faces in Lady, Or the Tiger? –Princess is struggling w/ her love & jealousy for the young man

Irony Situational IronyVerbal ironyDramatic irony Something happens in the plot that we dont expect A character says something but means something else The reader knows something that the characters do not know Name examples of irony from The Interlopers

Vocabulary Read a sentence from a short story read in class that uses a vocabulary word. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the vocabulary word.

Writing: Paragraph Identify topic sentence Identify concluding sentence Identify related details in a paragraph

Grammar Parts of Speech –Noun –Pronoun –Adjective –Verb Action vs. linking Transitive vs. Intransitive –Adverb –Interjection –Conjunction –Preposition Parts of a Sentence –Simple subject/predicate –Complete subject/predicate –Order of Subject/Predicate –Sentence, Fragment and Run-ons