<p>English 9A Exam Review: Fall Part A: Literary Terms 1. What are the types of external conflict?</p><p>2. A series of related events, like links in a chain, is called the…</p><p>3. The opening of the story is called the…</p><p>4. The key scene in the story is called the…</p><p>5. When events unfold in real time, we call it…</p><p>6. When the flow of events is interrupted to present an episode from the past, the author is using a…</p><p>7. What do you know about the protagonist?</p><p>8. The character or force that blocks the protagonist is the…</p><p>9. The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story is called…</p><p>10. When the reader must use his/her own judgment to determine what a character is like, the author is using…</p><p>11. When the reader doesn’t need to use judgment because the author spells out the character traits, the writer is using…</p><p>12. Characters who do not change much during a story are considered…</p><p>13. Characters who change as a result of the story’s events are considered…</p><p>14. If a character only has one or two traits and can be described in few words, he/she is considered…</p><p>15. The fears, conflicts, or needs that drive a character are called…</p><p>16. The time and place of a story or play is…</p><p>17. The central idea of a work of literature is called the…</p><p>18. The first step in finding the Universal Theme is…</p><p>19. A story’s atmosphere or the feeling it evokes is called the…</p><p>20. The attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or an audience is called…</p><p>21. The category that a work of literature is classified under is called… 22. The voice telling the story is the…</p><p>23. When the person telling the story knows everything there is to know about the characters and their problems, the author is using which point of view?</p><p>24. When one of the characters is telling the story, using the pronoun I, the author is using which point of view?</p><p>25. The character or force that blocks the protagonist is called the … </p><p>Part B: Short Story Comprehension 26. The setting of “The Most Dangerous Game” includes…</p><p>27. The name “Ship Trap Island” is significant because…</p><p>28. What was the one attribute the General was looking for in the ideal prey?</p><p>29. What is the most dangerous game?</p><p>30. The main conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game” is character vs. …</p><p>31. The protagonist in “The Most Dangerous Game” is…</p><p>32. What was the news initially and gently broken to Mrs. Mallard in “Story of an Hour”?</p><p>33. When Mrs. Mallard finally had some time to be alone, what was she able to realize?</p><p>34. How did Mrs. Mallard feel her husband felt about her?</p><p>35. How does Mrs. Mallard react to her husband’s entry in the house?</p><p>36. “The Story of an Hour” is told through which point of view?</p><p>37. How much money had Della managed to save to buy her husband a Christmas present in “Gift of the Magi”?</p><p>38. Which possession(s) do Della and Jim take the most pride in?</p><p>39. What is Jim’s initial reaction to Della’s new look?</p><p>40. What does Jim give Della for Christmas?</p><p>41. This story is told using a(n):</p><p>42. In “The Necklace,” why doesn’t Mathilde Loisel want to go to the party?</p><p>43. How does Mathilde’s husband react to the lost necklace? 44. What does Mathilde do to help pay for the replacement necklace?</p><p>45. How long does it take to pay off the necklace?</p><p>46. The ending of “The Necklace” is an example of:</p><p>47. In “The Interlopers,” what is the cause of the conflict between Ulrich and Georg?</p><p>48. What are Ulrich von Gradvitz and Georg Znaeym doing in the forest?</p><p>49. When do Ulrich and Georg become trapped?</p><p>50. When is the conflict resolved?</p><p>51. What is the setting of “Thank You, M’am”?</p><p>52. How do Mrs. Jones and Roger meet?</p><p>53. What does Roger tell Mrs. Jones he wants?</p><p>54. What does Mrs. Jones give Roger before he leaves?</p><p>55. What does Roger say to Mrs. Jones as he leaves?</p><p>56. Which character(s) could have avoided problems by being more honest and straightforward?</p><p>57. Which story has character vs. nature as a primary conflict?</p><p>58. Which character(s) do not seem to have an internal conflict in his/her story?</p><p>59. Which story focuses almost entirely on a character’s internal conflict?</p><p>60. Which story’s setting is in France?</p><p>61. What story would most likely have the theme “Honesty is the best policy”?</p><p>62. Which character could be considered “flat”?</p><p>63. Which character could be best described as being dynamic?</p><p>64. Whose indirect characterization included the sentence, “She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails”?</p><p>65. Whose indirect characterization included the quote, “Ah! A good stew. There is nothing I like better” ? Part C: The House on Mango Street 66. To what Does Esperanza compare herself without friends?</p><p>67. Which name would Esperanza like to have?</p><p>68. How does Esperanza feel when she drives into a neighborhood of another color?</p><p>69. Besides Mice, What else frightens Alicia?</p><p>70. Why did Papa wake up Esperanza in the middle of the night?</p><p>71. What is the reason for Esperanza having her fortune told?</p><p>72. What is the significance of the Four Skinny Trees?</p><p>73. Why doesn’t Mamacita want her son to learn English?</p><p>74. What do Esperanza and Minerva have in common?</p><p>75. What will Esperanza keep in her attic someday?</p><p>76. Why did Esperanza’s mother quit school?</p><p>77. What did the three sisters tell Esperanza that she had to do? </p><p>78. How is Esperanza planning on getting out of the neighborhood?</p><p>79. The author of The House on Mango Street is:</p><p>80. The House on Mango Street is told utilizing what literary technique?</p><p>Part D: The Odyssey 81. Tell me what you know about Epic heroes. </p><p>82. What is boasting, and how is it used in an epic?</p><p>83. Invocation to the Muse is …</p><p>84. Epic heroes represent what characteristics?</p><p>85. Tell me what you know about the writing/time period of The Odyssey?</p><p>86. Who was the hero of The Iliad?</p><p>87. Tell me the differences between a romantic and a tragic epic.</p><p>88. In the Odyssey, what is Odysseus trying to do? 89. For the majority of Part I, who is Odysseus’s audience?</p><p>90. Describe a person who has just eaten Lotus.</p><p>91. Which basic human quality do the sirens represent?</p><p>92. How do the men justify eating the cattle of the Sun God?</p><p>93. How does Athena assist Odysseus in the beginning of Part II?</p><p>94. How does Eurycleia recognize Odysseus?</p><p>95. What has Telemachus done in advance to help ensure Odysseus’s victory?</p><p>96. Who is Odysseus’s first target?</p><p>97. What plea does Eurymachus make to save his life?</p><p>98. To what are Odysseus and Telemachus compared as they battle the suitors?</p><p>99. Why is Telemachus displeased with his mother, Penelope?</p><p>100. What is Penelope’s test for Odysseus?</p><p>Part E: Character Matching What story does each character come from, and who is he/she?</p><p>101. Falls off a ship while trying to catch his pipe 102. Tries to steal a lady’s purse 103. Will say “Holy Smokes!” but little else in English 104. Loans an old friend a necklace 105. Son of the sea god Poseidon 106. Enchantress who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs 107. Kisses boys in the Monkey Garden 108. A female monster with six serpent heads 109. Odysseus’s faithful wife 110. Odysseus’s son 111. Beautiful nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years 112. King of Ithaca 113. Would like to be called “Ze Ze the X” 114. Is not content with her life and wants the “fine things” 115. Famous blind prophet 116. The most powerful god 117. The goddess of wisdom 118. Is given faulty information regarding her husband’s death 119. A subordinate character who is unable to hear or speak 120. Sells her hair to buy her husband a Christmas present 121. Drags a wayward boy to her house and feeds him 122. Is given a Christmas present he cannot use by his wife 123. Dies as a result of a land dispute 124. Instead of calling her friends names, she’s busy naming the clouds</p><p>Part F: Writing 125. A possible attention grabber would be:</p><p>126. What is the most important sentence in your paper?</p><p>127. Where should your thesis statement be located?</p><p>128. What should be included in the body of the paper?</p><p>129. What goes at the end of your conclusion?</p><p>130. What information should be included in your Identification Block (ID Block) located in the upper left hand corner of your paper?</p><p>131. Write an example of an appropriate header.</p><p>132. Write the date as it would appear in your identification block.</p><p>133. Tell me what you know about the structure of a formal paper.</p><p>134. Tell me what you know about the title of a formal paper. Part G: Conventions, Mechanics, and Grammar Make sure you can define and identify each of the following parts of speech: Noun Pronoun Adjective Verb Adverb Preposition Conjunction Interjection</p><p>135. What is the definition of a verb?</p><p>136. Which part of speech needs to be part of a phrase?</p><p>137. Which part of speech acts as a substitute for nouns?</p><p>138. Which part of speech refers to the FAN BOYS?</p><p>139. What are the two parts of a prepositional phrase?</p><p>140. An adverb can describe which parts of speech?</p><p>141. What part of speech indicates emotion and serves no grammatical purpose?</p><p>142. What are the articles?</p><p>143. What are the two parts of a verb phrase?</p><p>144. What are the different types of verbs?</p><p>145. What is the definition of a noun?</p><p>146. What helps you determine which pronoun is the right one to use?</p><p>147. Which word can be used as both a conjunction and a preposition?</p><p>148. Adjectives describe:</p><p>149. Which part of speech completes “The bee flies ______the bottle”?</p><p>150-159: You will be given a sentence and asked to identify how each of the words is being used (which part of speech each is).</p><p>160-180: You will be asked to identify how an italicized word in each sentence is being used.</p>