1. H ONORS E NGLISH 9 F INAL By: Nicole Felix

2. T HINGS TO USE IN C OMPOUND S ENTENCES Use a semicolon between independent clauses that are closely related in meaning if they are not joined by and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet. Conjunctive Adverbs: accordingly, besides, certainly, finally, hence, indeed, likewise, meanwhile, nevertheless, otherwise, still, then, and undoubtedly

3. C OMPOUND S ENTENCES At midnight, I ate apple pie; then I continued watching my movie. I really saw the ghost; otherwise, I wouldn’t be telling you I did.

4. S UBORDINATE C LAUSES Adjective Clause: Kim, my sister, is three years older than me. Adverb Clause: After I ran three miles, I stretched. Noun Clause (Direct Object): He wanted to know what the answer was to number four.

5. T HE O UTSIDERS Internal conflict-man vs. himself External conflicts-man vs. nature, man vs. technology, and man vs. man Judgment Characters: Ponyboy Curtis, Darrel Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Two-Bit Mathews, Dallas Winston, Johnny Cade, Cherry Valance, Randy Adderson, Bob Sheldon, and Jerry Wood

6. R OMEO AND J ULIET ♥ Similar stories: “Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo” and West Side Story Free will and fate Juliet-emotional; Romeo-stalker; Both-suicidal

7. MLA C ITATIONS (D IRECT Q UOTE ) Direct Quote: Her stories are inspired by her happy childhood and marriage, and her plots tend to revolve around relationships, love, and family. She wrote her first novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale, a book about love, loss and self-discovery, when she was pregnant with her first child. The book was published in 1992. Picoult seems to have drawn on her experience of becoming a mother in her second novel, Harvesting the Heart, which was published the following year.(“Jodi Picoult”)

8. MLA C ITATIONS (P ARAPHRASE ) Paraphrase: Jodi Picoult’s stories are about relationships, love, and family. Motherhood is an important skill for Picoult, so that’s why her first story is about her first child. Songs of the Humpback Whale was published in 1992, and the next year Harvesting the Heart was published, which was about being a mother (“Jodi Picoult”). "Jodi Picoult." NewHampshire.com. N.p., 2010. Web. 12 Apr. 2010..

9. F AREWELL Inside jokes Seeing Chloe’s beautiful face everyday Cross Country Gym=Olympics “Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” ~Richard Bach http://www.great-inspirational-quotes.com/farewell-quotes.html