1. FINAL EXAM Take down any notes you feel would help you on the final exam. You may use ONE SHEET of paper to assist you.

2. Reading Strategies

3. Predict using what you know to guess what might happen

4. Connect a reader’s process of relating the content of a literary work to his or her own knowledge and experience

5. Visualize the process of forming a mental picture based on a written description

6. Clarify the reader’s process of pausing occasionally while reading to quickly review what he or she understands.

7. Evaluate the process of judging the worth of something or someone.

8. Question the process of raising questions while reading.

9. Parts of Speech

10. Pronoun a word that takes the place of a noun.

11. Noun a person, place, thing, or idea.

12. Verb an action or state of being.

13. Adjective A word that describes a noun or pronoun. Article ( a type of adjective) a, an, the

14. Adverb A word that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb

15. Preposition a connective word used with a noun or pronoun.

16. Conjunction a word that connects words or groups of words.

17. Interjection a word used to express strong feelings or emotions.

18. Poetry Terms Unit 2

19. Form the way a poem looks or its arrangement on the page.

20. Line what a poem is written in – may or may not be in sentences

21. Stanza a grouping of two or more lines of poetry

22. Free Verse poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm (conversational)

23. Rhyme a repetition of sounds at the ends of words such as shell and well

24. Rhythm pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

25. Alliteration repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

26. Onomatopoeia use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings, like buzz, pop, and click.

27. Simile a comparison that uses the words like or as.

28. Metaphor a comparison that does not use the words like or as

29. Literary Terms Unit 6

30. Types of Folklore Myths: a traditional story, usually of unknown authorship, that answers basic questions about the world.

31. Types of Folklore Folk Tales: a simple story that has been passed from generation to generation by word of mouth.

32. Types of Folklore Fables: a brief tale that teaches a lesson about human nature. Many fables feature animals.

33. Types of Folklore Legends: a story handed down from the past about a specific person – usually someone of heroic accomplishments.

34. Literary Terms Imagery: words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

35. Literary Terms Personification: giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.

36. Literary Terms Foreshadowing: when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story.

37. Literary Terms Ballad: a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.

38. Simile: a comparison of two things that have some quality in common.

39. Literary Terms Hyperbole: a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect.

40. 5-Paragraph Essay

41. Introduction »A»Attention-getter »C»Connector »T»Thesis statement You need to start with an introduction that ends with a thesis statement.

42. Body Paragraphs The body paragraphs need to include a beginning CLAIM that defends your position and has supporting details from the book (3). Each of these paragraphs should also have a CONCLUDING STATEMENT at the end telling the reader that you did your job. Transitions should include: clearly, therefore, hence, or thus.

43. Conclusion The final paragraph in your formal review is your conclusion. The first sentence in the conclusion is restating your thesis. Here is an example: Lois Lowry has written an enjoyable novel by using an inspiring, sometimes inconsistent, and frightening plot to lure her readers.