English II Final Exam Review

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Remember you must raise your hand first in order to be called on, and you must be called

on to give an answer. Your team will lose their turn if you raise your hand but do not

have the answer ready immediately.

Remember that once a person from your team has answered, your team has used its turn.

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Compose the best summary for the passage below.About 1,000 tornadoes are reported each year

in the United States, but only a small percentage of those touch the ground and damage buildings. Most deaths occur to occupants of mobile homes and cars. Tornadoes are most frequent in the spring and early summer, as they are usually associated with thunderstorms.

In the United States, the area with the highest frequency of tornadoes overall is dubbed "Tornado Alley." It includes north Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and South Dakota. But tornadoes can develop anywhere cool dry air and warm moist air intermix. Devastating tornadoes often spring up in the Midwest, and in the South.

Best Answer:Tornadoes occur frequently in areas of the United

States where weather conditions make them possible.

Which word or phrase completes the following sentence?

Madsen told her brother to write down the instructions __________ so that he wouldn't omit any important details.

Best Answer:Verbatim

Which word or phrase completes the following sentence?

Half of the management team felt like changes needed to be made, but the other half wanted to maintain the __________.

Best Answer:Status Quo

Which word completes the following sentence?Ten years after he graduated from the University of

Memphis, Marvin Tillman returned to his _________ to speak to the school's art students.

Best Answer:Alma Mater

A soldier's letter from World War II would be considered what kind of source?

Best Answer:Primary Source

An Internet search of the Cuban Missile Crisis would be considered what kind of source?

Best Answer:Secondary Source

One criterion that suggests a Web page is valid and reliable is that it __________.

Best Answer:It is maintained by a reputable organization

The validity of a Web page decreases when __________.

Best Answer:No one is credited with having created or sponsored

the information.

Would the following scenario require the author to cite the information in his or her writing project?

Kelly quoted Shakespeare in her essay about famous sonnets.

Best Answer:Yes, of course.

According to the Modern Language Association (MLA) preferred reference guidelines, how

should research sources be listed on a bibliography?

Best Answer:alphabetically by author's last name

Where does an author cite a complete list of sources used for a writing project?

Best Answer:on the last page in a bibliography

A barometer measures the barometric pressure in the atmosphere.

The above information was found on page 98 from a book by Michael Homer. How would you write the in-text citation of this information correctly?

Best Answer:A barometer measures the barometric pressure in

the atmosphere (Homer p. 98).

Any citation made within the body of the text in parentheses does not need to be referenced in

the bibliography also.

True OR False

Best Answer:False. Any citation made within the body of the text in parentheses must also be referenced in

the bibliography.

Would the following scenario require the author to cite the information in his or her writing project?

Margaret wrote an expository piece on how to ride English style on horseback.

Best Answer:No, of course not.

What kind of source would the following item be considered?

A biography

Best Answer:A secondary source

What kind of source would the following item be considered?

A book that chronicles President Nixon's time in office.

Best Answer:A secondary source

What kind of source would the following item be considered?

An autobiography

Best Answer:A primary source

What kind of source would the following item be considered?

A photograph taken as the World Trade Center collapsed

Best Answer:A primary source

What kind of source would the following item be considered?

The dictionary definition of holocaust

Best Answer:A secondary source

Read this scene in order to answer the following series of questions.

Pet Emergency by Stephanie Porter Setting: A pet emergency hospital. Midnight. Sterile. Chairs placed in rows around

the waiting area. Two receptionists are busy working at computers. Kim, Stephanie, Michelle are seated side by side. Kim, small and weak, holds a lethargic, pained dog on her lap. It is wrapped in a beach towel and it whines occasionally. Stephanie leaves the trio and approaches the counter

STEPHANIE: How much longer do we have to wait?RECEPTIONIST: You're nextSTEPHANIE: Next? (she turns and sweeps the room with her outstretched arm)

After whom? we've been the only ones here for an hourRECEPTIONIST: (starts to speak but stops then rises from her seat at the computer)

I'll check with the doctor.STEPHANIE: (Walking back to her seat, mumbling) Yeah. Do that.(The dog whines

when Stephanie sits down)KIM: I can't do this (she rocks the dog)STEPHANIE: Yes You can. (she rubs the dogs head)KIM: I mean alone.STEPHANIE: You aren't alone. We'll stay here with you.

KIM: (a heavy sigh that gradually turns to tears) I mean I can't face it. Alone. This sickness. Without Belle. You'll go back to New York. Shelley will avoid me because of Doug. Karlie will be in school all day. And I'll be at the house watching soap operas trying to forget that I'm dying. Alone. All alone because I've killed my dog. Because of a lousy 5 thousand dollars I will eliminate my chances for companionship. (she becomes gradually more emotional)She lays at my feet while I sleep. She lays at my side when I cry. She runs to the door when I pick up my keys. She barks when anyone comes near me. And I'm going to hear Doug's argument "She's just a dog" as I tell the doctor "I can't afford this surgery." I will buckle under habit. Years of scrimping and saving will trump my one selfish need for companionship. When the doctor comes in, I know I will say "no" to the surgery because I will feel guilty leaving Doug with the bill for the surgery and a dog he doesn't want.

STEPHANIE: Who cares what Doug wants at this point? Who cares what bills he has? Do what you need for once.

SHELLEY: Are there any options to this surgery? I mean, maybe the dog could make it without surgery.

RECEPTIONIST:(almost yelling) NEXT!!!! (Stephanie and Michelle help Kim to her feet. Kim is still holding the dog. And they both follow her out)

RECEPTIONIST: Nice dog. I hope it can make it. But I really don't see what the rush is.

In this scene from Pet Emergency, which of the characters in the scene delivers a monologue?

Best Answer:Kim

In this scene from Pet Emergency, when Stephanie says "Yeah do that" as she is walking away from the receptionist, her remark can best be categorized as what?

Best Answer:An aside

In this scene from Pet Emergency, what best defines the receptionist’s speech at the end of the scene?

Best Answer:A soliloquy

In this scene from Pet Emergency, the conversation between Kim and Stephanie can best be categorized as what?

Best Answer:Dialogue

In this scene from Pet Emergency, (starts to speak but stops then rises from her seat at the computer) is an example of what?

Best Answer:Stage Direction

Read this selection from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and answer the question that follows it.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault,And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—For Brutus is an honourable man;So are they all, all honourable men—Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:

What is the main idea of this selection? A.Caesar was ambitious and cruel, despite what

most of you think.B.Caesar's love for his friends overshadows the evil

deeds he committed against his friends.C.Though Brutus thinks he was ambitious, Caesar

was a good friend to me.D. To love Caesar is to love all Romans.

Best Answer:C. Though Brutus thinks he was ambitious, Caesar

was a good friend to me.

NowThe discussion question on your exam will be

worth 25 points.

You may prepare your notes or even a rough draft of your discussion question answer, but you

must write the official answer in class on exam day.

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