Honors English 10 Semester 1 Exam Review

Affiliated

(adj.) Associated, connected

Ascertain

(verb) to find out

Attainment

(noun) an accomplishment, the act of achieving

Bequeath

(verb) to give up or pass on as in inheritance

cogent

(adj) forceful, convincing, relevant, to the point

Converge

(verb) to move towards a point, approach nearer together

Disperse

(verb) to scatter, to spread far and wide

Esteem

(verb) to regard highly (Noun) a highly favorable opinion or judgement

Expunge

(verb) to erase, obliterate, destroy

Finite

(adj) having limits, lasting for a limited time

Invulnerable

(adj) not able yo be wounded or hurt, shielded against attack

Malevolent

(adj) spiteful, showing ill will

Nonchalant

(adj) cool and confident, unconcerned

Omniscient

(adj) knowing everything, having unlimited awareness or understanding

Panacea

(noun) a remedy for ill, cure-all, an answer to all problems

Scrupulous

(adj) exact, careful attending to thoroughly to directions, having high moral standards

Skulk

(verb) to move about stealthily, to lie in hiding

supercilious

(adj) proud and contemptuous, showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

Uncanny

(adj) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

Venial

(adj) easily excused, pardonable

Altruistic

(adj) unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others

Assent

(verb) to express agreement (noun) agreement

Benefactor

(noun) one who does good to others

Chivalrous

(adj) marked by honor, courtesy, and courage, knightly

Clemency

(noun) mercy, humaneness, mildness, moderateness

Dearth

(noun) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply, a famine

Diffident

(adj) shy, lacking self-confidence, modest, reserved

Discrepancy

(noun) a difference, a lack of agreement

Embark

(verb) to go aboard, to make a start, to invest

Facile

(adj) easily done or attained, superficial, ready, fluent, easily shown but not sincerely felt

Indomitable

(adj) unconquerable, refusing to yield

Infallible

(adj) free from error, absolutely dependable

Plod

(verb) to walk heavily or slowly, to work slowly

Pungent (adj)

causing a sharp sensation, stinging, biting

Remiss

(adj) neglectful in performance of ones duty, careless

Repose

(verb) to rest, lie in place (noun) relaxation, peace of mind, calmness

Temerity

(noun) rashness, boldness

Truculent

(adj) fierce and cruel, aggressive, deadly, destructive, scathingly harsh

Unfeigned

(adj) sincere, real, without pretense

Virulent

(adj) extremely poisonous, full of malice, spiteful

Plot

The plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story

Protagonist

the character that the story revolves around, it’s who the readers care about the most when it comes to their fate. They are in the conflict, but the reader’s also see their emotion’s

Antagonist

the opponent of the man character

1st person point of view

A story written from the perspective of using “I,” meaning the narrator is talking from their own experience

3rd person omniscient

The narrator knows everything about the story and the characters and their minds

3rd person objective

A neutral narrator, doesn’t get involved in the characters thoughts and feelings. Observational tone

3rd person limited

When the narrator sticks closely with one character but is still in the 3rd person (not a character in the story) . The point of this is to limit what the reader knows to greaten the suspense

Motif

This is a repeated pattern in a story to symbol a significant importance

Theme

The message of the story, the bigger issue seen through characters, actions, and goals

Allusion

A reference to a well known subject to allow the reader a deeper understanding of the work

Symbolism

a symbolic meaning to natural objects. The object typically gets into the text often to show the reader it has a deeper importance

Tone

An authors attitude towards a certain topic

setting

Where a story takes place

dramatic irony

this is when the audience knows more than the characters in the story does. Seen is scary movies when you see something coming and the character doesn’t

situational irony

when the result of a situation is completely different than what’s expected. This could be seen when a fire fighters house burns down, or someone posting about how bad social media is

Verbal Irony

When the speakers intention is the opposite of what they are saying. Such as sanding outside in the rain saying “what a nice day”

Alliteration

“Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”

The repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words

Foreshadowing

a warning or indication of a future event in the story

Simile

The concert was so crowed, it felt like a million people were there

a comparison using the words like or as

Metaphor

That test was a killer

Makes a comparison directly

Indirect vs direct characterization

Indirect characterization is when the author describes the person allowing the reader to get an idea of their personality, where as direct characterization would to say that someone is smart

Personification

the sun smiles down on us

giving something not human, human characteristics

MLA header

Last name and page number

MLA Heading

First and Last name

Class

Teacher

Date (date, month, year)

MLA title formatting

Center of the page no underlining or bolding

MLA in text citation

(authors last name and page number if needed)

MLA work cited page

work cited centered in page no bold or underline

ABC order of sources

Last name, first name. “Title of article.” Publisher, publication date, link. Access date, month year

Quotes

Shorter works

magazine article titles, short story titles, poems, song titles, play titles

Italics

larger works

Magazine titles, novel titles, movie titles

holden

The narrator and protagonist of the novel. He is 16 years old and was expelled from Pencey Prep. He is sensitive and intelligent. He tries to protect himself for the disappointment of the adult world.

Ackley

Holden’s neighbor at Pencey Prep. He has pimples and is insecure with poor hygiene. He doesn’t understand personal space

Mr. Spenser

Holden’s history teacher at Pencey Prep. He’s disappointed with Holden’s academic performance. He also likes native americans.

Stradlater

Holden’s roommate at pencey prep. He is handsome, self-centered, but yet a secret slob. He beat up holden.

Jane

A girl from holdens past. She was one of the girls that holden likes and finds attractive

Sally

A very attractive girl that holden went on a date with. He said that he loved her and that they should run away together

Allie

Holden’s younger brother who died of leukemia three years prior. He was a red head who was friendly and brilliant. Holden' misses Allie a lot and is tortured by his death

DB

Holden’s older brother who got famous and is out in Hollywood writing their movies. Holden feels like he is prostitutes his talents

Phoebe

Holden’s ten year old sister who is very mature and intelligent for her age. She understands holden and understands that he is his own worst enemy.

James Castle

A student from holdens old school Elkton Hills and he committed suicide by jumping out of his window after refusing to submit to the group of bullies

Mr. Antolini

Holden’s former teacher at Elkton Hill middle school. He is one of the few adults that holden respects. He drinks heavily. He creeped holden out when he spent the night and he left

Sunny

The prostitute that holden hires.

Carl Luce

A student that’s 3 years older than holden and he went to Columbia with him. They meet for dinner one night and he seems very irritable.