English III Final Study Guide

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Motivation

A character's reason or reasons for saying or doing something

Dialect

A way of speaking that is common to people in a particular region

Flat

Usually all good or all bad; doesn't change much; lack depth; static

Round

Usually a mixed good or bad; change significantly; has depth; active

Protagonist

The main character in the story, usually a positive figure

Antagonist

The character or force that opposes the protagonist

Verisimilitude

Similar to the truth - the appearance of the truth or reality

Character

Those qualities that make a person unique

Why were men rushing to the Northland?

Men were rushing to the Northland for Gold

What did Buck's first theft mark in his life?

Buck's first theft marked his adaptability

What remained alive and active in Buck?

The primitive nature remained alive and active in Buck?

What did Buck see in an open place among the trees of the forest?

Buck saw a wolf in an open place among the trees of the forest?

What no longer bounds Buck?

Civilization no longer bounds Buck?

Chapter 1 is entitled "Into the Primitive", meaning that Buck is going to go into

Chapter 1 is entitled "Into the Primitive", meaning that Buck is going to go into the wild

The fact that Buck is in conflict with the climate and surroundings of the Yukon means that this is an instance of:

The fact that Buck is in conflict with the climate and surroundings of the Yukon means that this is an instance of: Man vs. nature

The rope that Manuel puts on Buck symbolizes:

The rope that Manuel puts on Buck symbolizes: Betrayal

When the narrator of the book explains that there is "trouble brewing" for Buck, this is an example of

When the narrator of the book explains that there is "trouble brewing" for Buck, this is an example of Foreshadowing?

Who did Buck find occupying his nest after he finished his ration?

Spitz was occupying Buck's nest after he finished his ration

Who was Buck's original owner?

Judge Miller was Buck's original owner

What type of breed was Buck's father?

St. Bernard was the type of breed of Buck's Father

What legend do the Yeehats tell of?

Ghost Dog is the legend that the Yeehats tell of

Whose profession was a courier for the Canadian Government?

Perrault's profession was a courier for the Canadian Government

Who insisted on riding in the sled because of being tired and sore?

Mercedes insisted on riding in the sled because of being tired and sore

Who announced madness with a heartbreaking howl before springing at Buck?

Dolly announced madness with a heartbreaking howl before springing at Buck

Who washed and cleansed Buck's wounds like a mother cat?

Skeet washed and cleansed Buck's wounds like a mother cat

What did the Yeehats proclaim they saw as they fled in terror to the woods?

Evil Spirit is what the Yeehats proclaimed they saw as they fled in terror to the woods?

Whose one besetting sin was gambling?

Manuel's one besetting sin was gambling

A title is required on the front page of the paper (True or False).

False

A cover page is required for all MLA formatted papers. (True or False).

False

The Works Cited page is not its own page.(True or False).

False

The margins are ½" all the way around the page. (True or False).

False

The heading and the header are the same thing.(True or False).

False

Rita Colwell discovered that sari cloth could be used to remove organisms from standing water?

Rita Colwell discovered that filters made from saris could reduce the risk of cholera.

The main, or central, idea of the passage is Rita Colwell discovered that filters made from saris could reduce the risk of cholera. How does the detail in bold develop the main idea?

It identifies a means to reduce cholera-causing bacteria in water.

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

Urban sprawl must be controlled in order to provide usable public transportation.

Who is the primary audience?

shoppers looking for trendy winter clothing

Which best indicates that the primary audience is shoppers looking for trendy winter clothing?

The writer describes the merchandise as fashionable and the hottest of the season.

What is the text's main purpose?

to entice readers to come shop at the store

Select the passage that has a more patronizing tone.

With infinite complacency, people wandered back and forth across the globe, consumed by their little affairs, serene in their sovereignty over matter. It is possible that microorganisms under the microscope do the same.

Select the passage that has a more uncertain tone.

I behaved with a politeness which seemed to disconcert him. Perhaps he was shy. He mumbled to me as if maybe he were ashamed of what he was saying.

Select the passage that has a more informative tone.

The "standing-sitting dive" must be made from a good diving board. The diver stands at the edge of the board with his or her arms straight down. The hands should be at right angles to the arms, the palms downward.

Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?
Most men thought [Dorothea] bewitching when she was on horseback. She loved
the fresh air and the various aspects of the country. . . . Riding was an indulgence
which she allowed herself in spite of conscientious qualms.

third person omniscient

Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?
The girl believed that her father had not deserted her; she lived in the hope that
he would come back, and in the faith that he would be made the happier by her
remaining where she was. The wretched ignorance with which Jupe clung to this
consolation, rejecting the superior comfort of knowing, on sound arithmetical
basis, that her father was an unnatural vagabond, filled Mr. Gradgrind with pity.

third person omniscient

Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?
She said she had to find some way to keep herself busy now that her sons were
taking off. You said that you hadn't left, not really. . . . The bread soon started to
burn. She had made bread only two other times that you could recall. Both times
it had burned.

second person

Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?
You will know me well enough and soon enough, depending on a diverse range of
variables. It suffices to say that at some point in time, I will be standing over you,
as genially as possible. Your soul will be in my arms. A color will be perched on
my shoulder. I will carry you gently away.

second person

broader

popular music in the 1990s

broader

laws for the protection of public safety

broader

landmarks in the San Francisco Bay area

broader

the ecological consequences of hurricanes

Sections

Social consequences
Informal economies provide much-
needed work to low-income households,
but these workers tend to earn very little
and lack access to many legal
protections and services.

Sections

Major bodies
Security Council: responsible for
maintaining international peace and
security

Sections

Speaker
populations
English has more than three
hundred and forty million first
language users, and German has
ninety-five million first language
users.

Sections

Challenges &
obstacles
I come from a long line of
football enthusiasts. The
assumption held by my older
relatives that all of their male
offspring would enjoy and play
the game had never before been
questioned.

Choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.

Ancient civilizations used available plants to treat a variety of illnesses and conditions.

Choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.

A number of factors influenced the spread of surfing's popularity in the early twentieth century.

Choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.

The Olympic Games provided an opportunity to build unity and understanding among the Greek city-states.

Is this a thesis statement?
The Food and Drug Administration's process for approving new medical
treatments needs to be reworked to reduce costs and save time.

yes

Is this a thesis statement?
To broaden their awareness and understanding of the world around them, high
school students should be required to perform one year of community service to
graduate.

yes

Is this a thesis statement?
Why does the United States have the largest total prison population in the world?

no

Is this a thesis statement?
Fracking should be permitted because it greatly increases domestic oil production
and decreases gas prices.

yes

Does the sentence state a fact or an opinion?
The physical traits associated with domestication-floppy ears, spotted coats, and
flattened faces-make dogs significantly cuter than wolves.

opinion

Does the sentence state a fact or an opinion?
Although Mary Shelley published Frankenstein anonymously, her husband Percy
Shelley wrote the introduction.

fact

Does the sentence state a fact or an opinion?
For his work on Life of Pi, Ang Lee was named Best Director at the 2013 Academy
Awards.

fact

Does the sentence state a fact or an opinion?
Mary Decker Slaney is the greatest female middle-distance runner in U.S. history.

opinion

Which piece of evidence better supports this claim?
Listening to the right kind of music can help you act like you're more powerful
and in control.

Evidence A: Researchers asked people to listen to music that had been rated
as either more or less empowering. Later, those who had listened to more
empowering music demonstrated more confident, take-charge behavior.

Why is Evidence A stronger than Evidence B?
Listening to the right kind of music can help you act like you're more powerful
and in control.

Evidence B does not directly support the claim. It does not show that certain
music can make us feel more empowered.

Which piece of evidence better supports this claim?
Dreaming may help people to think more creatively when they are awake.

Evidence A: Researchers led studies in which participants were woken up
from sleep and asked to solve creative puzzles. People who had dreamed
before the tests were more successful at finding solutions than those who had
not dreamed.

Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?
Later school start times positively affect the health of middle and high school
students.

Sleep is critical to the health of teenagers, and a study published in a
scientific magazine found that later school start times were associated with
more sleep in high school students.

Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?
People who work from home accomplish more than their counterparts who go into
the office.

A two-year study from Stanford University found that those who worked from
home were 13.5 percent more productive than those working in an office.

Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?
Night curfews for teenage drivers make the roads safer for everyone.

Insurance companies report that a significant percentage of fatal car
accidents involving teenagers occur between nine o'clock and midnight.

Which sentence presents the
strongest and most reasonable counterclaim to the above claim?
People who wake up early are more productive than people who sleep in because
waking up early allows for more time to plan and organize the day.

Sleeping later helps ensure that people get enough rest; this helps them be
more productive because they are sharp and focused throughout the day.

Now consider how someone might argue against this. Which sentence presents the
strongest and most reasonable counterclaim to the above claim?
Playing board games is better than playing video games because it provides a
chance to bond with friends and family members in person.

Video games are great because they let you play with all of your friends and
family, whether you're on the same couch or in different countries.

Which sentence presents the
strongest and most reasonable counterclaim to the above claim?
Taking notes by hand is better than typing notes on a laptop because pressing
down on the paper requires students to focus on the words so they can recall
information better later.

Taking notes with a laptop is better because people can type faster than they
can write, so typed notes are usually more thorough and helpful.

What is the meaning of deluge as used in the passage?

flood

Select the text from the paragraph that best helps you understand that deluge
means flood. There may be more than one correct choice.

It's a summer night in New Mexico. A great deluge has just swept over the
desert landscape, creating ponds out of roadside ditches, once-empty
watering holes, and playas.

What is the meaning of cacophony as used in the passage?

chaotic noise

What is the meaning of morphological as used in the passage?

related to form or structure

Select the text from the paragraph that best helps you understand that
morphological means related to form or structure. There may be more than one
correct choice.

Morphological and genetic differences distinguish
H. dianae from other Costa Rican glass frogs

What is the meaning of stochastic as used in the passage?

capable of being analyzed but not precisely predicted

Is this a sentence fragment?
In the early 1800s, yellow fever, a viral disease spread by mosquitoes, not by
unsanitary conditions as was believed at the time.

yes

Is there a sentence fragment?
Enterovirus D68 was first discovered in 1962. It mainly affects children.

no

Is there a sentence fragment?
On November 18, 1903, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty was signed. Which gave the
United States possession of the Panama Canal Zone.

yes

Is this a sentence fragment?
In the fifth and sixth centuries, more than fifty thousand Buddhist statues carved
into the rock of the Yungang Grottoes of China.

yes

Is this a run-on sentence?
Scientists once believed that the Clovis people were the first humans in the New
World, however, recent evidence indicates that people were living in North and
South America before the Clovis.

yes

Is this a run-on sentence?
A helium-filled balloon called the Double Eagle II completed the first transatlantic
balloon flight in history in 1978, it landed in a barley field near Paris about 140
hours after lifting off from Presque Isle, Maine.

yes

Is this a run-on sentence?
Coconut crabs are the largest terrestrial arthropods on the planet they can weigh
up to nine pounds and grow to be up to three feet across.

yes

Is this a run-on sentence?
Mexico is the world's largest avocado producer, one variety is so profitable that
Mexican farmers refer to the fruit as oro verde, or green gold.

yes

Is the group of words in bold a phrase or a clause?
Although both species are casually classified as "big cats," lions are mostly
nocturnal predators that hunt together, whereas cheetahs are diurnal predators
that hunt alone.

clause

Is the group of words in bold a phrase or a clause?
The solid portion of a comet comprises leftover debris-ice, dust, rock-that
originated in the outer regions of the solar system.

phrase

Is the group of words in bold a phrase or a clause?
Adult male gorillas, which are dominant and sometimes aggressive, lead
family groups of females and young males.

phrase

Is the group of words in bold a phrase or a clause?
Humans are classified as omnivores because they generally consume both
plants and animals, although some people are vegetarians or vegans.

clause

Select the independent clause.
The hospital recently hired a brilliant surgeon whose cardiology research has
revolutionized heart transplant procedures.

The hospital recently hired a brilliant surgeon

Select the independent clause.
The majestic live oak tree doesn't produce acorns until it has achieved
approximately twenty years of growth.

The majestic live oak tree doesn't produce acorns

Select the independent clause.
While the venomous bite of a centipede is not typically life-threatening, it
can be exceptionally painful.

it can be exceptionally painful.

Select the independent clause.
After a lightning bolt passes through the air, the compression and subsequent
rapid expansion of the air molecules produces the booming sound of
thunder.

the air molecules produces the booming sound of thunder.

Select the dependent clause.
When Alexandra replaced her old air conditioner with a new energy-efficient
model, she saved money on her electric bills.

When Alexandra replaced her old air conditioner with a new energy-efficient
model

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In august 2012, united airlines began moving its Headquarters to Willis
Tower, one of the tallest structures in North America. Less than a year
later, the Company occupied sixteen of the famous building's 108 floors.

In August 2012, United Airlines began moving its Headquarters to Willis
Tower, one of the tallest structures in North America. Less than a year
later, the Company occupied sixteen of the famous building's 108 floors.

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Born in the Netherlands in 1629, dutch mathematician and astronomer
Christiaan Huygens began studying at the university of Lelden at age
sixteen. Among his contributions to Science were his wave theory of light
and his discovery that Saturn was a ringed planet.

Born in the Netherlands in 1629, Dutch mathematician and astronomer
Christiaan Huygens began studying at the University of Leiden at age
sixteen. Among his contributions to Science were his wave theory of light
and his discovery that Saturn was a ringed planet.

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If you go to the southwest, visit Bryce Canyon National park to see one
of the region's most distinctive features: colorful spikes of rock formed by
Erosion. Seeing these rock formations in the Winter is a special treat,
because the melting snow makes their colors appear more vibrant.

If you go to the Southwest, visit Bryce Canyon National Park to see one
of the region's most distinctive features: colorful spikes of rock formed by
Erosion. Seeing these rock formations in the Winter is a special treat,
because the melting snow makes their colors appear more vibrant.

Click to correct the four capitalization errors.
Although President Franklin D. roosevelt instituted several Relief programs
to aid those suffering during the Great depression, it wasn't until World
war II broke out in 1939 that the economy began to recover.

Although President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted several Relief programs
to aid those suffering during the Great Depression, it wasn't until World
War II broke out in 1939 that the economy began to recover.