English 10 Honors Final Exam Review - 2025

Part I: Vocabulary

The final exam will cover vocabulary words from Units 1-6. Here's a breakdown:

Unit 1: acquisitive, banal, carping, coherent, eschew, insatiable, intransigent, substantiate, taciturn, tenable
Unit 2: celerity, histrionic, incendiary, maelstrom, propriety, sacrilege, summarily, suppliant, talisman, undulate
Unit 3: articulate, credence, decry, dissemble, distraught, evince, feckless, nefarious, propinquity, unwonted
Unit 4: atrophy, bastion, disarray, exigency, frenetic, incarcerate, jocular, ludicrous, pecuniary, pusillanimous
Unit 5: acuity, delineate, depraved, enervate, garner, idiosyncrasy, nuance, penchant, sumptuous, ubiquitous
Unit 6: abject, complicity, derelict, equity, inane, indictment, indubitable, intermittent, motif, neophyte

The exam will assess understanding and recognition of literary terms. Refer to the Literary Terms list in Schoology for definitions and examples.

The grammar section will focus on:

The Parts of Speech
Verbals (participles, gerunds, and infinitives): Verbals are words formed from verbs that function as other parts of speech. Participles act as adjectives, gerunds act as nouns, and infinitives can act as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases: Prepositions show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. Prepositional phrases include the preposition, its object, and any modifiers.
Punctuation of Quotations : Understanding how to correctly use quotation marks with other punctuation.
Semicolon and Colon Usage: Semicolons connect related independent clauses, while colons introduce lists, explanations, or examples.
Words Often Confused:
- number vs. amount: "Number" refers to countable items; "amount" refers to uncountable quantities.
- prejudice vs. prejudiced: "Prejudice" is a noun (a preconceived judgment); "prejudiced" is an adjective (biased).
- than vs. then: "Than" is used for comparisons; "then" indicates time or sequence.
- accept vs. except: "Accept" means to receive; "except" means to exclude.
- advice vs. advise: "Advice" is a noun (recommendation); "advise" is a verb (to give a recommendation).
- among vs. between: "Among" is used for three or more items; "between" is used for two items.

The exam will assess skills in:

Reading Comprehension and Analysis: Understanding and interpreting the meaning of a text.
Recognizing various literary devices
Understanding why authors make the choices they do: Analyzing authorial intent and the impact of stylistic choices.
Recognizing inference and symbolism: Drawing conclusions based on implicit information and understanding symbolic representations.
Determining what makes good literature good!
A short story (unseen) will be provided for annotation and analysis; Questions about the story's elements will be asked.
The final exam counts as 10% of the total grade.
Per FCPS policy, there are no retakes for final exams.