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English 1 Adv - Final Review

Part I: Vocabulary - Know the meaning of the following words and be able to use them correctly in a sentence

  • rancor - bitterness or resentfulness

    • The two men had rancor for one another

  • chaste - not having had sex, or only having a sexual relationship with the person you are married to

    • She was chaste her whole life

  • perjury - willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation

    • He commited perjury, which was punishable by law

  • Lateral Reading - evaluating the credibility of a source by comparing it with other sources

  • feign - fake

    • She feigned an injury to lure him closer

  • prodigious - remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

    • She was prodigious as a child

  • slander - false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

    • Apollo attempted to slander Jacks, but Eva defended him

  • caveat - a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations.

    • She gave them a caveat before they entered the cave

  • Fortnight - two weeks

    • And for a fortnight, there, we were forever.

  • tyrannous - using power or authority in a cruel and unfair way

    • The reestablishment was tyrannous, having complete control of all their citizens

  • wanton - deliberate and unprovoked.

    • His anger was wanton

  • Aside - a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

  • Soliloquy - an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers

Part II. Romeo and Juliet - Review the following 

Review the characters. Know which family each belongs to.

  • Capulet

    • Juliet

    • Lady capulet

    • Capulet

    • Tybalt

  • Montague

    • Romeo

    • Benvoliot

    • Mercutio

Review your scene summaries and be able to put important events in order.


Part II: MLA Format - Know the proper specs for the following 

Spacing - double

Font type and size - Times New Romans 12 pt

In text Citations

Works Cited

Punctuation


Part III: Literary Elements - Review the following elements 

Types of Conflict 

  • Internal

  • External

Characterization (types)

  • Direct

  • Indirect

Literary Elements 

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Logical Fallacies

Author’s Purpose 

  • Inform

  • Entertain

Part IV: Poetry - Know the following terms

Poetic Devices to include:

  1. Simile 

    1. He was like/as __ as a _

  2. Metaphor

    1. He was a __

  3. Hyperbole 

  4. Personification

  5. Onomatopoeia 

  6. Alliteration

    1. Sound repetition

English 1 Adv - Final Review

Part I: Vocabulary - Know the meaning of the following words and be able to use them correctly in a sentence

  • rancor - bitterness or resentfulness

    • The two men had rancor for one another

  • chaste - not having had sex, or only having a sexual relationship with the person you are married to

    • She was chaste her whole life

  • perjury - willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation

    • He commited perjury, which was punishable by law

  • Lateral Reading - evaluating the credibility of a source by comparing it with other sources

  • feign - fake

    • She feigned an injury to lure him closer

  • prodigious - remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

    • She was prodigious as a child

  • slander - false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

    • Apollo attempted to slander Jacks, but Eva defended him

  • caveat - a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations.

    • She gave them a caveat before they entered the cave

  • Fortnight - two weeks

    • And for a fortnight, there, we were forever.

  • tyrannous - using power or authority in a cruel and unfair way

    • The reestablishment was tyrannous, having complete control of all their citizens

  • wanton - deliberate and unprovoked.

    • His anger was wanton

  • Aside - a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

  • Soliloquy - an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers

Part II. Romeo and Juliet - Review the following 

Review the characters. Know which family each belongs to.

  • Capulet

    • Juliet

    • Lady capulet

    • Capulet

    • Tybalt

  • Montague

    • Romeo

    • Benvoliot

    • Mercutio

Review your scene summaries and be able to put important events in order.


Part II: MLA Format - Know the proper specs for the following 

Spacing - double

Font type and size - Times New Romans 12 pt

In text Citations

Works Cited

Punctuation


Part III: Literary Elements - Review the following elements 

Types of Conflict 

  • Internal

  • External

Characterization (types)

  • Direct

  • Indirect

Literary Elements 

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Logical Fallacies

Author’s Purpose 

  • Inform

  • Entertain

Part IV: Poetry - Know the following terms

Poetic Devices to include:

  1. Simile 

    1. He was like/as __ as a _

  2. Metaphor

    1. He was a __

  3. Hyperbole 

  4. Personification

  5. Onomatopoeia 

  6. Alliteration

    1. Sound repetition