Final Exam Study Lesson

Final Exam Study Lesson

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A nonfiction summary should include:

• topic

• setting

• main idea

• key details

• character names

Text Features

Nonfiction text has many “extras” which are called text features (TF).

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Examples of Text Features include:

• bolded words

• pictures/captions

• charts/graphs

• titles/subtitles

• All of the above

Objective = Author's purpose

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

• Describe

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A nonfiction text typically...

• Persuades

• Informs

• Entertains

• Explains

• Describes

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A fiction text typically...

• Persuades

• Informs

• Entertains

• Explains

• Describes

Aside

In fiction, it's a “side comment” to you in private that isn’t meant for others to hear. It can be done for many reasons, such as clarifying a point, asking a question of the reader, adding humor, etc.

Passed vs. Past

• Passed is a verb. It is the past tense of the verb pass.

• Past is an adjective. Adjectives describe nouns.

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Although my speedometer matched the posted speed limit, a car ____ me on the left.

• passed

• past

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His ____ history showed a pattern of good grades and no office referrals.

• passed

• past

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In the ____, it has been a tradition for the winner to give a speech.

• passed

• past

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On our family vacation, we ____ the World's Largest Ball of Yarn.

• passed

• past

Advice vs. Advise

• Advice is a noun. Nouns are people, places, things, or ideas.

• Advise is a verb. Verbs are action or state of being words.

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When I am trying to make a tough decision I usually talk to my mom and get her ____.

• advice

• advise

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I would ____ you not to take the job in Austin unless you plan on moving to the city.

• advice

• advise

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Tom has worked in technology for 30 years and can give you good ____ on how to write a great resume.

• advice

• advise

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He ____ me not to drive on I35, because of the active construction work.

• advice

• advised

Editing means that you are fixing mistakes in writing.

GRAMMAR

• C=Capitalization

• U=Usage

• P=Punctuation

• S=Spelling

Revising means you are making the writing stronger by making major changes.

• A=Add a sentence, phrase or word

• R=Remove a sentence, phrase or word

• M=Move a sentence, phrase or word

• S=Substitute a sentence, phrase or word

When writing a research paper, always use and cite credible sources.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYI1FK7xbHY&t=31s

• Text published in the last 10 years

• When writing a research paper, always use and cite credible sources.

• websites registered with the government or educational institutions, and academic databases, such as Gale, are guidelines for a credible source.

During the Nonfiction Reading passage, stay engaged by:

• Numbering the paragraphs

• Reading for understanding

• Underlining key words

• Boxing unknown vocab

• Writing a 1-3 word summary

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Which word has a prefix, suffix, and root?

• imperfect

• enjoyable

• golden

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Which word has a prefix, suffix, and root?

• kindness

• trilogy

• unhelpful

Fiction Characters

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Dynamic Character:

• the main character

• the character (or characters) who oppose the protagonist

• a character that has an inner change or grows in the story; it is often the main character

• a character that is the same at the end of a story as he/she was at the beginning

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Antagonist:

• the main character

• the character (or characters) who oppose the protagonist

• a character that has an inner change or grows in the story; it is often the main character

• a character that is the same at the end of a story as he/she was at the beginning

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Protagonist:

• the main character

• the character (or characters) who oppose the protagonist

• a character that has an inner change or grows in the story; it is often the main character

• a character that is the same at the end of a story as he/she was at the beginning

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Static Character:

• the main character

• the character (or characters) who oppose the protagonist

• a character that has an inner change or grows in the story; it is often the main character

• a character that is the same at the end of a story as he/she was at the beginning

Fiction: Plot Structure

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Exposition:

• introduction to the characters and their lives as well as the setting and the problem

• the problem in the story

• the main problem is resolved or worked out

• events before the climax when the tension increases

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Setting:

• the initial event that gets the story started

• events after the climax when the tension is decreasing

• the peak in action, the turning point

• the time and place of the story

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Resolution:

• introduction to the characters and their lives as well as the setting and the problem

• the problem in the story

• the main problem is resolved or worked out

• events before the climax when the tension increases

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Inciting Incident:

• the initial event that gets the story started

• events after the climax when the tension is decreasing

• the peak in action, the turning point

• the time and place of the story

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Conflict:

• introduction to the characters and their lives as well as the setting and the problem

• the problem in the story

• the main problem is resolved or worked out

• events before the climax when the tension increases

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Falling Action:

• the initial event that gets the story started

• events after the climax when the tension is decreasing

• the peak in action, the turning point

• the time and place of the story

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Rising Action:

• introduction to the characters and their lives as well as the setting and the problem

• the problem in the story

• the main problem is resolved or worked out

• events before the climax when the tension increases

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Climax:

• the initial event that gets the story started

• events after the climax when the tension is decreasing

• the peak in action, the turning point

• the time and place of the story

Figurative Language

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Simile

• words that sound like what they describe

• a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as

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What is this simile comparing: Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get.

• life

• the unknown

• milk chocolate

• box of chocolates

• dark chocolate

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Hyperbole

• an expression with a figurative meaning

• an exaggeration to the extreme

• repetition of sounds

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Onomatopoeia

• words that sound like what they describe

• a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as

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Idiom

• an expression with a figurative meaning

• an exaggeration to the extreme

• repetition of sounds

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Which phrase or phrases are idioms?

• The test was too easy.

• That was a piece of cake.

• She is very happy!

• I am over the moon!

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Metaphor

• words that sound like what they describe

• a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as

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Alliteration

• an expression with a figurative meaning

• an exaggeration to the extreme

• repetition of sounds

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Check all the words in the alliteration: Caleb crashed his new car in the center lane.

• Car

• Caleb

• Center

• Crashed