PART 1 VOCABULARY- You will be responsible for knowing the following root words and their meanings. You will be required to express your understanding of these root words through matching the definition with the root words along with analogies and word association. 20 POINTS
aud- to hear simil- like, resembling
vis- to see circum- around
cap- head gress- step or degree
fic/fect- make sci- to know
con-with/together senescere- to grow old
mem- remember carn- flesh
inter- between/among dict- say or speak
rect- right/straight doc- teach
pre- before domin- master
cred- believe fort, forc- strong
homo- same hetero- different
lut- wash ante- before
ambi- both se- apart
gen- race/kind culp- guilt
ten/tent- hold voc- call
The following link may help you in order to be better prepared for analogies on the vocabulary section of the mid year exam: Analogy Practice
PART 2 GRAMMAR- You will be responsible for knowing the eight parts of speech and their sub-types, along with knowing the difference between various types of clauses and phrases. You will also have to distinguish between the different sentence types. This section of the exam will require you to demonstrate your knowledge through matching the term with the underlined word(s) in a sentence and/or multiple choice. 20 POINTS
PART OF SPEECH:
noun pronoun adjective article verb
adverb preposition proper noun conjunction interjection
The two links below are ideal practice sites for the part of speech section on the mid-year exam:
Parts of Speech Practice #1
Parts of Speech Practice #2
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: The subject/verb agreement rules will be provided for you for your use on the mid-year exam. You will use the rules to complete the agreement section of the test.
The two links below are ideal practice sites for the agreement section on the mid-year exam:
Agreement Practice #1
Agreement Practice #2
PART 3 ESSAY PARTS & TYPES- This section of the exam requires you to be able to distinguish between the different essay forms (expository, familiar, and true narrative) as well as the different parts of an essay commonly known as the Funnel Method. This section will comprise of multiple choice questions 15 POINTS
introduction thesis statement body topic sentence opinion
support clarify conclusive statement conclusion restate thesis review main points thematic statement
The following links provide you with the source of information for the ESSAY PARTS & TYPES section:
Essay Classification & Analysis
Funnel Method
PART 4 SHORT STORY- This section of the exam will represent the literature component of the curriculum by testing your understanding of the most recent assigned literature, the short story. The short stories that you are responsible for are the stories that we recently have read; they can be located on this short story link. The short story vocabulary terms that feature: character, plot, conflict, setting, theme, and symbolism, along with Freytag’s Pyramid are emphasized on this portion of the exam.
PART 5 ESSAY- You will be required to write a 5-paragraph expository essay based on the themes for the Group 1 Short Stories. 15 POINTS
Here is the essay prompt: Select three of the short stories assigned during the second quarter and explain, using examples from the text, how the themes are important to the reader’s awareness of life.
