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:
http://www.panpipes.net/languagearts/worksheets/writing/analogies.pdf
PART 2 GRAMMAR- You will be responsible for knowing the following eight parts of speech and the listed sub-types, along with knowing the difference between various types of clauses and phrases as well as 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. 20 POINTS
PARTS OF SPEECH:
noun pronoun adjective article verb
adverb preposition proper noun conjunction interjection
The following link may help you to better prepare for the parts of speech section of the exam:
http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/rvpartsp.html
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_speechparts_adv.htm
CLAUSES:
independent clause subordinate clause
The two links below are ideal practice sites for the clause section on the mid year exam:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/indep_clause_quiz.htm
http://www.csus.edu/owl/index/sent/clause_quiz.htm
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 according to the Funnel Method model. This section will comprise of multiple choice questions. 20 POINTS
The following links provide you with the source of information for the ESSAY PARTS & TYPES section:
Funnel Method
Essay Classification & Analysis
Know the following:
Introduction, thesis statement, body, topic sentence, opinion, support, clarify, conclusive statement, conclusion, restate thesis, review main points, thematic statement.
PART 4 Assigned In-Class Essays- This section of the exam will represent the literature component of the curriculum by testing your understanding of the most recent assigned essays. You will need to know the titles of the essays, their authors, their thesis statements, their themes, the essay type, as well as a summary of each essay. You will be allowed to use your notes composed in class over these assigned essays. 20 POINTS
PART 5 ESSAY- You will be required to write a 5-paragraph expository essay based on one of the themes of the assigned in-class essays. The essay question will require you to consider a theme from one of the assign essays and write a three-part thesis about the theme. 20 POINTS