Midterm+Review+Study+Guide+132

home

Vocabulary (make sure you use the definitions from your notes. If you need them again, come during a study hall or after school): 1, abhor 11. acquiesce 21. ambiguous 31. abstracted 2. ascetic 12. affinity 22. crass 32. adulation 3. bequeath 13. corroboration 23. discursive 33. adversity 4. diffidence 14. blasphemous 24. hypothesize 34.burgeon 5. effervescent 15. deplete 25. intractable 35. chimera 6. expunge 16. empirical 26. indignation 36. culpable 7. morose 17. fallow 27. misanthrope 37. decadent 8. poignant 18. obsequious 28. plagiarize 38. entreaty 9. vigilant 19.sublime 29. terse 39. fatuous 10. placate 20. surreptitious 30. transient 40. humane

Grammar Parts of Speech: Noun: Person, place, thing (including ideas) Pronoun: replaces a noun or another pronoun (ex. I, me, you, your, yours) Verb: Shows action Adjective: Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun Adverb: Modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Often, but not always, ends in /ly/. Conjunction: Joins words or parts of sentences together. Preposition: Tells the relationship between two objects in either time or space. Interjection: Shows emotion.

Parts of a Sentence: Subject: What or who is doing the main verb (the predicate). Predicate: The main verb that the subject is doing. Complements: NEVER found in prepositional phrases Are ALWAYS nouns or pronouns 1. Direct Object: Subject + Predicate + What? = Direct Object ex. I ate an apple. I=Sub. ate=Pred.; I ate what? APPLE. Apple=Direct Object 2. Indirect Object: Subject + Predicate + Direct Object + to or for whom? OR to or for what? = Indirect Object The Indirect Object ALWAYS comes BEFORE the direct object. ex. I gave you my best information. I=Sub. gave=Pred. information=Direct Object; I gave information to whom? YOU you=Indirect Object

Literature:

The Color of Water Things to know: The author and speaker; the main events; the critical inferences

"Teenage Wasteland" Things to know: Characters, main events, why it's a coming of age story

__ The Catcher in the Rye __ and __Rebel without a Cause__ Things to know: characters, main events, critical inferences about character development, the relevancy to society and history