English 7 Final Exam - Study Notes

Study Sheet for English 7 Final Exam

This exam takes place on Monday, June 17^th at 9:00.  You need to still arrive at 8:30 with a sharpened pencil, a pen, an eraser and white out or eraser tape. 

The exam is geared for 1 hour, but you have up to 2 hours to complete it.  When you are finished, you can study for Math, Social Studies or Science or you can draw or read. 

Section 1:  Reading Comprehension (20 marks)

You will read a story that you have never seen before and answer questions on it.

Section 2:  General Content (20 marks)

These will be questions that relate to the main content areas of the course such as our novel study (Underground to Canada), our short story unit and general grammar and sentence structure questions. 

Section 3:  Spelling and Vocabulary (15 marks)

Out of the 100 words we learned this year, these are 15 I have chosen for our final exam.  You need to know how to spell them and match their definitions.

 Section 4:  Writing  (25 marks)

Part 1:  Write a paragraph that uses 5 of the vocabulary words correctly in a way that shows you know the meaning.   (5 marks)

Part 2:  You will write either a persuasive or a narrative piece of writing choosing from a variety of topics. 

(20 marks)

necessary(adj)required, important It is necessary to sort the bottles for the depot.	controversial (adj) – causing strong disagreement or disapproval Abortion is a controversial subject.	separate(adj)- not together, split apart Nothing can separate us from the love of God.	chronology (noun) – the order or list of events according to time We are studying the chronology of Biblical history.	conquer (verb) – to take control of a place by defeating people in a war; to overcome a difficulty The Assyrians conquered many lands. We will conquer the times tables!
despicable (adj) worth of contempt, disgraceful, shameful, appalling  It turns out that Gru was not as despicable as he thought he was.	versatile (adj) able to be used in many different ways    A pencil is a versatile object because it can be used to write with or poke your friend with.	desolate (adj) empty, bare, alone, dismal, gloomy   The school seems desolate on the weekends	remnant (noun) – small part still left Throughout history, there was always a remnant of Jews who were faithful to God .	ambitious (adj) – having a strong desire for success     Kings in ancient empires were very ambitious.
transform (verb) – to change dramatically usually for the better We want to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.	chaotic (adj) completely disordered and out of control We don’t want our class to be known as chaotic.	prerogative (noun) – privilege, right, choice It is a teacher’s prerogative to create a seating plan.	loquacious (adj) overly talkative ____________ is the most loquacious person I know.	geology  (noun) the study of rocks and minerals Nolan wants to study geology at University.

Things to study:

Plot Mountain Terminology (exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement)

Characterization Terminology (protagonist/antagonist/supporting, round/flat, static/dynamic)

Rules of Dialogue

Showing vs. Telling (showing is revealing information through imagery and description, creating a picture in the reader’s mind whereas telling is a when the author simply tells the reader the information and is therefore less engaging for the reader)

Types of Writing (narrative, expository, persuasive and descriptive)

Figures of Speech (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration)

Review your notes on Underground to Canada.

Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms

Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions,