Thursday, August 25, 2011

Pre-AP English II: Test Preview for 8/26

Please be familiar with the following literary and grammatical terms, tone/mood words, and vocabulary prior to tomorrow's test. (Just because a word appears below doesn't mean it's the "right" answer.)

Literary Terms:
  • Anaphora
  • Apostrophe (not the punctuation)
  • "Exclamatory"
  • Foreshadowing
  • Hyperbole
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Metaphor
  • Metonymy
  • Personification
  • Point of view
    • 1st Person
    • 2nd Person
    • 3rd Person
  • Rhetorical answers
  • Simile
  • Symbolism

Grammatical Terms:
  • Adverb
  • Appositive phrase
  • Gerund phrase
  • Infinitive phrase
  • Past participle phrase
  • Present participle phrase
  • Sentence fragments

Tone/Mood Words:
  • Anxious
  • Banal
  • Suspenseful
  • Tragic

Vocabulary:
  • Cauldron
  • Imperceptibly
  • Indignation
  • Inhumanity
  • Ruthlessness

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