All Pre-AP Classes: Literary Terms Six-Weeks' Test Preview

Tomorrow (9/29) you will take your exam for the first six-weeks' grading period. Please be prepared. In case you have forgotten, you will need to demonstrate your mastery of these literary devices by being able to recognize examples of them and produce your own sentence-length examples, as well:

• Alliteration


• Allusion


• Diction


• Hyperbole


• Metaphor


• Onomatopoeia


• Oxymoron


• Paradox


• Personification


• Simile

Additionally, Pre-AP II students are responsible for the following terms:

• Anaphora


• Apostrophe


• Foreshadowing


• Flashback


• Imagery


• Metonymy

Remember, failing this test will result in your automatic assignment to Patriot Academy on Friday Sept. 30th, and you will be unable to retest or submit corrections until you have attended a post-test tutorial.

English II: 8 Step Writing Process

We have just finished reviewing the 8 steps of the writing process. If you lose your illustrated copy, download another.

On Friday you will need to to turn in your evidence for steps 2 (brainstorming), 4 (bubblemapping), 6 (rough draft), and 8 (final draft). I will be looking for evidence of revising and editing on your rough draft (this is technically step 7).

All of the above will be graded separately and then collectively for a 6-weeks final grade.

In case you have forgotten the prompt it was along the lines of

Write an essay a story about a time you struggled with doing the right thing and the lesson you learned as a result.