LUOA 9th Grade English Midterm Exam
Study Guide
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
The man sitting next to me wanted an extra snack, so I decided to give him my bag of
peanuts
A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender and _________.
Number
Complete this sentence:
A topic sentence must _______________________________.
Set the stage for what is to come in the paragraph
Check all of the items that must be similar in parallelism (parallel structure):
-Ideas
-Parts of speech
-Sentence structure
Which sentence has the dependent clause italicized?
The clothes, which Sarah brought today, need to be washed immediately
A clause contains a subject and a verb. True or False?
True
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
The wind and waves destroyed the pier but not the lighthouse
Is this sentence using active or passive voice?
"The bag of chips was eaten by Kate."
Passive
It is usually preferable to write sentences in active voice. True or false?
True
In formal, academic writing, you were told to avoid third person pronouns and
use first and second if possible. True or False?
False
These are examples of: _________________
"both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also"
Correlative conjunctions
Is this sentence properly punctuated?
"The price of gas is lower this month; consequently, the roads have been filled
with more travelers."
Yes
Which of the following introductory tags is NOT properly punctuated?
Hershey writes "Difficulties show men what they are."
Which of the following in-text citations IS correct"
A famous man once said, "If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time" (Ziglar 24)
Which of the following contains the main ideas of a passage but not the
supporting details?
A Summary
In the story "War," the young scout sees his enemy filling a water bottle. The
scout raises his rifle _________________________.
, but lowers it again, not willing to shoot the man with the ginger-colored beard
In the story "War," the man with the ginger-colored beard
________________________________.
shoots and kill sthe young cavalryman
In "The Gift of the Magi," Jim's most cherished possession is
__________________________.
a gold watch that had belonged to his father, and before that his granfather
In "The Gift of the Magi," the personal object most cherished by Della is
_________________________.
her long, beautiful, flowing hair
In "The Necklace," the Loisels spent ten years paying off a debt. Over those ten
years, Mathilde became ____________________.
old, with the look of an impoverished woman: strong, hard, and rough
In "The Necklace," Mathilde is dissatisfied with her station in life. She is married
to ______________.
A little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction
In "The Lady, or the Tiger?," the princess knows which door is hiding the lady
and which is hiding the tiger. When it comes time to choose, the princess
_____________________.
Slightly motions her hand to the right
In "The Lady, or the Tiger?," the princess was in love with a brave young man.
When her father found out about this affair, he ___________________.
sentenced the young man to the arena, and made his daughter choose between
sending him to either another lady or a tiger
In "A Horseman in the Sky," the guard on duty is initially
_______________________.
Fast asleep on duty
In "A Horseman in the Sky," the sentinel on duty is a young Virginian named
_________________.
Carter Druse
Walter Mitty's wife supports and encourages his daydreams. True or False?
False
As he leans against the wall of the drugstore at the end of "The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty," Walter imagines _________________________.
That he faces a firing squad
In "The Most Dangerous Game," why does General Zaroff say that he started
hunting humans?
Humans are able to reason
In "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford falls into the water from the boat.
While in the water, he hears _________________.
A high, screaming sound like a terrorized animal
In "The Most Dangerous Game," what type of footwear does General Zaroff tell
Rainsford he should wear?
Moccasins
Select the 5 types of external conflict.
Study Guide
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
The man sitting next to me wanted an extra snack, so I decided to give him my bag of
peanuts
A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender and _________.
Number
Complete this sentence:
A topic sentence must _______________________________.
Set the stage for what is to come in the paragraph
Check all of the items that must be similar in parallelism (parallel structure):
-Ideas
-Parts of speech
-Sentence structure
Which sentence has the dependent clause italicized?
The clothes, which Sarah brought today, need to be washed immediately
A clause contains a subject and a verb. True or False?
True
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
The wind and waves destroyed the pier but not the lighthouse
Is this sentence using active or passive voice?
"The bag of chips was eaten by Kate."
Passive
It is usually preferable to write sentences in active voice. True or false?
True
In formal, academic writing, you were told to avoid third person pronouns and
use first and second if possible. True or False?
False
These are examples of: _________________
"both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also"
Correlative conjunctions
Is this sentence properly punctuated?
"The price of gas is lower this month; consequently, the roads have been filled
with more travelers."
Yes
Which of the following introductory tags is NOT properly punctuated?
Hershey writes "Difficulties show men what they are."
Which of the following in-text citations IS correct"
A famous man once said, "If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time" (Ziglar 24)
Which of the following contains the main ideas of a passage but not the
supporting details?
A Summary
In the story "War," the young scout sees his enemy filling a water bottle. The
scout raises his rifle _________________________.
, but lowers it again, not willing to shoot the man with the ginger-colored beard
In the story "War," the man with the ginger-colored beard
________________________________.
shoots and kill sthe young cavalryman
In "The Gift of the Magi," Jim's most cherished possession is
__________________________.
a gold watch that had belonged to his father, and before that his granfather
In "The Gift of the Magi," the personal object most cherished by Della is
_________________________.
her long, beautiful, flowing hair
In "The Necklace," the Loisels spent ten years paying off a debt. Over those ten
years, Mathilde became ____________________.
old, with the look of an impoverished woman: strong, hard, and rough
In "The Necklace," Mathilde is dissatisfied with her station in life. She is married
to ______________.
A little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction
In "The Lady, or the Tiger?," the princess knows which door is hiding the lady
and which is hiding the tiger. When it comes time to choose, the princess
_____________________.
Slightly motions her hand to the right
In "The Lady, or the Tiger?," the princess was in love with a brave young man.
When her father found out about this affair, he ___________________.
sentenced the young man to the arena, and made his daughter choose between
sending him to either another lady or a tiger
In "A Horseman in the Sky," the guard on duty is initially
_______________________.
Fast asleep on duty
In "A Horseman in the Sky," the sentinel on duty is a young Virginian named
_________________.
Carter Druse
Walter Mitty's wife supports and encourages his daydreams. True or False?
False
As he leans against the wall of the drugstore at the end of "The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty," Walter imagines _________________________.
That he faces a firing squad
In "The Most Dangerous Game," why does General Zaroff say that he started
hunting humans?
Humans are able to reason
In "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford falls into the water from the boat.
While in the water, he hears _________________.
A high, screaming sound like a terrorized animal
In "The Most Dangerous Game," what type of footwear does General Zaroff tell
Rainsford he should wear?
Moccasins
Select the 5 types of external conflict.
