REVIEW

Additional review details and sample questions will be provided on the last two days of class.

 

Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School

ENG 1D Academic Grade 9 English January 2019 DAY 1of Exams

Final Exam

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100

                                              NAME: _________________________________    

 

 

 

          Teacher: R. D’Alessio                                                                Time: 2 Hours

1. Study: novels (5 People/TKAMB)), films (DPS/Great Debaters), handouts (media, theme, fake news, dystopia etc), old tests, and poetry (there was no poetry test, so be sure to know: types of poems, literary device terms such as simile, metaphor, paradox, personification, connotation, denotation, pun, oxymoron, hyperbole, onomatopia theme, irony, allegory, alliteration, parody, foreshadowing, symbolism), and short stories covered in class es. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.”

 

Exam Section	Mark	Recommended Time	Instructions
1 Definitions	/8	20 min	Explain each term in sentence form
2 Multiple Choice	/ 10	10 min	Circle the correct answer
3 Long Answer	/13	30 min	Answer the following questions  double spaced
4 Reading Comprehension	/20	25 min
5 Mechanics/Grammar	/37	10 min	Answer the following questions on the space provided.
Check your work		10 min	Try to answer every question

 

 

Mark breakdown subject to change*

 

Part 1: Definitions

Explain four of the following terms in sentence form.  Write answers on paper provided.  (8 marks)

 

Multiple Choice - Circle the correct answer. Pick any 10. (1 mark each= 10 marks)

Examples:

An example of a simile is:

• Her hair was the color of gold in old paintings
• It is a sin to laugh that much
• “I’m like a bird. I want to fly away”
• “Who cut the cheese?”

 Personification is when you…

• Give human qualities in reference to an object, plant, or animal
• deserve respect
• have an object in the script that was invented after the time period of the setting
• none of the above

 imagery

• is not used in Shakespeare.
• Is the same thing as plot
• Both a and b
• none of the above

 

 Part 3: Long Answer

 

(13 marks)

Example:

 

Write a paragraph about the main character in To Kill A Mockingbird and his quote to his daughter, “It’s not time to worry yet.” (5)

 

 

Part 4.  Reading Comprehension  (20 marks)

 

 

Part 5: Mechanics/Grammar: Answer the following questions on the space provided.

Examples:

 

1. True or false(7)

 

1. A bibliography must be on its own page. ____
2. In a bibliography, when you have multiple authors, you only have to list the first author’s name. ____
3. You must underline book titles. ____
4. You must underline video or film titles. ____
5. %, stats, and years need to be documented like quotes. ____
6. google.com is a good source to put in your bibliography. ____
7. You are allowed to make one new point in conclusion. ____

 

 

2.Make the appropriate corrections to the following paragraph (by circling each mistake). (10)