Midterm Review

• Need a pencil and a blue or black pen

• 75 points = multiple choice

• 25 points = writing

•What is the setting of The House on Mango Street?

•Chicago

•What does insubordinate mean?

•disobedient

•Why was it difficult for Pony to cut his hair?

•It was the one thing that he was proud of.

•What is unity?

•When all sentences in a piece of writing relate to the same topic, they work together well

•Which character’s dad beats her?

•Sally

•What is foreshadowing?

•Hints or clues about later events in a story

•Who is the “character” of the gang?

•Dallas

•Where does a thesis statement belong?

•It should be the last sentence in the introduction.

•What does domestic mean?

•Relating to the household

•What was the climax of The Outsiders?

•Johnny and Dally died

•What was the one thing that Esperanza hoped for more than anything else?

•She wanted a house of her own

•Which character went to college as a means of escaping Mango Street?

•Alicia

•What does persist mean?

•Remain

•What is a focus word?

•All sentences relate to this word. This is what you are focusing on.

•What is the setting of “The Diary of Anne Frank?”

•1942, 1945• Amsterdam

•What does detest mean?

•To hate, dislike greatly

•Who is the narrator of The Outsiders?

•Ponyboy

•What are transition words?

•They help you move through ideas in your writing.

•What is an incentive?

•A reason for doing something.

•What is imagery?

•Description that creates a picture in the reader’s mind.

•Which character in “The Diary of Anne Frank” turns out to be extremely selfish?

•Mr. VanDaan

•What is a remnant?

•A small piece of something that remains behind

•What is a catastrophe?

•A large-scale disaster

•What is chronological order?

•Time order

•Why was the Monkey Garden important to the kids on Mango Street?

•It gave them an escape, a place that was magical and they were free

•Which character did Esperanza go to for a psychic reading?

•Elenita

•What did Pony and Cherry have in common?

•sunsets

•What does accelerate mean?

•To speed up

•What is onomatopoeia?

•Sound words

• Identify some of the rules that the “family” had to follow while they were in hiding?

• no talking above a whisper• no running water/use of the w.c.• They are never allowed to go

downstairs• No trash must ever leave

•The dog chased it’s/its tail.•its

•The track coach tried to entice me to join the team. What does entice mean?

•encourage

•What is dialect?

•Pronunciation or word usage for a particular region.

•Identify an example of irony.

•The soldier in “The Sniper” killed his own brother.

•What does graphic mean?

•lifelike

•What is a world statement?

•First sentence in a piece of writing. Introduces the topic; very general.

•foremost

•Most important

•onslaught of disease

•Sudden attack

•gruesome scene in the movie

•horrible

•What happened that caused the “family’ to believe that they had been discovered?

•A thief was downstairs and heard them when Peter fell off the chair

•What does nurture mean?

•To bring up, train; to support and encourage

•The family went on their/there vacation.

•their