English III Final Exam Review

When you feel like you've written a lot without really saying anything, the best thing to do is

What is the thesis statement of the report "Atlantis Rediscovered"?

What do the 3 hyphens in the following works cited entry from "Atlantis Rediscovered" indicate?

Answer the following from "Life on the Color Line" Billy's father says they can't stay with Grandpa and Grandma Cook because-

Billy's father tells the boys that Miss Sallie is--

Billy's mother always told him to be proud of--

According to Suarez in "Familiar Strangers," most Americans associate the arrival of Spanish-speaking immigrants with

Those who support Spanish-speaking immigrants claim that they

Answer the following about the essay "Melting Pot" The author states that in her neighborhood, people get along on a micro level, meaning they

The old Italians in the author's neighborhood think the Hispanics should

Ms. Palmer has been organizing the class schedules for us.

Complete each sentence by supplying the correct form of the verb in parenthesis. (Go) Have you ever _______(1) to prom before? I _____(2) last year as a sophomore.

(Go) Have you ever _______(1) to prom before? I _____(2) last year as a sophomore.

Explain the title "Life on the Color Line." Your response should be 2-3 sentences long

Continuum

Enclaves

Ethnicists

Gentrifying

Nativist

Reductionism

Compliant is to stubborn as excited is to

Option is to choice as deference is to

Metaevent is to large-scale occurrence as celebration is to

Painter is to artist as predator is to

Trajectory is to path as objective is to

In "Familiar Strangers," the author writes the following quote: "Others, particularly in civil rights organizations... say something different is happening. Having the Old Country 2 hours away by jet, instead of across an ocean means these new Americans don't have to slam the door on their pace of origin as other immigrants have." The above quotation best describes what event currently occurring within society?

The Cougars had been winning until the third quarter of the game.

Which of the following informational texts would be the most helpful if you wanted to gain perspective into how a historical event affected a particular type of person?

An outline organizes the information gathered through research into a skeleton version of the body of a report. The outline should show how the writer intends to support

Main topics are shown through

After main topics are established,

Outlines should always provide information in chronological order.

Your outline must be followed during drafting, you should never adjust your outline after it is completed.

Anyone can publish information on the Internet without fact-checking it.

Public records are more likely to contain valid information than secondhand reports

The motivation behind a source does not affect its accuracy

A metasearch is when a student searches multiple subjects at once

The best way to confirm the accuracy of a source is to check it against another source.

If a magazine is connected to a special interest group, it will probably be unbiased in its views.

Developing research questions is done during the drafting stage of the writing process.

Determining whether an online article is well written and recently updated are 2 ways to check the reliability of an internet source.

When gathering information, the best method is to first read and take notes on as many sources as possible relating to your subject and then limit your information later.

To plan your time for a research project, it is best to

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for choosing a research subject? a) choose a subject for which you can find a variety of info on in the library or media center b) choose a subject that will interest your audience c) choose a subject you already know very well d) all of these are guidelines for choosing a subject

The most productive research questions

What is a good way to start a research report?

What is a thesis statement of the research report "Life on Mars"?

Quintessential

Insidious

Dissuade

Enlightened

Irrevocable

We SELL dozens of magazine subscriptions last week

Surprisingly, they have KEEP the secret to themselves

The US has LEAD the field in the development of computers

After dinner everyone SIT down in the shade of the big oak tree

Luther Burbank DEVELOPED over 800 new plant varieties

All of these flowers WILL PRODUCE seeds in the fall

The climate of Florida FAVORS the growth of citrus fruit

Eric the Red NAMED a land of eternal ice and snow Greenland

Columbus never REACHED what is now the United States

We had been listening to the radio when the lights went out.

Kalman had been sleeping throughout that memorable day.

Sammi will have been writing her novel for two years this week.

For questions 21-26, identify the correct form of irregular verbs in the following sentences. Choose from the word box to complete the following questions A. Past B. Present participle C. Past participle Claude is getting a new computer for his Bday this year.

Yes, I have chosen Wanda as the winner of the essay contest.

Miranda did the crossword puzzle in only 10 minutes.

The girls have shown their report cards to their parents.

Keisha told her mother about the terrible accident.

I am seeing more clearly now with my new glasses.

"ABOUT RUSSELL" During "the greatest kickball game ever," Russell

When Rita beats Russell at chess, she is amazed that he

Why doesn't Russell's family find him hep once they realize he is sick?

"I WANT TO BE MISS AMERICA" The sisters were being groomed to

What is it that gratifies the author years later, but comes too late?

"THE STRUGGLE TO BE AN ALL-AMERICAN GIRL" The narrator's mother wanted her to attend Chinese school to learn

The narrator thinks of herself as

Why do you think Wong is embarrassed to go with her grandmother to the American store?

"SURE YOU CAN ASK ME A PERSONAL QUESTION" The speaker thanks the other person for

"IN ANSWER TO THEIR QUESTIONS" What symbolic items does Lisa pour onto a plate at the kitchen table?

"WHERE HAVE YOU GONE CHARMING BILLY?" What do Paul Berlin's memories and fantasies tell us about his family?

Why can't Berlin stop laughing at the thought of Charming Billy dying?

"MORTALS" _____ is compared to a turtle.

The narrator remembers the obituaries of

People with big names are not always

What do you think the title "Mortals" means?

From the passage, one can conclude that people in Detroit were afraid of

The word or phrase below closest in meaning to that intended by "natural continuity" in line 5 is

Based on the context of the passage, the narrator might be best described as feeling

This passage, taken by itself, best exemplifies which of the following?

Lines 12-14 imply that the children in the passage have what attitude toward people different from themselves?