FINAL STUDY GUIDE
STUDY GUIDE FOR ENGLISH FINAL
JANUARY, 2008
7th GRADE

NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES. Know the plot, structure (beginning situation, protagonist, antagonist, setting, conflict, complication, climax, resolution), and events.
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET
WHIRLIGIG
THE HOBBIT
“Gold-Mounted Gun”
“Charles”
“Red-Headed League”
“Ransom of Red Chief”
“Miss Hinch”
“Open Window”

VOCABULARY
The quiz for Chapters 13 and 14 will be on the final.

GRAMMAR (You may bring ONE typed or handwritten page of notes to the final)
Know how to identify and diagram the following:
Main line
Direct object
Indirect object
Compound verbs/subjects/objects/etc.
Predicate nominatives/adjectives
Prepositional phrases
Participles and participle phrases

LITERARY TERMS. Be ready to identify the following:
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Setting

ESSAY. The three main characters from the novels we have read are deeply affected by the settings in which they find themselves. Pick one (Bilbo, Brent, or Esperanza) and explain how the setting influences the development of their character over the entire novel. In 4 paragraphs, create an intelligent thesis and prove your thesis in the three body paragraphs that support your idea. You will not be required to create a conclusion.