Freshman Honors English First Semester Exam Study Guide 2010-2011

Hi. First off, there will be three parts to the exam: a vocab exam that covers chapters 1-7, an objective exam of 50 questions, and an essay exam. Vocab is self-explanatory; the objective exam will be based on the things we've studied this semester, including, but not limited to, the following: the 10% solution, the seven-step essay process, the various rhetorical devices we've studied (narration, compare and contrast, etc.), different lead and conclusion techniques, principles of free verse poetry, other forms of poetry we have studied, and different reading comprehension strategies and literary concepts we have studied. For the essay exam, you will be asked to randomly write in one of the modes we have studied (narrative, compare contrast, etc.), and also be asked to use a lead and conclusion technique we have studied. I suggest coming up with some potential topics and thinking through them prior to the exam. The exam is worth 10% of your semester grade, with the essay worth twice as much as the objective or vocab exam. Any questions, let me know.