Your final exam is made up of two parts.

Part 1

Part 1 is multiple choice responses. The majority of this exam will have you reading 2-3 paragraph
passages and answering questions about what you read.

Here are some areas for you focus on:

 Proper usage of semi-colons and commas

 How to use parallel structure in sentence writing
 How to use absolute phrases
 Proper capitalization and punctuation in MLA guidelines

You will also need to be able to do the following:

 Determine what different passages imply (or mean) about the characters view
 Determine the tone of a passage
 Determine how to use words with negative or positive connotations
 Identify the main idea of a passage
 Identify the supporting details of a passage
 Identify the conflict in a passage

Here are some tips to help you prepare for the final exam:

Go back through the lessons and make sure you have taken notes on important information

Visit your Grade Book – look at assignments or quizzes that you scored low on. Review what needed
improvement and familiarize yourself with those concepts

As you take the final exam you will see that many of the questions require you to read a passage and
then answer questions about the passage. You will answer questions about the tone, the author’s
purpose, the character’s view, the main idea, supporting details, and different conflict.

You should take notes on the passages in the exam so you can make sure you are taking time to read
and comprehend the passage completely.

Review your Pre-Tests. Your Module 1 and Module 2 Pre-tests are the CLOSEST to your Final Exam.

Part 2

Part 2 of the exam will require to you write a well- developed (3 paragraph) essay. You will be given a
passage to read and will then be given a prompt to write your essay. Please take time to outline your
essay on scratch paper and fully develop your ideas. You MUST pass both portions of the exam.
Resources:
Connotation and Denotation:

http://english.tutorvista.com/vocabulary/connotation-and-denotation.html

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-connotative-words.html

Comma and Semicolon:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/04/

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon

Absolute Phrases:

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/absolutephrase.htm - quick definition with examples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shV0YrV4n3c- Youtube (part 1) 8 minute-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeLgJDCVmfA- Youtube (part 2) 6 minutes-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTVxUTmOAVE-

http://people.ysu.edu/~tacopeland/Writing/Absolutes1.htm

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_fowler_lbh_11/118/30443/7793432.cw/index.html-

Parallel Sentence Structure:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/623/1/

MLA Formatting:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/592/
Examples of questions you may see on the final:

1. Read the sentence below and answer the corresponding question.

Jessica listened to her grieving friend with concern.
Which word best completes the sentence?
A) empathetically
B) empathic
C) empathize
D) Empathy

2. Read the following and answer the question

A Valentine"
by Edgar Allan Poe

For her this rhyme is penned whose luminous eyes,

Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda,
Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies
Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.
Search narrowly the lines!—they hold a treasure
Divine—a talisman—an amulet
That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure—
The words—the syllables! Do not forget
The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor
And yet there is in this no Gordian knot
Which one might not undo without a sabre,
If one could merely comprehend the plot.
Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering
Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus
Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing
Of poets, by poets—as the name is a poet's, too,
Its letters, although naturally lying
Like the knight Pinto—Mendez Ferdinando—
Still form a synonym for Truth—Cease trying!
You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do.

The poem says, "Search narrowly the lines!—they hold a treasure." Which word would best replace
the word, "narrowly"?

A) barely
B) closely
 C) decreasingly
D) thinly

3) Please read the passage and answer the question:

from "EXTRICATING YOUNG GUSSIE"

by P.G. Wodehouse

She sprang it on me before breakfast. There in seven words you have a complete character sketch of my
Aunt Agatha. I could go on indefinitely about brutality and lack of consideration. I merely say that she
routed me out of bed to listen to her painful story somewhere in the small hours. It can't have been half
past eleven when Jeeves, my man, woke me out of the dreamless and broke the news: 'Mrs Gregson to
see you, sir.'

I thought she must be walking in her sleep, but I crawled out of bed and got into a dressing-gown. I
knew Aunt Agatha well enough to know that, if she had come to see me, she was going to see me. That's
the sort of woman she is.

She was sitting bolt upright in a chair, staring into space. When I came in she looked at me in that darn
critical way that always makes me feel as if I had gelatin where my spine ought to be. Aunt Agatha is one
of those strong-minded women. I should think Queen Elizabeth must have been something like her. She
bosses her husband, Spencer Gregson, a battered little chappie on the Stock Exchange. She bosses my
cousin, Gussie Mannering-Phipps. She bosses her sister-in-law, Gussie's mother. And, worst of all, she
bosses me. She has an eye like a man-eating fish, and she has got moral suasion down to a fine point.

I dare say there are fellows in the world—men of blood and iron, don't you know, and all that sort of
thing—whom she couldn't intimidate; but if you're a chappie like me, fond of a quiet life, you simply curl
into a ball when you see her coming, and hope for the best. My experience is that when Aunt Agatha
wants you to do a thing you do it, or else you find yourself wondering why those fellows in the olden
days made such a fuss when they had trouble with the Spanish Inquisition.

'Halloa, Aunt Agatha!' I said

'Bertie,' she said, 'you look a sight. You look perfectly dissipated.'

I was feeling like a badly wrapped brown-paper parcel. I'm never at my best in the early morning. I said
so.

'Early morning! I had breakfast three hours ago, and have been walking in the park ever since, trying to
compose my thoughts.'
If I ever breakfasted at half past eight I should walk on the Embankment, trying to end it all in a watery
grave.

'I am extremely worried, Bertie. That is why I have come to you.'

And then I saw she was going to start something, and I bleated weakly to Jeeves to bring me tea. But she
had begun before I could get it.

'What are your immediate plans, Bertie?'

'Well, I rather thought of tottering out for a bite of lunch later on, and then possibly staggering round to
the club, and after that, if I felt strong enough, I might trickle off to Walton Heath for a round of golf.'

'I am not interested in your totterings and tricklings. I mean, have you any important engagements in
the next week or so?'

I scented danger.

'Rather,' I said. 'Heaps! Millions! Booked solid!'

'What are they?'

'I—er—well, I don't quite know.'

'I thought as much. You have no engagements. Very well, then, I want you to start immediately for
America.'

'America!'

Do not lose sight of the fact that all this was taking place on an empty stomach, shortly after the rising of
the lark.

'Yes, America. I suppose even you have heard of America?'

'But why America?'

'Because that is where your Cousin Gussie is. He is in New York, and I can't get at him.'

'What's Gussie been doing?'

Gussie is making a perfect idiot of himself.'

To one who knew young Gussie as well as I did, the words opened up a wide field for speculation.
'In what way?'

'He has lost his head over a creature.'

On past performances this rang true.

Which sentence best summarizes the central idea of this story?

A) Bertie strongly dislikes his Aunt Agatha because she treats him poorly.
B) Aunt Agatha wishes Bertie to do something that he does not want to do.
C) Gussie has fled to America to escape from the expectations of Bertie and Aunt Agatha.
D) Jeeves resents being asked to perform chores for Bertie and his Aunt Agatha.

4. Which of these sentences uses a semicolon appropriately?

A) Although the concert doesn't start for over an hour; most of the fans have already arrived
at the concert hall.
B) The concert doesn't start for over an hour; though, most of the fans have already arrived at
the concert hall.
C) Most of the fans have already arrived at the concert hall; however, the concert doesn't start
for over an hour.
D) Even though the concert doesn't start for over an hour; however, most of the fans have
already arrived at the concert hall.

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Preface to Buddhism and Buddhists in China

A missionary no less than a professional student of Buddhism needs to approach that religion with a
real appreciation of what it aims to do for its people and does do. No one can come into contact
with the best that Buddhism offers without being impressed by its serenity, assurance and power.

Professor Hodous has written this volume on Buddhism in China out of the ripe experience and
continuing studies of sixteen years of missionary service in Foochow, the chief city of Fukien
Province, China, one of the important centers of Buddhism. His local studies were supplemented by
the results of broader research and study in northern China. No other available writer on the subject
has gone so far as he in reproducing the actual thinking of a trained Buddhist mind in regard to the
fundamentals of religion. At the same time he has taken pains to exhibit and to interpret the
religious life of the peasant as affected by Buddhism. He has sought to be absolutely fair to
Buddhism, but still to express his own conviction that the best that is in Buddhism is given far more
 adequate expression in Christianity. The purpose of each volume in this series is impressionistic
rather than definitely educational. They are not textbooks for the formal study of Buddhism, but
introductions to its study. They aim to kindle interest and to direct the activity of the awakened
student along sound lines. For further study each volume amply provides through directions and
literature in the appendices. It seeks to help the student to discriminate, to think in terms of a
devotee of Buddhism when he compares that religion with Christianity. It assumes, however, that
Christianity is the broader and deeper revelation of God and the world of today.

Buddhism in China undoubtedly includes among its adherents many high-minded, devout, and
earnest souls who live an idealistic life. Christianity ought to make a strong appeal to such minds,
taking from them none of the joy or assurance or devotion which they possess, but promoting a
deeper, better balanced interpretation of the active world, a nobler conception of God, a stronger
sense of sinfulness and need, and a truer idea of the full meaning of incarnation and revelation.

5. In the first paragraph, why does the author write that Buddhism has "serenity, assurance and
power"?
A) He wants to convince readers that Buddhism is worth studying.
B) He wants to convince readers that Buddhism is a daunting subject.
C) He wants to show that Buddhists are worthy opponents.
D) He wants to show that Buddhists consider themselves important.

6. Which phrase best describes the tone of this passage?

A) Enthusiastic but skeptical
B) Matter-of-fact but impressed
C) Neutral but concerned
D) Supportive but doubtful

7. The author of this passage has which opinion of the volume written by Professor Hodous?
A) It can be used as an authoritative source on Chinese culture.
B) It can give Christian readers insight into Buddhist beliefs and practices.
C) It is better than the volumes written by other historians.
D) It is biased because of Hodous's Christian beliefs.
8. Read the following short passage and answer the question that follows.
Last year, I signed up for a study-abroad summer program, and I went to Ireland. In a word, that
summer was epic. I finally saw the country where my grandparents were born, I walked on the
Cliffs of Moher, and I saw the ancient Book of Kells. It was the trip of a lifetime.

Which word, if substituted for "epic" in the passage above, would best retain the meaning of the
passage?
A) Arduous
B) Eternal
C) Tepid
D) Unforgettable

9. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson
Part 2
It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them down a by-street in a busy
quarter of London. The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving
trade on the week-days. The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously
hoping to do better still, and laying out the surplus of their gains in coquetry; so that the
shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling
saleswomen. Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively
empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a
forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness
and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.
Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of
a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on
the street. It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower
story and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the
marks of prolonged and sordid negligence. The door, which was equipped with neither bell
nor knocker, was blistered and distained. Tramps slouched into the recess and struck
matches on the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife
on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these
random visitors or to repair their ravages.

What was the author's main point about the street in the first paragraph?

A) Hardly any people do their shopping on the street.

 B) All the businesses on the street are open on Sunday.
C) The street is much poorer than the surrounding posh neighborhood.
D) The street is much busier and brighter than its surrounding neighborhood.

Answer Key:

1) B
2) B
3) B
4) C
5) A
6) B
7) B
8) D
9) D