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Language Arts Final Review Guide

Directions: Fill this guide out completely and bring it to class on the day of your final.
This is worth 30 points.

Literary Devices: Using your Devils Arithmetic Work Packet, define the following literary
devices and provide either your own example or an example from the book.

Symbolism:

Example-

Foreshadowing:

Example-

Tone:

Example-

Allusion:

Example-

Imagery:
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Example-

Euphemism:

Example -

Figurative Language: Define each of the figures of speech below, and give your own
example of each.

Hyperbole:

Example -

Simile:

Example -

Metaphor:

Example -

Onomatopoeia:

Example -

Personification:
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Example -

Essay Structure:

What is a thesis statement? Where is it usually found?

How do you grab your readers attention?

What does a writer need to provide in order to support their claims?

What should a writer do to make their writing flow between paragraphs?

The part of an essay where the author writes about their topic and states their opinion is which
part of an essay?

The section of the essay where the writer provides their supporting evidence in the form of
quotes or paraphrases is called the______________________.

What is the part of the essay called where the writer re-states their thesis and claims in a
succinct
paragraph?

Plot Structure: Draw and label the plot diagram we use in class. Fill it out for The Devils
Arithmetic.
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Vocabulary: Create vocab squares for the following words.

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Cloying

Ornate

Dour

Plaintive

Adamantly

Assent

Desecrate

Periphery

Impudent

Tremulous

Discernible

Affirmation

Dissipating

Arbitrary

Elusive

Raucous