Final Exam Review

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Final Exam Review
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Types of Sentences
imperative interrogative
declarative exclamatory

• 1. I love ice cream and cake.
• 2. Please eat your vegetables.
• 3. How many days of school are left?
• 4. Yeah, it is summer vacation!

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NOUNS

• The dog is friendly.
• Rover is the best dog in the world.
• Can you find a common noun?
• Can you find a proper noun?

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Plurals and Possessives

• Can you find the mistakes?
• The girlss all went to the dance.
• The dogs dish is empty.
• All of the students went home.

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Find the Subject.

• Find the complete subject.
• The pretty, young princess was dressed in an
  elegant gown.
• Cindys favorite horse, Princess, wanted to
  prance around the ring.
• Find the simple subject.
• After studying for the test for hours, John, a
  was confident that he would get an A.

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Find the Predicate

• Find the complete predicate.
• The small dog barked like a wolf.
• Every year at Christmas, my family visits my
  grandmother in Vermont.
• Find the simple predicate.
• The devilish boy laughed wickedly at his
  horrified mother.

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Prepositions

• Can you find the prepositions? There are four.
• The boy ran down the street.
• Above my head, an airplane roared across the sky.
• Please hand your paper in to me.

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Pronouns

• Which one should you use?
• (He, Him) is my best friend.
• Jack, Patrick and (they, them) are going to the
  carnival

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Run on sentences

• Run-ons are not acceptable.
• They occur when you do not stop your sentence
  with one thought. You may have too many subjects
  and/or predicates.
• Ex. John and Mike played hockey last night, they
  cant wait to watch the Devils game.
• Mrs. Danahy and Mrs. Calise like to play golf but
  
• Mrs. Calise is better than Mrs. Danahy they cant
  wait to play this summer.
• How can we fix these?

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Fragments

• Fragments are not a complete sentence.
• This is when you are missing either the subject
  or the predicate.
• EX.
• Every day, no matter what the weather.
• Plays well every day.

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COMMAS

• Commas in a series
• ex. I will bring my sweater, jeans, bathing suit
  and shorts on vacation.
• Commas in Dates and addresses
• ex. On June 15, 2001, I moved to Pearl River,
  NY.
• Appositives
• ex. Mrs. Danahy, our language arts teacher,
  helped us study for the final exam.

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Commas Cont.

• Introductory Phrases
• ex. Oh yes, I see what to do now.
• Nouns of address
• ex. Kathy, will you help me with my Math?

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Using Context Clues

• Ex.
• Robin was a buffoon at the party. He stood on
  his head and sang jingle bells!
• Use the other words in the sentence to figure
  out the underlined word.

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SPELLING

• Be familiar with all the meanings of the roots.
• Review some old spelling tests to see the
  analogies.
• Ex.
• Multi is to many as Pre is to ___________ .
• Manu hand - ped ____________ .

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Literary Terms

• You have them in a handout
• Ex.
• Setting - where and when a story is taking place
• climax - The highest point of excitement when the
  problem (conflict) is resolved.

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• Dont forget all of the terms
• conflict the clash between people, ideas or
  feelings
• theme the underlying message or big idea the
  author is trying to get across
• dialogue conversations between characters in a
  book or play
• biography a non-fiction story written about a
  persons life
• characters the people or animals who take part
  in the action of a story.
• plot the series of related events in a story.
• REVIEW THESE TERMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Figurative Language

• Can you identify these types of figurative
  language?
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

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Can you match the example to the appropriate
terms? The field was a green blanket. The trees
danced in the wind. Sassy Sally sells sea shells
at the seashore. There is a mountain of paper on
my desk. Her eyes sparkled like diamonds. Wham!
The water balloon hit the building and burst.
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Writing Process

• Steps in the process
• Prewriting (brainstorm, list, make a web, gather
  ideas)
• Organizing (Inspiration, 4 Square Graphic
  Organizer)
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing
• Publishing

Do you know the difference?
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Paragraph
Topic Sentence
detail sentences
Closing Sentence
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Sentence Combining

• What is the easiest way to say this?
• Ex. I like baseball.
• I like soccer
• I like baseball and soccer.

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Or..

• Kathy ran to the bus.
• She hoped she didnt miss it.
• Hoping she didnt already miss it, Kathy ran to
  the bus.

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Reading Comprehension

• Do you remember some strategies that will help
  you do your best?
• Read questions first.
• Skim from the end of the passage looking for a
  key word.
• Underline key facts as you read.
• Whisper read if it helps you.
• Identify if it is a literal or inferential
  question. Look back for those right there
  questions.

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THATS ALL!

• Dont worry. All you need is a little review and
  you will do ...
• great!!!