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September 2010 Test
Review for Mr. Woodland's September 2010 Test.
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English
8th Grade
09/21/2010

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When should informal writing be used?
Definition
When speaking, texting, or writing an informal letter.
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When should formal writing be used?
Definition
When writing essays, books, or formal letters.
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What are the 3 stages of the English language, and what is English's most dominant influence?
Definition
Old English, Middle English, Modern English; Latin.
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epic
Definition
A long narrative poem, told in a formal, elevated style that focuses on a serious subject and chronicles heroic deeds and events important to a culture or nation.
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essay
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A group of nonfictional paragraphs presenting facts and analysis about one main idea.
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fiction
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Used to describe any writing that is not real.
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myth
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Fiction writing, usually involving gods, supernatural beings or powers.
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novel
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A work of fiction consisting of 45,000 words or more.
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poetry
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Writing in which words are placed in groups, or lines, and whose lines usually rhyme.
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prose
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Any non-poetic writing.
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short story
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Fiction under 7,000 words.
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a
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not
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anti
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against
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able
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capable of
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agi
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do; go; move
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alter
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other
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am
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love
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don
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give
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endo
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internal
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gastro
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stomach
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graph
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writing
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juven
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young
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morph
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form
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pac
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peace
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photo
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light
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ridi
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laughter
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Little Women
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Louisa May Alcott
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Alice in Wonderland
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Lewis Carroll
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Canterbury Tales
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Agatha Christie
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Robinson Crusoe
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Daniel Defoe
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The Old Man and the Sea
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Ernest Hemingway
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Les Miserables
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Victor Hugo
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Moby Dick
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Herman Melville
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Gift of the Magi
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O. Henry
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The Tell-Tale Heart
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Macbeth
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William Shakespeare
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Grapes of Wrath
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John Steinbeck
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Treasure Island
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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Gulliver's Travels
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Jonathan Swift
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Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
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Jules Verne
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War of the Worlds
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H. G. Wells
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What are the 4 simple PENS formulas?
Definition
SV; SSV; SVV; SSVV.
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What does the PENS "to" rule state?
Definition
Verbs with a "to" in front of it should not be underlined.
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What is the underlining rule for the S and for the V?
Definition
Underline the subject(s) once, underline the verb(s) twice.
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How do you say hello in French?
Definition
Bonjour.
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How do you say hello in German?
Definition
Guten tag.
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How do you say hello in Hawaiian?
Definition
Aloha.
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How do you say hello in Hebrew?
Definition
Shalom.
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How do you say hello in Italian?
Definition
Buon giorno.
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How do you say hello in Spanish?
Definition
Hola.
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How do you say hello in Swahili?
Definition
Neno la kusalimu rafiki au mtani.
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