Study Guide

9th Grade Study Guide
Be familiar with all of the following stories/journals.  How do they connect to one-another?  The test will not have any surprises.  What we covered in class will be covered on the test.  Yes, you need to be familiar with all the vocabulary (from units 1-8).  Also, remember the important parts of a paper.  What parts of a paper help you organize/clarify?

Terms/Literary Devices
Analysis
Clincher
Conclusion
conformity
Example/Quotation
Identification
identification
interpersonal identity
Moralism
Opener
social identity
Statement
Thesis
Topic Sentence
Utilitarian
Stories

Understand the main idea in the stories and be able to refer to specific examples to help you form an argument (you will write your essays about the stories).

The Martian a short story by Ray Bradbury:  What is the author saying about the reasons people conform to other people’s expectations? How does the Martian’s appearance change people?

Zelig, a film by Woody Allen: How is Zelig a conformist?  How does he attempt to assert his individuality?  Why does Zelig change?

The Most Dangerous Games, a short story by Richard Connell: What does Rainsford do to escape and ultimately win the game?  Was what he did right or wrong?  Explain using 2 examples (quotes) from the text.

"On The Sidewalk Bleeding" by Evan Hunter. What does the main character discover about himself?  What is the tone of the story?




Grammar: Subject/Verb agreement and Pronouns

Review your notes concerning both subjects.



Vocabulary Unit 1-8

Unit 1
Admonish breach brigand circumspect commandeer deadlock debris diffuse dilemma efface muddle opinionated perennial predispose relinquish salvage spasmodic spurious unbridled


Unit 2
Adjourn alien comely compensate dissolute erratic
Expulsion feint fodder       fortify illegible    jeer        Lucrative mediocre proliferate subjugate sully tantalize     terse       unflinching

Unit 3
Abridge adherent altercation cherubic condone dissent eminent exorcise fabricate irate marauder obesity
Pauper   pilfer rift semblance surmount terminate trite usurp

Unit 4 abscond access anarchy arduous auspicious biased daunt disentangle
Fated hoodwink inanimate incinerate intrepid larceny pliant
Pompous precipice rectify reprieve revile

Unit 5 accomplice annihilate arbitrary brazen catalyst exodus facilitate incorrigible
Latent militant morose opaque paramount prattle rebut reprimand
Servitude slapdash stagnant succumb

Unit 6 atone bondage credible defray diligent doleful ghastly hamper
Hew impoverished incessant intricate lucid posthumous prim sardonic
Superfluous supplant taunt tenacious

Unit 7 adieu advent apex assimilate bogus exorbitant interim inundate malign
Meander metropolis momentous obstreperous pensive perilous shoddy
Sprightly surly tirade vagrant

Unit 8 assurance asylum console dilate dross dwindle flippant
Immunity institute liability preposterous pugnacious rabid realm
Rejuvenate remunerate sparse sterling venture warp