English 10 Semester 1 Final Study Guide Jan 2021 Questions 1-3 – Read Passage 1, "Whistling My Worries Away"

1.How does the author use the falling action in this story?

2.How does the flashback in paragraphs 2-5 affect the story?

3.Camila, the camp director, and Benito have a talk at the end of Benito’s first day. How does their conversation foreshadow the ending of the story?

Questions 4-5 – read Passage 2, “My Cat.”

4.Read these lines from the poem The pillow quakes and quivers’

Like pudding on a plate.

How does the simile affect the mood of this poem?

5.There are several examples of alliteration in this poem. How does the alliteration affect the tone of the poem?

Questions 6-9 – Read Passage 3, “excerpt from The Man Who Knew Too Much.”

6.Why does the author choose to include details about the Torwood pine forests and other scenery alongside the road?

7.How does the innkeeper’s revelation that the driver of the car bought sandwiches affect this passage?

8.What is the point of view of the narrator? 9.What is the effect of the point of view on the reader?

Questions 19 -22 – Read Passage 5, “excerpt from The Story of My Life.

10.How does Keller’s word choice help convey meaning in paragraph1?

11.How does paragraph 2 help develop and refine the ideas conveyed in paragraph 1?

12.What does Keller’s word choice in her description of her lessons with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, reveal about Keller?

13.How does the word choice in Paragraph 1 help to develop the idea in question 12?