Trimester One Study Guide

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Part Two: Read the short story, User Friendly on pg.271 of your literature book.

Afterward answer the following questions.

1. Fill out the following plot diagram for the story.

2. Which of the following could be the theme for the story?a. Love is a powerful forceb. Revenge is goodc. Do not trust advancing technologyd. You should be mean to people you like

3. What is the conflict in the story?a. Kevin confides something in his computer, and the computer makes life difficult

for Kevin.

b. A computer comes alive and destroys a city.c. Kevin does not like his father because his father gave him a bad computerd. Kevin and Ginny do not get along because Kevin is mean to her.

4. Who is the antagonist in the story?a. Ginnyb. Kevinc. Louisd. Chuck

5. Which of the following is not the setting for the story?a. Busb. Kevins homec. Hospitald. School


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6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Kevin?a. Lonelyb. Quietc. Sensitived.

Self-confident

7. Which of the following is not an event from the rising action?a. Kevin tells the computer he likes Ginny Linkeb. Kevin decides on the bus he is going to pull the plug on Louisc. Ginny Linke calls Kevin a nerdd. Louis sends a bunch of junk mail to the Linke house

8. Who is the antagonist in the story?a. Ginnyb. Chuckc.

Dadd. Louis

9. What is the resolution of the story?a. Kevin discovers Louis is really Louise, and she loves himb. Kevin and Ginny go to the moviesc. Kevin and his dad get into a fight about the computerd. Kevin decides on the bus he is going to pull the plug on Louis

10.What is the climax of the story?a. Kevin finds out Louis is really Louise, and she is in love with himb. Kevin and his dad get into a fight about the computerc. Ginny yells at Kevin at school, and he decides he must pull the plug on Louisd. Kevin confides in his computer that he likes Ginny

Part 3: Grammar Final Review

Directions: Identify the part of speech that is underlined in each sentence.

1. The play had a happy ending.a. Verbb. Adjectivec. Nound. Pronoun

2. The play had a happy ending.a. Verbb. Adjectivec. Nound. Pronoun

3. The actors play their roles.


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a. Verbb. Adjectivec. Nound. Pronoun

4. There are three apples on this desk.a.

Verbb. Adjective

c. Nound. Pronoun

5. There are three apples on this desk.a. Verbb. Adjectivec. Nound. Pronoun

6. There are three apples on this desk.a. Verbb.

Adjectivec. Noun

d. Pronoun7. There are three apples on this desk.

a. Verbb. Adjectivec. Nound. Pronoun

8. These pens write smoothly on this.a. Verbb. Adjectivec. Nound. Pronoun

9. These pens write smoothly on this.a. Verbb. Adjectivec. Nound. Pronoun

10.These pens write smoothly on this.a. Verbb. Adjectivec. Nound. Pronoun

11.These pens write smoothly on this.a. Adverbb. Adjectivec. Conjunctiond. Preposition

12.These pens write smoothly on this.a. Adverb


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b. Adjectivec. Conjunctiond. Preposition

13.Wow! Glenna and Harold swam well during that race.a. Adverbb.

Interjectionc. Conjunction

d. Preposition14.Wow! Glenna and Harold swam well during that race.

a. Adverbb. Interjectionc. Conjunctiond. Adjective

15.Wow! Glenna and Harold swam well during that race.a. Adverbb. Prepositionc.

Conjunctiond. Pronoun

16.Wow! Glenna and Harold swam well during that race.a. Adverbb. Prepositionc. Conjunctiond. Pronoun

17.Wow! Glenna and Harold swam well during that race.a. Adverbb. Prepositionc. Adjectived. Pronoun

18.Well, thats a relief.a. Adverbb. Interjectionc. Pronound. Adjective

19.Well, thats a relief.a. Adverbb. Interjectionc. Pronound. Adjective

20.Well, thats a relief.a. Nounb. Interjectionc. Pronound. Adjective


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Directions: Label each underlined word or word group in the following sentences as a

verb, noun, adverb, preposition, pronoun, adjective, conjunction, or interjection.

1. Oh! I just spilled the tomato soup on the new white tablecloth!2.

Luis Alvarez closely studied atomic particles for many years.

3. The hunters ate their meal inside the igloo.4. They were tired, yet they did not quit working.5. Put your pencils down, class, during instructions for this test.

6. Computers and, oh, all that electronic stuff seem so easy for you.

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