To make life easier...and Word Smart more FUN!

Since I want you all to do well on the mid-term, and not to spend too much time studying words that you may never use, I've decided to narrow the scope of words and let you know which words will definitely NOT be on the test (many of which I dislike on a verbal level).

Flora from B2 was kind enough to let me take pictures of her elaborate word list, which I'll share with all of you.  The RED DOTS indicate "will definitely be on the test." The RED X indicates "probably not on the test."  The highlighted words and checked words are Flora's own markings for words she likes and feels she's memorized, so don't pay attention to that (or do?).  Keep in mind that my word is not gospel, and I've probably made a mistake or two.  So even if this list says a word may or may not be on the list, it might not be 100% accurate, and you should, at least, look at them and even consider why I wouldn't put them on.  It could be they are weird, hard to say, or just not that interesting or far too common.

What's On the Midterm:

More than half of the test is concerned with Word Smart (10 Multiple Choice, 10 True/False, 10 Matching a Definition to a Word, 10 Matching a Word to an Antonym (both of which are SAT), and 8 "Make your Own Sentence").  In terms of Shawshank, there will be 10 Multiple Choice, and 2 Short answer for a total of 36% the test).  The Hero's Journey will constitute the small remainder of points.

50 minutes is not a lot, and some of the questions will require a bit of thinking (especially some of the Multiple Choice which lean towards SAT style).  So, I suggest you READ CAREFULLY and then jump around to get the easy stuff out of the way first.  STRATEGIZE.

Here is the narrowed down word list.  Click for a bigger view: