English 11, American Literature Semester Exam Review



English 11, American Literature Final Semester Exam Review 2014

|Topic |Tips |

|Satirical Reading |Study notes on vocabulary in context, your literary terms, and annotation techniques! |

|Vocab in Context |Always look at the whole sentence to identify the vocabulary in context. Also, look for synonyms, antonyms, |

| |examples, and the general sense of the sentence. |

|Literature |Study Romantic/Transcendentalism, Great Gatsby and Huck Finn. Study review packets/notes. |

|Lit Terms with Literature |Study your literary terms. See the list below. |

|Research Questions |Study your research notes/packet and the questions below. |

|Poetry |Study Poetry terms. |

|Reading Comprehension |Study Organizational Patterns. |

|Word Segments |Study Word Segment Lists 5-8. |

|Vocabulary |Study Vocabulary for Units 1-10 |

Research

1. What must a citation that is word for word have? Quotation marks and parenthetical citation

2. What is the format of the Works Cited? Double spaced

3. What must be documented in the parenthetical citation? Author’s last name or first word from the title if there is no author

4. When using an online source, what must be documented in the parenthetical citation? first word from the web site’s name if there is no author.

5. Where does the thesis sentence belong? Last sentence of the first paragraph (intro paragraph)

6. When should you use a transition sentence? First sentence of body #2 and #3

7. Why do you need a counter argument? Should you refute it?

8. Why do we hate Wikipedia? It’s opinion, not a fact.

9. What is a “call to action”? It is you indicating what you want the audience to feel & do about your topic in the conclusion.

Literary Terms Directions: Define the following terms.

|Literary Terms |Definition |

|Antagonist |Person, thing, or emotion against the protagonist |

|Archetype |A type of character in literature based on traits |

|Author’s Purpose |The reason the author writes a piece of literature (consider the audience for the piece) |

|Characterization |Direct – a literal description, In-direct – an implied description |

|Climax |The turning (highest) point in a story |

|Conflict |Man vs man, self, society, nature, technology, etc… |

|Dialect |Words written with an accent |

|Dramatic Irony |The audience (or reader) knows more than the characters |

|Euphemism |A positive way of discussing an unpleasant topic |

|External Conflict |Man vs society, man, nature |

|Figurative Language |Imagery, not literally true |

|Flashback |The story goes back to tell about an earlier time |

|Foil |Minor character that contrasts against a major character |

|Foreshadowing |Hints to what’s going to happen |

|Imagery |See, hear, smell, feel or taste it through the description |

|Internal Conflict |Man vs. Self |

|Irony |Dramatic, Situational, or Verbal |

|Hyperbole |An extreme exaggeration |

|Literal Language |Directly say the truth |

|Metaphor |Comparison of two like things NOT using like or as |

|Monologue |One person is speaking |

|Organizational Structure |Spatial, Enumeration, Cause/Effect, Chronological, Compare/Contrast, Problem Solution |

|Oxymoron |Two words naming a single thing that are opposite |

|Paradox |Two ideas that contrast but come together to make sense |

|Parody |Imitating an earlier work of literature |

|Personification |Giving human qualities to animals or objects |

|Plot |What literally happens in the story |

|Point of View |1st – I, me, we, us, 2nd – you, 3rd they, she, he, her, him |

|Protagonist |Main Character |

|Resolution |Solution to the story’s problem |

|Rhetorical Question |A question that has no answer and is really a statement |

|Satire |A parody which seeks to expose negative things in society |

|Setting |Time and place of the story |

|Simile |A comparison of two unlike things using like or as |

|Soliloquy |One person speaking alone |

|Stage Directions |Tell the characters and director what to do |

|Theme |The underlying/main meaning of a literary work. |

|Tone |The authors feelings towards the subject |

|Tragedy |It follows the downfall of a character. |

|Verbal Irony |Saying one thing but meaning another. |

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