American Literature Semester Assessment Study Guide
World Literature / Honors World Literarture Semester Assessment Study Guide
January 2013
Vocabulary:
• Review Definitions for the words in Units 1-6.
• You will be tested on definitions and the use of the words in sentences.
• Use the Practice tests for definitions and sentences at to help you to review for this portion of the assessment.
• Use resources at .
• Also review all of your returned tests.
Grammar:
• Review Simple, Compound, and Complex sentences
o Know where commas are placed in compound and complex sentences.
o Review coordinating conjunctions – Comma is placed BEFORE the conjunction to separate two independent clauses
▪ F – For
▪ A – And
▪ N – Nor
▪ B – But
▪ O – Or
▪ Y – Yet
▪ S – So
• I waited for my friend after school, and we went out to dinner together.
o Review Subordinating Conjunctions
▪ Common Subordinate conjunctions include:
o Time: after, as long as, as soon as, before, since, until, when, while
o Place: where, wherever
o Cause: because, since
o Comparison: as, as much as, than, whereas
o Condition: although, as long as, as if, even though, provided that, though, unless, while
o Purpose: so that, that, in order that
Example with subordinate clause coming first:
• Notice that the comma is placed after the subordinate clause when the subordinate clause comes before the independent clause.
• Notice that the subordinate conjunction is (usually) the first word of the subordinate clause.
• When the bridge opens, it will have two additional lanes.
Example with the subordinate clause coming after the independent clause:
• Notice that there is no comma used when the independent clause is placed before the subordinate clause.
• The bridge will have two additional lanes when it opens.
o Review Correlative conjunctions:
▪ Either / or
▪ Neither / nor
▪ Not only / but also
▪ Both / and
▪ Whether / or
Example:
He is not only our leader but also our cook.
• Review Comma Use: “
o In Compound Sentences - see example above.
o In Complex Sentences – see example above
o In Introductory phrases and clauses:
▪ Amazed by what we saw, we looked at the massive galaxy
o With Non-Essential Elements ( phrases and clauses NOT necessary to the meaning of the sentence)
▪ Charles Babbage, an Englishman, is viewed as the inventor of the computer.
Literature:
From Beowulf
* Essential Question: How does literature shape or reflect society?
• Vocabulary to know:
o Reparation solace purge writhing massive loathsome
• Literary Analysis: Know the following definitions:
o Epic
o legendary or epic hero
• Reading Strategy : Determine the main idea or essential message of a passage
o Paraphrase
From The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue
• Essential Question: How does literature shape or reflect society?
• Vocabulary to know:
o Solicitous garnished absolution commission
o Sanguine prevarication
• Literary Analysis: Know the following terms:
o Characterization direct characterization indirect characterization
o Social commentary
• Reading Strategy: Preparing to Read Complex texts: Questioning
o Who? When? Where? What? Why? How?
from The Pardoner’s Tale:
• Essential Question: How does Literature shape or reflect society?
• Vocabulary to know:
o Pallor hoary tarry apothecary
o Deftly sauntered
• Literary Analysis: Know the following terms:
o Allegories: narratives that have both literal and deeper symbolic meanings
▪ Exemplum: Latin for example
o Archetypal narrative elements
▪ Characters, events, and other things that come in threes
▪ A test of a character’s morality
▪ A mysterious guide who helps to point the way
▪ A just ending that rewards good or punishes evil
• Reading Strategy: Preparing to read complex texts: Reread!
The Wife of Bath’s Tale
Essential Question: How does literature shape or reflect society?
• Vocabulary to Know:
o Implored relates contemptuous bequeath
o Prowess esteemed rebuke
• Literary Analysis: Know the following terms:
* Frame story: contains or frames another story or group of stories
Setting: In a frame story, the setting may not match the setting of the individual tales.
• The events in The Prologue occur around Chaucer’s time
• The Wife of Bath sets her frame story much earlier during the reign of King Arthur.
• Reading Strategy: Preparing to read Complex Texts: Check Context Clues
o Words, phrases, in the surrounding passages that shed light on the meaning of a word
o Common Context Clues: synonyms, antonyms, and examples that clarify a word’s meaning.
Elements of Drama: Workshop
• Know the following Terms:
o Drama plot climax resolution dramatic effect
o Playwright theme acts scenes
o dialogue sets props theme conflict
o tragedy comedy monologue aside soliloquy
Analyzing Complex Characters:
• External Conflict: struggle against an outside source such as nature, another character, or pressure from society.
• Internal Conflict: A struggle within the mind of a character.
• Terms to know:
o Protagonist Antagonist Characterization Motivation
o Complex Characters
▪ Round: multidimensional; possess more than one motivation; display many qualities, including strengths and weaknesses
▪ Dynamic: undergo change during the course of a play; grow in terms of improvement or self-realization.
o Limited Characters
▪ Flat: one-dimensional; have only one motivation; display only one quality or trait
▪ Static: remain the same throughout the play; resist or are unable to adjust to changing circumstances.
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