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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