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English 234 Final Exam Study GuideThe exam is Tuesday, December 8 @ 8:00 a.m. It is worth 20% of your final grade and divided into three sections: 8 out of 14 short answer questions (four points each), 8 out of 14 passage identification questions (four points each), and 2 out of 5 take-home essay questions (16 points each). The exam will be drawn from course readings, viewing, presentations, and in-class discussions.Texts to Know:Elaine Scarry, “How Poetry Changed the World”A.E. Housman, “To An Athlete Dying Young”James Wright, “Autumn Comes to Martins Ferry, Ohio”Peter Berg, creator, Friday Night Lights, season 1Henley O’Brien, “About Winning,” in BASWHeidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, dirs.., BrandedDvora Meyers, “The U.S. Gymnastics Team Wanted More Medals, and Created a Culture of Abuse to Get Them,” Lola Lafon, The Little Communist Who Never SmiledClaudia Rankine, CitizenDavid Foster Wallace, “How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart”David Foster Wallace, “The String Theory”David Foster Wallace, “Both Flesh and Light”Brian Phillips, “The Sun Never Sets”Eric Moskowitz, “Her Decision, Their Life,” in BASWChris Ballard, “Revenge of the Nerds,” in BASWWright Thompson, “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived On,” in BASWMichael McKnight, “Learn to Dunk,” in BASWRobert Coover, Universal Baseball AssociationJoseph O’Neill, NetherlandErik Porterfield, exec. producer, 365 Days: A Year in Happy ValleyAmir Bar-Lev, dir., Happy ValleyRon Smith, Wounded LionsEli Saslow, “Why Him, Why Me?” in BASWSteve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada, “The Most Dangerous Man in Football,” in BASWDon Van Natta, Jr., and Seth Wickersham, “The Patriot Way”PBS Frontline, League of DenialSome questions to ponder:How has geography been important to some of the texts we’ve read and watched?How does a culture of winning/scandal/abuse get created?Why are athletes’ memoirs often badly written?How is Federer’s career arc different from most other athletes’?Which voices in a documentary are most important? How can you tell?What is metafiction? What is lyric poetry?What’s the difference between premodern and modern sports?Primary Study Strategy:Think about characters, context, style, and purpose in the things we’ve watched and read. ................
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