Fall 2011 English 2 Final Exam Study Guide



Fall 2011 English 2 Final Exam Study Guide

Format: 80 Multiple Choice Questions (1 point each) + 1 Cold Read + 1 Argumentative Essay (20 points)

Test Sections: SAT Vocabulary, Grammar, Greek Theater, Antigone, Julius Caesar, Cold Read, Argumentative Writing (This will be tested through your essay)

SAT Vocabulary: Be sure you are able to use your old SAT words in a sentence and that you can identify their synonyms and antonyms.

Abase Bombastic Captivate Credence Dillettante Enigma Incendiary Maverick

Abdicate Brusque Coherent Daunting Edict Fallacious Jaunty Meritorious

Amicable Cacophony Condone Debacle Effervescent Fickle Lavish Oblivious

Apathy Cadence Connoisseur Debase Emaciated Iconoclast Lurid Petulance

Grammar:

Parts of Speech Run-ons and Fragments Subject-Verb Agreement Compound Sentences Punctuation

Literature Terms: You will not be tested on the definition of these, but you will need to know what they mean in order to answer several of the multiple choice questions.

Aside Foreshadowing Irony (including Dramatic Irony) Metaphor Simile Soliloquy Personification Theme

Setting Conflict (Man vs Man, Man vs Self, Man vs Nature, Man vs Society) Symbol Ethos Logos Pathos

Antigone

Greek Theater and Tragedy

1. Festival of Dionysus:

- Where and when was it held?

- How long did it last?

- What was Dionysus the god of?

- What are the sections of the Theater of Dionysus?

2. Greek Tragedy:

- What is the definition of a “tragedy” (as in relation to drama)

- What did Aristotle say was the purpose of a tragedy?

- What are 4 key traits of a Tragic Hero?

- What is a Tragic Flaw?

- What function does the Chorus serve in a Greek play?

3. Sophocles:

- Who was Sophocles?

- How many plays did he write? How many survive today?

- What 3 “occupations” did he hold?

- What changes did he make to Greek theater?

Antigone:

- Who was Oedipus? How does his story set up the plot of Antigone?

- Why does Creon refuse to bury Polyneices?

- Why does Antigone insist on burying Polyneices?

- What is Creon’s greatest fear? What is his Tragic Flaw?

- What does Creon’s interaction with the Sentry reveal about his character?

- What trait does Creon believe makes a strong leader?

- What does Creon believe motivates people more than anything else?

- What is Antigone’s punishment?

- Who are Haemon and Ismene? What role do they play in the story?

- What do Haemon and his father disagree about? What threat does Haemon make to Creon?

- Who is Tiresias? What role does he play in the story?

- Where is foreshadowing seen in the play?

- Where is dramatic irony seen in the play?

- What are the themes of Antigone?

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare:

- When and where was Shakespeare born?

- What was the name of his acting troop?

- What are the three types of plays that he wrote?

- During what time period did Shakespeare live?

- Where were most of his plays performed (name of theater)?

Roman Culture and Government:

- What is a Triumvirate? Who was the first Triumvirate? The Second?

- What was the Forum in Rome?

- Who were the plebians and patricians?

- Historically, where were the various opinions of Caesar (people vs Senate vs Caesar)?

- What month was named after Caesar?

- What is the Feast of Lupercal?

Julius Caesar:

- During what Roman holiday does the play begin?

- Why is holiday important to Caesar?

- Why does Cassius want to assassinate Caesar?

- Why does Brutus want to assassinate Caesar?

- Why do Cassius and Casca think it is important to involved Brutus in the assassination?

- How are soliloquies used throughout the play to reveal important information?

- When Brutus joins the conspiracy, what does he think will make them successful? (think back to why

he doesn’t want to kill Antony)

- What are some of Caesar’s Tragic Flaws?

- What are some of Brutus’ Tragic Flaws?

- What does Brutus reveal about himself through his speech at Caesar’s funeral? What do his actions

after his speech reveal about him?

- How does Antony uses ethos, logos, and pathos in his speech at Caesar’s funeral?

Quotes: Be able to identify who said the quote and why that quote is significant to the play.

Also, you should be able to recognize if any of this quotes include similes, metaphors, or personification.

- “And when you saw his chariot but appear, have you not made an universal shout, that Tiber trembled underneath her banks to hear the replication of your sounds made in her concave shores?”

- “Beware the ides of March”

- “Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers”

- “Poor man, I know he would not be a wolf but that he sees the Romans are, but sheep; he were no lion, were not Romans

hinds.

- “Cowards die many times before their deaths/The valiant never taste of death but once”

- “What should be in that ‘Caesar’? / Why should that name be sounded more than yours”?

- “…let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods, not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.”

- “Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabbed; / And as he plucked his cursed steel away / Mark how the blood of

Caesar followed it.”

- “But I am constant as the Northern Star...”

- “Nature might stand up and say to all the world, ‘This was a man!’”

Argumentative Writing:

-What is a thesis statement? Where should a thesis go within your paper?

-What 3 key components go into an argumentative thesis?

-All argumentative essays must have a reason to support your claim. What do you use to support your reasons?

-What are some strong types of evidence that you can use in your paper?

Argumentative Essay Practice: You are asked to write a paper stating your opinion on whether or not school

uniforms should be required at all schools in Humble ISD.

What might your thesis statement be (remember to include all 3 parts of a thesis)?

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What would be your three reasons and what evidence would you have?

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Reason 1

Reason 2

Reason 3

Evidence

Evidence

Evidence

Evidence

Evidence

Evidence

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