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MIDTERM EXAM Review for the Test

MIDTERM EXAM Review for the Test. TEST DAYS: 1*- FRIDAY 2* - MONDAY 4-5*- FRIDAY . EXAM OVERVIEW. Multiple Choice Short Answers ESSAY (4-5 Paragraph Compare/Contrast). EXAM CONTENT. Grammar Fahrenheit 451 Antigone Harrison Bergeron Mythology & Theseus The Lottery

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MIDTERM EXAM Review for the Test

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  1. MIDTERM EXAMReview for the Test TEST DAYS: 1*- FRIDAY 2* - MONDAY 4-5*- FRIDAY

  2. EXAM OVERVIEW • Multiple Choice • Short Answers • ESSAY (4-5 Paragraph Compare/Contrast)

  3. EXAM CONTENT • Grammar • Fahrenheit 451 • Antigone • Harrison Bergeron • Mythology & Theseus • The Lottery • Writing, Research, MLA Style

  4. Grammar • Know the 8 PARTS OF SPEECH

  5. Possessives SINGULAR PLURAL Dogs’ bones Students’ desks Men’s lockers • Dog’s bone • Student’s desk • Man’s locker DO NOT USE POSESSIVE FORMS TO MAKE WORDS PLURAL! INCORRECT: My two dog’s are named Axel and Scarlett. CORRECT: My two dogs are named Axel and Scarlett.

  6. PRONOUNS • TYPES OF PRONOUNS • Interrogative - • Personal - • Possessive - • Indefinite - • Object - • Subject -

  7. Subject-Verb Agreement

  8. LITERARY TERMS • Know how to use them • Know how to apply them to the literature • Short Stories • Fahrenheit 451 • Antigone

  9. FOIL Two opposing characters, usually of the same sex, who serve as opposites of each other examples: Antigone & Ismene Millie & Clarisse Montag & Faber Metaphor A comparison NOT using like or as

  10. Foreshadowing Hints at what will happen next in the story examples: Motivation The factors the drive a character to do something, act a certain way or think a certain way

  11. DYSTOPIA • A seemingly place of ideal perfect on the surface, but it is actually flawed • Characteristics: • • Citizens have a fear of the outside world. • • Citizens live in a dehumanized state. • • The natural world is banished and distrusted. • • Citizens conform to uniform expectations. • • The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world. • Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. • Examples: • Fahrenheit 451 • “Harrison Bergeron” UTOPIA A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions. Most characters think their world is perfect in the beginning!

  12. Static Character A character that experiences NO changes during a story; does not grow or develop examples: Clarisse Millie Antigone Dynamic Character A character that experiences change in personality and growth during the story examples: Guy Montag Creon

  13. VERBAL IRONY A character says one thing, but means another examples: DRAMATIC IRONY Audience knows something the characters don’t know examples:

  14. Setting Time, place, date of a story examples: Theme The central idea of a work of literature examples:

  15. TRAGEDY • Play, novel or other work of Literature, depicting serious & important events, the main character comes to an unhappy end

  16. TRAGIC HERO Aristole’sDefintion of a HERO • Comes from nobility • Tragic flaw– the serious character weakness leading to the downfall of the character • Undergoes a reversal of fortune • Recognizes his mistakes(in a catharsis or purgation of pity and fear) • The tragic hero’s actions should arouse feelings of both pity and fearin the audience.

  17. CATHARIS & HUBRIS • Catharsis – purging of one’s soul • Hubris- overconfidence, pride

  18. STRUCTURE OF GREEK DRAMA • Prologue: beginning of the play, before the action occurs • Parodos: song that marks the entry of the chorus • Scene: where the majority of the action of the play takes place • Ode: song that is chanted by the chorus, often is a commentary on the action from the scene. Sometimes the comparison to the actions of the gods or historical figures • Paean: hymn sung by the chorus, appealing to the gods for assistance • Exodos: last episode in the play. It is followed by a final speech addressed directly to the audience by the chorus • KNOW THE PARTS IN ORDER!

  19. Benefits of Greek Drama • Religious rite to Dionysus • Festivals • CATHARSIS • Spiritual purging • Cleansed the soul of the participants • Helped their health

  20. Fahrenheit 451 & Science Fiction

  21. Characteristics of Science Fiction

  22. ANTIGONE

  23. CREON AS TRAGIC HERO

  24. Verbal & Dramatic Irony

  25. “Harrison Bergeron” “The Lottery” “Theseus” Short stories

  26. “THE LOTTERY”

  27. RESEARCH, ESSAYS & MLA STYLE Writing

  28. Correct MLA Format • FOR A BOOK • Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. New York: Harper Collins, 2008. Print. • CITATION FORMAT • “Of course, the odds have not been very dependable of late,” (Collins 33)

  29. NOTETAKING

  30. THESIS STATEMENTS • Should not have “I think” written in the statement • Should preview the examples/content of paper • Should be avoid being vague • Should not be a question

  31. COMPARE/CONTRAST WRITING

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