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12 th Grade Contemporary Lit Mid-Term review

12 th Grade Contemporary Lit Mid-Term review. Tuesday, Jan 24th 10:25 – 12:20. Your Test. 30 multiple choice questions 5 short answer questions 2 essays 5 sentence diagrams. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

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12 th Grade Contemporary Lit Mid-Term review

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  1. 12th Grade Contemporary Lit Mid-Term review Tuesday, Jan 24th 10:25 – 12:20

  2. Your Test • 30 multiple choice questions • 5 short answer questions • 2 essays • 5 sentence diagrams

  3. The Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway • Be prepared to characterize Brett, Jake, Mike, Robert, Bill, Romero, Montoya • Why is it described as a book about the Lost Generation? • Consider themes based on the topics: the lost generation, the destructiveness of sex, male insecurity

  4. A Streetcar Named Desireby Tennessee Williams • Be prepared to characterize Stanley, Stella, Blanche, Mitch, Eunice and Steve • Consider themes based on the topics: fantasy and reality, sex and death, dependence on men

  5. The Little Foxesby Lillian Hellman • Be prepared to characterize Regina, Ben, Oscar, Alexandra, Horace, Leo, Addie, Cal and Mr. Marshall • Consider themes based on the topics: love and greed

  6. The Bluest Eyeby Toni Morrison • Be prepared to characterize the MacTeer family, the Breedlove family, Geraldine, Junior, the ladies upstairs from the Breedloves, Maureen, Mr. Washington, Soaphead Church • Consider the different circumstances of these characters and families and how it affected their level of happiness. • Consider themes based on the topics: love, sex, suppressing desires, light skin • The structure of the novel is like a puzzle. Why? What did it accomplish? • Is there any hope in the novel?

  7. Short Stories • Please review the stories (both can be found online) and be prepared to answer multiple-choice questions about Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? Joyce Carol Oates and A Death in the Woods Sherwood Anderson

  8. Sentence Diagramming • Subject • verb • direct object • indirect object, • predicate adjective and predicate nominative • compound sentences

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