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English 11 AP Semester 1 Final Exam

English 11 AP Semester 1 Final Exam. Review. Make sure you can…. analyze a writer ’ s choices Why does Salinger present Holden as a hypocrite? To reveal character traits that Holden hates in others and to show he is an unreliable narrator.

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English 11 AP Semester 1 Final Exam

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  1. English 11 APSemester 1 Final Exam Review

  2. Make sure you can… • analyze a writer’s choices • Why does Salinger present Holden as a hypocrite? • To reveal character traits that Holden hates in others and to show he is an unreliable narrator. • Why does Salinger say “my parents would have about two hemorrhages a piece?” • To reveal his relationship is somewhat strained • Why does O’Brien stress the literal and figurative things the soldiers carried? • To show the burdens the soldiers experienced.

  3. Writers make choices to… • Establish tone • Establish point of view • Establish characterization • Establish timelines • Provide plot points – exposition, climax, epiphany, etc. • Establish context

  4. Hint… • Make sure you read the question closely. You don’t want to miss something. Example: • All of the following items should be taken literallyEXCEPT

  5. Literary theory

  6. Make sure you can infer who said a quote. “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!” Who said this? How do you know?

  7. Juxtaposition of east and west egg??? “New Money” Fashionable, generational wealth

  8. Need more Gatsby review? • Go to the website, twoebel.weebly.com, and download the Gatsby Power Point from November 1st

  9. Know your literary devices! • Be able to identify the device that the author uses to create meaning in a text. “Grim and greedy the gruesome monster, Fierce and furious, launched attack.” Alliteration!

  10. Know your rhetorical devices! • Be able to identify the device that the author uses to create meaning in a text. “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer” Periodic Sentence!

  11. Aristotle’s triangle

  12. APPEALS

  13. RHETORICAL MODES • CAUSE/EFFECT • NARRATION • ARGUMENT • DEFINITION • DESCRIPTION • PROCESS ANALYSIS • CLASSIFICATION

  14. MAKE SURE YOU CAN USE CONTEXT AS A CLUE TO DETERMINE MEANING • Teachers have a tendency to belabor the importance of STUDYING FOR FINALS.

  15. MAKE SURE YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE PROPER USAGE OF COMMAS, SEMICOLONS, AND COLONS. • Which is correct? • Obviously they couldn’t directly identify the equivalent of Mavens, Connectors, and Salesmen, to spread the word about Airwalk. • Obviously, they couldn’t directly identify the equivalent of Mavens, Connectors, and Salesmen to spread the word about Airwalk.

  16. Visit twoebel.weebly.com • For… • Terminology guides • Gatsby Power Points • Grammar Power Points

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