Exam Review Sheet

9 A - REVIEW SHEET

The exam will have the following format:

Section I: Matching

This section will include literary terms; vocabulary terms; authors and their works; authors and their contributions to literature, drama, and poetry; and literary movements. You should study your notes, handouts, and PowerPoint presentations.

The following terms/people should be studied, as well as all of the other items found in your notes, handouts, and PowerPoints:
Theme, Magical Realism, Existentialism, Xenia, Epic and Characteristics of an Epic, Epic Hero, Invocation to the Muse of Poetry, Epithet, Epic Similes, Formal Rhetoric, “In Medias Res,” Dramatic Irony, Dionysus, Oracle, Strophe & Antistrophe, Tragedy, Greek Masks, Paulo Coelho, Homer, Sophocles, Albert Camus.

Section II: Short Creative Essay

Review the following works and the main characters in each: Odysseus from The Odyssey, Oedipus from Oedipus the King, and Santiago from The Alchemist.

Section III: Formal Thesis Paper

This section will include the following works: The Alchemist, The Odyssey, Oedipus the King, The Stranger, and The Minority Report. Review each work. This section will involve an in-depth analysis of the main characters and a similar theme found in each of these works. All thesis paper rules apply when responding to the writing prompt. Therefore, review the rules of writing a formal paper.


Section IV: Open-ended Questions

This section will include a World Literature short story. You will be reading the short story and responding to two open-ended questions.

*Helpful hints for studying:

Review all notes, old tests and quizzes, logs and writing assignments. Refresh your memory of the main characters, settings, themes, topics of discussion, etc. for each work.

The works we have covered during the first semester include the following:

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Odyssey by Homer
Oedipus the King by Sophocles
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg