Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Final Exam Review Guide

Study vocabulary words from Units 4, 5, 6, and 7: 

The vocabulary words from Units 4, 5, 6, and 7 section of the exam will be given on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 during your regular English class.  Please bring your orange vocabulary book to class on that day.  I will be collecting them.

Study the definitions to the following terms:

Vignette

Imagery

Metaphor

Simile

Synesthesia

Oxymoron

Malapropism

Soliloquy

Aside

Concealment

Syntax

Diction

Round Character

Stock Character

Flat Character

Dynamic Character

Static Character

Foil

Blank Verse

Magical Realism

Allegory

Sonnet 

Couplet               

Prose

Allusion

Hyperbole

Refresh your memory on the following works:

The House on Mango Street

The Alchemist

The Whale Rider

A Doll’s House

Romeo and Juliet

Oedipus

The Minority Report

Rabbit Proof Fence
Use your tests, notes, powerpoints, webquests, library scavenger hunts, etc. from the second semester to study for this exam.  It will consist of the following types of questions:

Vocabulary (Study units 4, 5, 6, and 7!)  
                                                                             

Literary Terms (Study the terms listed!)  
                                                                                          

Open-ended Response  (know your characters!)     
                                                                      

Quote Analysis (know your characters, plot, and themes of the works!)  
                          

Essay (know your characters, plot, and themes of the works!)