Mrs. Peters ELA A10 Mysteries of Life

Mrs. Peters ELA A10 – “Mysteries of Life”

Unit 1: “Mysteries of Life” Open Book Examination ( /60) – Part One

Student Name: ______Date: ______

All questions must be answered in complete sentences. Failure to do so will result in point-five of a mark being deducted from the question.

In your exam, you must refer to no less than ten different texts studied in class. Failure to do so will result in a loss of ten marks from the total mark. These texts may include:

 “Sack o’ Woe” by John Harvey  “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell  “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe  “Suffer the Little Children” by Stephen King  “Murder at St. Oswald’s” by Michael Underwood  “The Boogeyman” (an episode of Criminal Minds) by Jeff Davis and Andi Bushnell  “A Study in Pink” (an episode of Sherlock) by Stephen Moffat  Ten Strangest Mysteries by Margaret Ronan  “Phantom Phone Calls”, “The Man in the Mirror”, “Norah’s Notebook”, and “The Animal” from Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan by Jo-Anne Christensen  Real or Magic by David Blaine  “The Man Who Keeps Falling in Love with his Wife” by Deborah Wearing  “Episode One” of Stan Lee’s Superhumans by Anmar Mamon  “Medical Miracles” articles by various authors

(1) Define the following terms and then provide two well-explained examples of each term based on literature studied in class. (Be sure to clearly and correctly identify each text’s title and author.)

a. Protagonist ( /5)

b. Antagonist ( /5)

c. Foreshadowing ( /5) Mrs. Peters ELA A10 – “Mysteries of Life”

d. Red Herring ( /5)

e. Motive ( /5)

f. Alibi ( /5)

g. Irony ( /5)

h. Characterization ( /5)

(2) Explain your understanding of how the following ideas relates to the idea of “mystery”, with the support of at least one example (per idea) of a piece of literature studied in class that connects to the topic. (Be sure to clearly and correctly identify each text’s title and author.)

a. Investigation of crimes ( /4)

b. Ghost stories ( /4)

c. Magic ( /4)

d. People with extraordinary abilities ( /4)

e. Medical miracles ( /4) Mrs. Peters ELA A10 – “Mysteries of Life”