Study Guide for Literature & Composition II

Study Guide for Literature & Composition II Fall 2010 Semester Exam

Vocabulary - Study the words from Wordly Wise Lesson 9. See if you can pronounce them, spell them, give a basic definition for them, and use them well in a sentence. - The vocabulary section on this exam will be just like the Wordly Wise quizzes we have been taking, the multiple choice ones.

Grammar - Be able to identify the part of speech (noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection) of a word. - Be able to identify the following parts of a sentence: subject, verb, complete verb phrase, direct object, indirect object, prepositional phrase. - Be able to tell if a verb is an action verb or a linking verb. - Be able to tell if a prepositional phrase is adjectival or adverbial. - Be able to define gerunds and participles and tell how they are different. - Be able to identify and diagram the following in a sentence: subject, compound subjects, verb, compound verbs, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, direct object, prepositional phrases, gerunds, participles, adjectives, adverbs, indirect objects. - Make sure you can diagram a gerund or participle that has a direct object coming off of it, or a prepositional phrase coming off of it.

Literature and Writing - Know the main characters, main themes, and basic plots of each of the books we have read this year: o The Sword in the Stone o C.S. Lewis’s “On the Necessity of Chivalry” o The code of chivalry from Le Morte d’Arthur o “Caedmon’s Hymn” and “Dream of the Rood” o Beowulf

- Be able to identify and give an example of the following: o Anachronism (you should be able to explain what this is) o Point of view (of the narrator) o Explicit vs. Implicit messages or lessons in the text o Kennings – you should be able to figure out what they mean o Alliteration o Foreshadowing o Dream literature o Gloss o Type - You will be given five passages on the exam that you will identify. From the passage, you should be able to figure out who is speaking (even if it is the narrator), what point in the story this is, and why this quote is important to the story.

- Be able to relate the passage you are given to the major themes of that book; o The Sword in the Stone: education by experience, the use of power for good or for evil, chivalry, the idea of the quest. o C.S. Lewis’s “On the Necessity of Chivalry”: chivalry, obviously. Know the idea of the ‘double demand on human nature.’ Why does Lancelot represent chivalry for C. S. Lewis? o The code of chivalry from Le Morte d’Arthur: chivalry. The need for chivalry as well – what was happening in this society that necessitated this code of conduct? Reread Malory’s “Code of chivalry” in both Middle English and modern English. o Be able to explain what the Germanic heroic ideal is. Be able to explain how the poets of “Caedmon’s Hymn” and “Dream of the Rood” combine two cultural contexts—the imagery of the heroic ideal with the themes of Christianity. How are these authors making use of St. Augustine’s idea that ‘All truth is God’s truth’? Be able to explain: Do the Germanic idea of a hero and the Christian idea of a hero clash? Why or why not? How are these two ideas resolved in “Dream of the Rood”? o Beowulf: courage, loyalty, and generosity; fratricide, revenge, and greed; the Germanic heroic ideal; Christianity; fate. You should also be able to give an example of each of the “senses” we have talked about: the literal sense, the moral sense, and the typological sense.