English III Mr

English III – Mr. Huvane Midterm Exam Review First Exam 1/22/16

This document is, for the most part, a complete outline; however, changes put in place will be announced during our mid-term exam review period

Check the Mid-Term Review Folder in the Resources Tab of the Portal

I. Literature

 “The Seafarer,” “The Wanderer,” “The Wife’s Lament” and Beowulf  The General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales  “The Pardoner’s Tale”  “Wife of Bath’s Tale”  Shakespeare’s Sonnets: in particular 29,106,116,130  “Macbeth”  Restoration Poetry –see pgs. 435-444  ”Donne (“A Valediction,”—438-439 “Holy Sonnet 10,”--440-441, Marvell (“To His Coy Mistress”-461-462) (pages in textbook listed after piece of literature)  Some history – Anglo-Saxons (pgs. 4-14), Middle Ages (pgs. 94-96), Elizabethan Theatre (292-302) Restoration (pgs 422-434) (major events, monarchs, people, places, etc.)

II. Literary Terms Epic Hyperbole Romance Tragedy/Comedy Iamb Soliloquy Paradox Rhyme scheme Sonnet Simile Quatrain Irony Pentameter Alliteration Conceit Assonance/Consonance Carpe diem Couplet Kenning Tragedy/Tragic Hero Personification Apostrophe Caesura Conceit Vocabulary Reparation Solace Purge Writhing Massive Loathsome (see page 39 in Textbook)

Solicitous Garnished Absolution Commission Sanguine Avouched Prevarication (pg. 97)

Pallor Hoary Prating Tarry Apothecary (pg. 122)

Implored Misalliance Contemptuous Bequeath Prowess Esteemed Rebuke (pg.136)

Melodious Madrigals Move Reckoning Wither (pg.249)

Valor Treasons Imperial Liege Sovereign (pg. 305)

Augment Palpable Stealthy Multitudinous Equivocate Predominance (pg. 326)

Indissoluble Dauntless Jocund Infirmity Malevolence (pg. 342)

Pernicious Judicious Sundry Intemperance Avarice Credulous (pg. 360)

Perturbation Pristine Clamourous Harbinger (pg. 380)

Grammar Complements: Direct Object, Indirect Object, Object of Preposition, Predicate Adjective, Predicate Nominative

Phrases: Participial, Gerund, Infinitive, Appositive, Prepositional, etc.

Common Error Reeview Sample Question: Choose the letter that makes the sentence grammatically incorrect (if there is no error choose E).

Accept for chocolate desserts in restaurants, I generally avoid sugar, cake, and candy in order to A B C stay healthy. No Error Correct Answer is “A” “Accept” as correct usage is “Except.” D E

The Mid-Term Exam, scheduled for 1/22/15, will consist of at least one-hundred and twenty-five multiple choice questions and at least a minimum five paragraph essay. Preparation for the exam, though taking place every day we meet, will be a focus in class starting on 1/13/16. There will be a folder titled “Mid-Term Review” found on the Resources tab of the Portal.