Sight Passage Review Questions

SIGHT PASSAGE REVIEW QUESTIONS

Although your sight passage will not involve the play or the novel, you can use both to practice the skill set we’ve been working on all semester. Practicing will help you with the sight passage. MAKE SURE TO PRACTICE INCORPORATING QUOTATIONS!!

1. How does Shakespeare create an atmosphere in Romeo and Juliet in Act 1, scene 1; in Act 2, scene 2; in Act 3, scene 1; and in the last scenes of the play? - For each of these scenes, find particular words, phrases and imagery that create a specific atmosphere. - What ideas are associated with these images? - Explain how these associated meanings contribute to establishing the atmosphere. - Then, explain how this particular atmosphere serves the dramatic purpose of the scene.

2. Go through the same process for Lord of the Flies. In particular, think of the atmosphere created in all the significant episodes of the novel, such as -when they first arrive on the island, -during each pig-kill, -during each of the different assemblies, -when Jack cuts off the head of the pig for sacrifice, -when Simon talks to the lord of the flies, -during the manhunt, etc.

3. Go through the same process for SYMBOLISM, CONTRAST, CONFLICT and PARADOX. Use the play and the novel to find examples of Analogy, Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Oxymoron. -Analyse each one by describing how the device works (its function ie.. this metaphor compares A to B) -Analyse why the particular meaning is significant (ie. Because an A is . . . . , the metaphor implies that the B is also . . . ) -What is the effect? (This is effective because when Juliet learns that Romeo has killed her cousin, she is…. ) -Why is this added meaning significant? (ie The repeating contrasts and comparisons are important because they highlight her confused mental state, adding pathos. -The audience can see she is upset, and knowing her age and the intensity of her feelings for both Tybalt and Romeo, the viewer feels pity for her.

4. How does Shakespeare create pathos? How does Golding create pathos? Use your knowledge of the play to justify your ideas. -What is pathos? -What makes the reader feel sorrow for the character? -Why is it important that the reader (audience) empathize with the character’s(’)? -What message or wisdom about human nature and life is better understood by the use of pathos?

5. How are characters developed? Specifically, how are particular character traits developed in each character? What do they say, do, think, and how are they described by others? Why are the characters developed in this way? How does having this particular kind of character enhance the deeper meaning of the story? REMEMBER, always use specific examples and explain your reasoning fully.

6. What is the theme of the play? What is the theme of the novel? How do particular elements of the drama or narrative support this theme [setting, atmosphere, characters, symbol, point of view, plot (conflict, irony, foreshadowing, and retributive justice]?