English Fall Semester Exam Review

English III - Fall Semester Exam Review

70 Objective Questions - worth 1 point each

2 Short Answer/Discussion Questions – worth 5 points each

1 Essay – worth 20 points

I. Literary Periods - Know the characteristics of each genre (literary type) of writing.

A. Puritan/Colonial - Background notes from The Crucible & pp. 8-13 in Lit.

B. Revolutionary - pp. 13-18

Intro material for Franklin & Jefferson pp84-85 & p114

C. Romanticism (Early & Dark Romantics)-Background worksheet & pp138-50

D. Transcendentalists (Although a part of Romanticism, it is seen as a

separate period-the American Renaissance) - pp206-14 – Renaissance

Worksheet

II. Know the following authors & name their major works that we studied.

A. Arthur Miller-

B. Thomas Jefferson-

C. Ben Franklin- Poor Richard’s Almanac

D. Washington Irving-

E. Ralph Waldo Emerson-

F. Henry David Thoreau-

G. Nathaniel Hawthorne-

H. Edgar Allan Poe-

*Be sure to separate in your mind Emerson & Thoreau.

III. Literary Terms - Define & be able to apply the following terms studied throughout the 6 weeks.

 allegory

 alliteration

 allusion

 antagonist

 assonance  climax

 consonance

 dramatic irony

 external conflict

 foreshadowing

 hyperbole

 imagery

 internal conflict

 metaphor

 mood

 motivation

 onomatopoeia

 personification

 protagonist

 setting

 simile

 situational irony

 symbol

 theme

 verbal irony

Literary Works

IV. The Crucible - Notes, study guides, pp.830-887

 Idea of allegory (connection with McCarthyism)

 Characters:

John Proctor

Elizabeth Proctor

Abigail Williams

Mary Warren

Rev. Parris

Betty Parris

Rev. Hale

Dep. Gov. Danforth

Cheever Putnam

Martha Corey

Giles Corey

Rebecca Nurse

 Protagonist & antagonist

 Allusion - Act II p.861

 Dramatic irony

 Climax

 Theme

 Other important events

V. Transcendentalists

A. Background - Beliefs (Study Guide)

B. Emerson

 from Nature - View of landscape, view of nature, examples of imagery

 from Self-Reliance - Ideas of individualism, nonconformity, & solitude

C. Thoreau

 from Walden - Connection with environmental movement, length of

stay, ideas gained in solitude

 "Resistance to Civil Government" - Why in jail, responsible for what

movements

VI. Edgar Allan Poe

A. "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Narrator -

Roderick Usher -

Madeline Usher -

Illness of Madeline -

Illness of Roderick -

Family history -

Climax of the story -

Mood of the story -

Examples of: Symbol -

Foreshadowing -

Imagery -

Alliteration -

B. "The Raven"

Narrative (Explain the story)-

Mood -

Symbol & its meaning -

Significance of Athena's statue

Examples of:

Alliteration

Assonance

VII. Nathaniel Hawthorne - "Minister's Black Veil"

Rev. Hooper -

Elizabeth & her reaction to veil -

Symbol & meaning -

Congregation's reaction & fears -

Effect of veil on Rev. Hooper's sermons -

Lifting of the veil is a metaphor for what? Explain -

Theme -

Internal & External Conflicts –

VIII. Application – a new reading from the Dark Romantics will be included

and objective questions will be asked covering that piece.

IX. Short Answer/Discussion

 Editorial cartoon and excerpt from Emerson will be included

 Answer in complete sentences so that the question is reworded in

answer.

 Support with evidence from the excerpt when appropriate. X. Essay

Discuss a literary period. Describe it and choose authors, literary

pieces, and examples from those works that exemplify the chosen

period.

Define & discuss a literary element. Find examples in 2 or 3 literary

works. Explain the use of the element in these works & the effects of

the element on the literary writings.