Final Exam Review

American Literature Final Exam Review 2012

Literary Terms

Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Characterization Using STEAL Elements
Conceits
Connotation
Denotation
Dialect
Diction
Folk Tale
Foreshadowing
Figurative Language
Free Verse
Imagery
Tone
Mood
Meter
Theme
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Situational irony
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Point of View 1st Person 3 Person Limited 3rd Person Omniscient
Imagery
Parallel Construction/ Parallelism
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
Genre
Rhetoric
Satire
Sound Devices (alliteration, rhyme, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia)
Symbolism
Syntax
Vernacular
Hook/Attention Grabber
Introduction
Topic Sentence
Body Paragraph
Conclusion
Clincher
Call To Action
MLA Format Works Cited List Basic Requirements

                        Questions, Concepts, and Ideas for review

1.     What does it mean to be an American?

2.      In what ways are Americans the same or different from one another?

3.     What was the Great Exchange?

4.     What is the purpose of an Origin Story?

5.     What is an Oral Tradition?

6.     How does religion affect people’s relationships and community life?

7.     What does it mean to have freedom of religion and freedom of ideas?

8.     What was the First Great Awakening and how did it affect religious belief in Colonial America?

9.    Explain the characteristics of religious belief associated with the First Great Awakening.

10.  Who was Thomas Paine and what particular impact did he have on the American Revolution?

11. What are the main ideas of Thomas Paine's Common Sense and how did they influence the people in England's 13 North American colonies?

12.  Analyze the ideas, beliefs, and practices of the Puritans, the Romantics, and the Transcendentalists.

13.  What were the advantages and disadvantages of shared traditions and beliefs for the early Puritan Colonists?

14.  What message does Arthur Miller’s Crucible send through Danforth about power?  Why did this resonate in late 1950’s/early 1960’s America?

15.  How does Poe portray Human rights abuse and torture?

16.  Compare and Contrast the Mood in the Raven to the Mood in the Pit and the Pendulum?

17.  Why is Walt Whitman considered the great poet of selfhood and American Individuality?

18.  Discuss Irony in the Wayfarer and A Man Said To The Universe.

19.  Discuss the tension between individualism and community, material vs. spiritual, progress vs. preservation. 

20.  Detect and discuss bias and tone as expressed in El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez, Gold Mountain Poems, and My Heart feels Like Bursting.

Texts and Authors Covered in the Final Exam

Text	Author	Date/Era
How the World Was Made
Newly Created World
Dream Song
Before They Got Thick
La Relacion
The Life of Olaudah Equino
The Diary of Samuel Sewall
Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God
The Crucible
The American Crisis
The Declaration of Independence
Self-Reliance
Walden
Civil Disobedience
Ain’t I a Women
Devil and Tom Walker
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Raven
I hear America Singing
Song of Myself
There was a Child Went Forth
Sympathy
We Wear The Mask
The Wayfarer

Punctuation

period
semicolon
colon
Parenthetical Citations
Dialogue/Quotations

Revised Week 14 2012-13

Week 14 Class Work and Homework

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday Print this out and bring to beginning of class on Monday Morning for 100 Extra Credit points. (Due when bell rings. Make sure your name is on it, as it will be returned to you before end of period).  If you complete all the week’s assignments you will get 400 bonus points. Ideas to explore: What are the influences on a poet? What view of the world do we see through the poet’s eyes? How does the poet use figurative language such as metaphor, personification, and hyperbole? What interpretations are there of the poem?	Veteran’s Day	Study Vocabulary Study Vocabulary for quiz  Mendicant Infirmity Visage Obscure Veracious Massive Infamous Coquetry Gentry Crimson Imbibe Eccentricity Cordially  Exuberant Buxom Poignant Effaced Prismatic Smartly Presage Gyration Interminable Ineffable Malign Martinet
Tuesday Objectives/Goals What are the influences on a poet? What view of the world do we see through the poet’s eyes? How does the poet use figurative language such as metaphor, personification, and hyperbole? What interpretations are there of the poem? What ideas or emotions might poets personify?	Vocabulary Exam Emily Dickenson Handouts   New Vocabulary words Immortality Cornice Surmise Discerning Demur Objectives: Consider themes of individuality, solitude, nature, and life and death Recognize examples of personification To explore a poet’s style To understand sentence structure	Read pp. 350-357 A Changing Society (p. 350-351) Emily Dickenson (353-357) Do pp. 358 1-9
Wednesday	Walt Whitman Objectives To consider themes of work, life, learning, and self To understand symbolism To recognize linking verbs and their complements Whitman Handouts	Read Pp. 360-367 Do questions 1-7 Pp. 367 Study vocabulary for quiz Disposition Blithe Robust Fetch Transpire
Thursday Vocabulary	In class timed essay On Walt Whitman and Emily Dickenson	Read We wear the Mask by Paul Dunbar Pp. 369-372 Study Vocabulary words for quiz Chalice Vile Subtlety Myriad Guile
Friday Poignant Effaced Prismatic Smartly Presage Gyration Interminable Ineffable Malign Martinet	Vocabulary Exam Mask Project Overview	Mask Yourself Project  Draw a series of masks that illustrate the faces you wear for different occasions. If you cannot draw then you make a series of photo collages or a carefully edited 1 minute video( Manriquez students only)  See Rubric for how projects will be graded. CAA Project Based Learning  Foodways Project  Required for all CAA students only ( Language Arts, History, Culinary Arts).  College Prep Extra Credit ( 1500)  Final Exam Prep Extra Credit ( 1500)  Cut and paste from blog into Word file, print out, write or type answers in neatly. Submit at beginning of class on 26th.

Another extra credit opportunity

Recite from memory:

  Excerpt from Gettysburg Address pp. 304-305

500 points!   

by  Tuesday 11/13.

College Information for JUNIORS: Complete checklist, make a plan, get it signed by Ms. Brown, get extra credit due by November 30

Juniors: You are next! In less than a year, you will be applying to college. So now — as you approach the midpoint of junior year — it’s time to take college planning to the next level. Juniors, here is your college admissions checklist for November: Step Up Your Academic Performance Junior-year grades are often the most important academic work that colleges consider when reviewing applications. Now is the time to focus on course work, redouble efforts and do your absolute best in your classes. Prepare early for fall semester or trimester exams. Discuss strategies for improvement with teachers. It is never too late to step up your performance. When evaluating college options next year, you will be grateful that you did the hard work now. Make a Personalized Testing Plan Now is the time to determine your own standardized testing plan. Begin by taking sample ACT and SAT tests to determine which test is better for you. Sample tests are available from the ACT and College Board Web sites. Take at least one official ACT or SAT test before the end of junior year. You should also consider taking SAT Subject Tests. Consult with your teachers to determine which of these subject tests, if any, are appropriate for you. Remember that everyone has a personalized testing plan. What may be right for your best friend may not be right for you. Keep Perspective on Test Prep As with anything, practice improves performance, so some test prep can help to boost scores and confidence. But don’t overdo it! Remember the importance of the transcript. Excessive test prep time may be better spent on improving performance in courses or on other rewarding activities, like conducting research, earning a black belt, holding a job, learning a language, doing service or writing a novel. Have a clear sense of what your goals are for test prep and be a savvy consumer of the many test prep services available. Get Involved and Be a Leader Continue to do activities that are important to you. Spending time doing things you love will feed your soul — and build your résumé. Consider positioning yourself for leadership roles. Draft a Résumé A résumé should list all your activities, honors, work, summer programs and hobbies. Give a copy to your teachers and guidance counselor to help them get to know you. Keep it handy for college interviews. Submit it with internship and job applications. Update your résumé regularly and refer to it next fall when completing college applications. Begin to Research Colleges Research is the key to finding the colleges that are the best match for you. Consider majors, facilities, size, selectivity, location, cost, activities, advising, housing and other aspects of interest. While college Web sites, online resources, guidebooks and brochures are great resources, the best way to learn about colleges is to visit their campuses. Take official tours and attend admission presentations. Many colleges may host informational programs in your area. Check college Web sites for details about programs for prospective students. Maintain Positive Relationships While you are the one in charge of applying to college, you will need help from other important people in your life, including teachers, administrators, advisers and coaches. Now is the time to evaluate and perhaps improve the quality of your relationships. You will most likely need to ask one or two teachers for a recommendation as part of your application. Do you work productively with your teachers? Are you an attentive and courteous classmate? Are you a good school citizen? It is never too late to improve your relationships. Know Your Guidance Counselor Schedule a meeting for sometime this winter with your high school guidance counselor. Prepare for the meeting by thinking about your goals for college and listing any questions. Ask about how the application process works at your school. Review your transcript and résumé with your counselor and ask if there is anything else he or she needs. Your guidance counselor can be one of your best allies in the process. Don’t Get Caught Up in the Hype You are a unique individual, so reflect and focus on what is best for you. Try to look beyond information like rankings and opinionated hearsay that can distract more than help. As many wise admission professionals suggest, “It’s not where you go, it’s what you do when you get there.” You can get a great education anywhere. Planning ahead, staying on track and remaining true to what is right for you will lead to great college options.

Week 13 2012-13

Week 13 Class Work and Homework

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday Print this out and bring to beginning of class on Monday Morning for 100 Extra Credit points. (Due when bell rings. Make sure your name is on it, as it will be returned to you before end of period).  If you complete all the week’s assignments you will get 400 bonus points. Ideas to explore: Why were the colonists dissatisfied with their British rulers? How did the freedom movement affect the rights of women, slaves, and Native Americans? Was religion an important influence on the philosophies of the founding fathers? Was science an important influence on the philosophies of the founding fathers?	Vocabulary test Devil and Tom Walker Peer Review Pit and the Pendulum Stories	Revise and retype stories
Tuesday Objectives/Goals Explore themes of joining together on cooperation and peace To identify and understand concrete symbols that stand for abstract ideas To identify elements of leadership and control To understand the phrases used in sentences	Read Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment pp. 275-284 Take Cornell Notes	Answer Questions pp. 284 1-8 and Do Vocabulary study pp. 285 Study Vocabulary for quiz  Mendicant Infirmity Visage Obscure Veracious Massive Infamous Coquetry Gentry Crimson Imbibe Eccentricity Cordially  exuberant buxom
Wednesday To understand early British and colonial conflicts which contributed to the colonies Spirit of Independence To identify examples of Characterization using STEAL To learn that words change their meaning across time To recognize a writer’s use of vivid verbs and verb phrases	Vocabulary Quiz on Dr. Heidegger’s experiment	From other Options pp. 285, Choose either Mirror, Mirror on the wall or Youth for Sale (Note Youth for sale may be done as a group).
Thursday Vocabulary	Timed Essay Exam “Say No to H20” Respond to Prompt on pp. 285 Dr. Heidegger’s friends told everyone they knew about the marvelous experience they had. The doctor had been deluged with requests for the water, and he has decided to go into seclusion. Imagine that you are Dr. Heidegger and write a letter to posy on your office door explaining why you will not repeat the experiment.	Read pp. 301 The Civil War Read excerpt from Gettysburg Address pp. 3304-305
Friday Poignant effaced Prismatic Smartly Presage Gyration Interminable Ineffable Malign martinet	Read The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge By Ambrose Bierce Pp. 311-318 Take Cornell Notes	Do questions 1-8 Pp. 319 Do Vocabulary Study p. 319 And study vocabulary words.