Download English Literature and Composition 12 Second Semester Exam

English Literature and Composition 12
Second Semester Exam Review Sheet
2016-2017
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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About the Author
Romanticism
Gothic
Science Fiction
Mood, tone, imagery, characterization, setting, symbolism
Themes: loneliness/isolation, nature, women’s rights, knowledge as dangerous
and destructive, compare and contrast Victor and the creature
Review your Frankenstein test corrections
Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
Short Story Unit
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Plot (inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
Characters
Setting
Themes
Literary Elements: mood, symbolism, irony, ephiphany, frame tale, point of view,
etc
Titles and authors
Other works by the author
Identification of quotes
The Lagoon
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Araby
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What does the story say about a man’s life?
What is the effect of the story within a story?
What decision did Arsat have to make?
What is the theme of The Lagoon?
What did Arsat say about brothers?
According to this story, how do men feel toward death?
What is the significance of the “white man” in this story?
Describe the overall mood of the story.
Describe Arsat’s guilt.
Describe the narrator’s love for Mangan’s sister
Describe Mangan’s sister from the narrator’s point of view
What is the advantage of the first person point of view?
What helps to foreshadow the narrtor’s realization?
What plans do the narrator and Mangan’s sister make regarding
Araby?
Describe epiphany
What is the irony in the story?
Room of One’s Own
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In A Room of One’s Own, Woolf imagines that someone that had a
sister. Who is it?
What is Judith’s fate?
How would the story be different if the sibling was a brother rather
than a sister?
Mark of the Beast
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What song does the narrator remember singing?
Why do those in the temple respond so negatively to Fleete’s
behavior?
How do the horses respond to Fleete?
What is the climax of the story?
What is the main conflict?
The Garden Party
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Pygmalion by
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How does Laura think she should act when talking to the workmen?
Why does Laura think the garden party must be cancelled?
Describe two examples of excess in the story
Why does Laura feel uncomfortable on the way to the house?
How will Laura feel when she returns home after visiting the family?
How does Mrs. Sheridan feel about her neighbors?
George Bernard Shaw
About the author
Themes: social class, gender issues, pride, identity, bullying, transformation
Literary elements of a drama
Characters
Setting
Plot
Review the selections listed above, the literary terms from all selections, your notes and the review
questions at the end of the selections including the Understanding Literature questions. Be able to
identify the author of each of the above selections.
Cover Letters
Resumes
Interviewing Skills
Vocabulary - Units 6, 7, 8, and 9