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``English 10 Study Guide for Fall 2013 Term Alliteration Allusion Assonance Cacophony Caesura Chivalry Commentary Consonance Couplet Courtly love Diction Epic Euphony Definition Example Exemplum First person narrator Foreshadowing Frame tale Hyperbole Iambic pentameter Imagery – auditory Imagery gustatory Imagery – kinesthetic Imagery – verbal Imagery - visual Irony – dramatic irony situational Irony – verbal Kenning Legend Metaphor Meter Mood Motif Octave Omniscient narrator Paradox paradox Pastoral Personification Pilgrimage Prose Quatrain Rhyme and rhyme scheme Satire scop Sestet Setting Simile Sonnet Symbolism Synecdoche Theme Thesis Third person limited narrator Tone SUMMER READING BOOKS (explain how these are used, provide examples) A. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Motifs B. Black Swan Green: Setting Conflict Theme Beowulf – Who are these characters? Grendel Hrothgar Beowulf Grendel’s mother Define/explain: Mead hall Herot Setting Paganism& Christianity Ideal of hero Describe the character of Beowulf LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Features of: Old English --------------------- The Canterbury Tales (explain) Middle English ---------------------- Modern English class system (aristocracy/noble, religious, middle/merchant, lower/peasant) Chaucer’s commentary on groups in society – estates satire pilgrim/pilgrimage feudalism features of middle English What are their defining features (and flaws?) of each of these pilgrims? Squire prioress Monk Knight Friar Pardoner How will each pilgrim be described? Although Chaucer wrote in English, the specific type of English that he spoke is also known as:_______________ Who is St. Thomas Becket? Le Morte d’Arthur – Define/explain Mordred Excalibur Avalon Sir Bedivere hermitage/hermit chivalry MACBETH Explain the significance of each. Banquo and his ghost Motif of deceptive appearances Witches, weird, and fate Asides and soliloquies Malcolm two vices and why he tells them “out damn spot” Water, washing hands First six prophesies Birds and birds of prey Light and dark Femininity and masculinity Blood Last three prophesies Plants growing Clothes that don’t fit Poisoned thoughts snakes Foil character Comic relief sleep Renaissance Poetry (explain) Content and style of poetry What does renaissance mean? What are the defining features of: Italian or _____________________ sonnet English or ___________________ sonnet Spenserian sonnet Be familiar with how these themes/topics are used: Unrequited love True love vs. false love Nature Pastoral What is each poem about? What happens? the author’s tone? Title “Whoso List to Hunt” Author What are the most prominent literary devices? Topic and message/theme Major literary devices What is tone Sonnet 30 Sir Edmund Spenser Sonnet 130 “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” Essay Choose one option. Answer in a well-planned, five-paragraph essay. A. What makes us human? In literature as well as in life, it is the balance between the two extremes of good traits and bad traits that makes us human. Select three characters from the works of literature we have read this semester and show how these characters are human in that they each possess both good and bad traits. Use specific evidence for each character. Choose three characters from at least two works we read this semester, for a total of three characters. B. Who bears the most responsibility for the tragic events in Macbeth? Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, or fate? Explain the role that each has on the events of the play, using specific examples. Based on these, decide who bears the most responsibility. C. It’s your turn to be the teacher. Choose any three works we have read this semester and pretend you are preparing your friends for 10th grade English. What should they know about how to read each work so that they can fully understand and appreciate it? Which literary devices should they look for, for example? What background information would be helpful about the culture, time period, and author? How can they relate each work to their own lives? You must use examples and references to at least three different works we read this year. Literature to choose from: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Black Swan Green Beowulf Le Morte d’Arthur The prologue to The Canterbury Tales The Pardoner’s Tale The Tragedy of Macbeth Poetry: “Whoso List to Hunt”, Spenser’s Sonnet 30, Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130, “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”. Plan/outline your essay before you begin writing. Start the essay on a new sheet of paper. You may use (but try to limit) “be” verbs and passive voice. Write in blue or black ink, skip lines, and only write on the front side of the paper. If you realize you’ve forgotten to do this DO NOT start over! Leave 5-10 minutes at the end to proofread your essay and make corrections. Grammar and spelling count. Use specific examples from the literature to answer the question.