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Study Guide for Literature & Composition II
Fall 2010 Semester Exam
Vocabulary
- Study the words from Wordly Wise Lesson 9. See if you can pronounce them, spell
them, give a basic definition for them, and use them well in a sentence.
- The vocabulary section on this exam will be just like the Wordly Wise quizzes we
have been taking, the multiple choice ones.
Grammar
- Be able to identify the part of speech (noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb,
preposition, conjunction, and interjection) of a word.
- Be able to identify the following parts of a sentence: subject, verb, complete verb
phrase, direct object, indirect object, prepositional phrase.
- Be able to tell if a verb is an action verb or a linking verb.
- Be able to tell if a prepositional phrase is adjectival or adverbial.
- Be able to define gerunds and participles and tell how they are different.
- Be able to identify and diagram the following in a sentence: subject, compound
subjects, verb, compound verbs, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, direct
object, prepositional phrases, gerunds, participles, adjectives, adverbs, indirect
objects.
- Make sure you can diagram a gerund or participle that has a direct object coming
off of it, or a prepositional phrase coming off of it.
Literature and Writing
- Know the main characters, main themes, and basic plots of each of the books we
have read this year:
o The Sword in the Stone
o C.S. Lewis’s “On the Necessity of Chivalry”
o The code of chivalry from Le Morte d’Arthur
o “Caedmon’s Hymn” and “Dream of the Rood”
o Beowulf
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Be able to identify and give an example of the following:
o Anachronism (you should be able to explain what this is)
o Point of view (of the narrator)
o Explicit vs. Implicit messages or lessons in the text
o Kennings – you should be able to figure out what they mean
o Alliteration
o Foreshadowing
o Dream literature
o Gloss
o Type
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You will be given five passages on the exam that you will identify. From the
passage, you should be able to figure out who is speaking (even if it is the
narrator), what point in the story this is, and why this quote is important to the
story.
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Be able to relate the passage you are given to the major themes of that book;
o The Sword in the Stone: education by experience, the use of power for good
or for evil, chivalry, the idea of the quest.
o C.S. Lewis’s “On the Necessity of Chivalry”: chivalry, obviously. Know the
idea of the ‘double demand on human nature.’ Why does Lancelot represent
chivalry for C. S. Lewis?
o The code of chivalry from Le Morte d’Arthur: chivalry. The need for chivalry
as well – what was happening in this society that necessitated this code of
conduct? Reread Malory’s “Code of chivalry” in both Middle English and
modern English.
o Be able to explain what the Germanic heroic ideal is. Be able to explain how
the poets of “Caedmon’s Hymn” and “Dream of the Rood” combine two
cultural contexts—the imagery of the heroic ideal with the themes of
Christianity. How are these authors making use of St. Augustine’s idea that
‘All truth is God’s truth’? Be able to explain: Do the Germanic idea of a hero
and the Christian idea of a hero clash? Why or why not? How are these two
ideas resolved in “Dream of the Rood”?
o Beowulf: courage, loyalty, and generosity; fratricide, revenge, and greed; the
Germanic heroic ideal; Christianity; fate. You should also be able to give an
example of each of the “senses” we have talked about: the literal sense, the
moral sense, and the typological sense.