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Fall 2016 English Final Review
COMPOSITION
Statement-Proof-Analysis:
Identify the main idea/claim in a paragraph
Identify proof that best supports the main idea
Identify missing components of paragraphs
Identify components that are irrelevant and should be taken out
Identify transitions, statements, proof, and analysis
Review your statement-proof-analysis notes
Rhetorical Analysis
Identify components of an effective argument
Identify usage of rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos)
Rhetorical Triangle (author/audience/purpose)
Review your rhetoric notes
Rhetorical Precis
SOAPStone
Tone
Green Words, Abstraction Ladder, and Language Registers
Identify green words for a passage
Know the criteria for green words
Review the abstraction ladder notes
Identify the language register for a given passage
Three types of irony
Dramatic
Verbal
Situational
Parts of an effective argument (Aristotle)
Claim
Statement
Proof (Reasons)
Commentary
Counterargument/Refutation
Dramatic Terms and Literary Devices
You are responsible for knowing and identifying all of the following dramatic terms and literary devices.
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Alliteration
Imagery
Blank Verse
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
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Irony
Tragedy
Monologue
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Aside
Iambic Pentameter
Comic Relief
Metaphor
Simile
Pun
Theme
Personification
Symbolism
BEOWULF:
Be familiar with the Boasting Speech (you should still have your copy) in order to answer questions about it.
CANTERBURY TALES:
Members of the pilgrimage we discussed in class
The Prologue
The Pardoner’s Tale
The Wife of Bath’s Tale
Review your discussion notes
HAMLET:
Understand the main idea of a passage of text
Identify usage of literary devices
Use context clues to define a word
Connect historical/cultural context to the text
Identify overall themes of the play
Identify evidence for a claim
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