Friday, January 15, 2010

Final Exam Information

Your final will consist of an objective fill in the blank section (Beast style) and a passage analysis essay. Here is a study guide for the objective portion:

Semester 1: Review Sheet

Note: Topics in bold are emphasized more on the test
Poetry Terms
 Poetry Time Periods
 Names of Poets of major poems studied in this course (Think papers and discussions)
 Drama Terms
o aside, soliloquy, monologue, dramatic irony

Greek Drama Terms, development of, and general knowledge
 Shakespearean Drama Terms and general knowledge
 Literary Criticism
o New Criticism
o Psychoanalytic Criticism
 Freud’s theories of development
Short Story Titles
o Quote Identification
Short Story AuthorsShort Story and Drama Characters
o Quote Identification
 Short Story Terms
o Point of View, (1st, 3rd lim, 3rd omnisc.) Direct/Indirect Characterization, Internal/External Conflict, foreshadowing,
 Existentialism
o Basic Principles and important Writers of…
 Sentence Structures