2012-2013 Midterm Exam Review Sheet

English 11 College Prep

Format:

  1. 55 Multiple Choice
  2. Reading Selection – 5 multiple choice, Open-ended (1-2 paragraphs)
  3. Essay (5 paragraphs)

Unit: The Art of Temptation

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

  • Medieval figurative devices (characteristics)

Alliteration

Rhyme Scheme

Bob and Wheel

  • 6 components of Chivalry
  • 5 Knightly Virtues
  • The Art of Courtly Love (what are the “rules”?)
  • Time of year—symbolism/significance
  • Initial Conflict: What are the rules of the Green Knight’s game?
  • Significance/Symbolism of Shield/Pentacle
  • Symbolism and the Hunt—what is hunted on each day? Irony?
  • Final Showdown
  • Motifs/Themes
  • Moral lesson

The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer

  • Life of Chaucer
  • Significance of Thomas a Beckett
  • The General Prologue & Characterization

How is each character ordered?

Structure/order of Tale-telling:

  • The 7 Deadly Sins:
  • “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”

Characteristics of the Wife of bath—effect on the story?

Obligations and Chivalry

Role of a Woman (society vs. WoB)

King Midas

Moral Lesson

  • “The Miller’s Tale”

Narrative Structure—why does he go next?

Biblical references

Character Analysis (John, Nicholas, Absalom, and Alison)

“Love” Triangle/Square

Theme/Moral Lesson

  • “The Pardoner’s Tale”

Hypocrisy—why share so much?

Irony in Narrative

Greed: Money is the Root of All Evil

  • Make connections to The Breakfast Club

Macbeth

Macbeth

  • Characters
  • Themes
  • Prophesies
  • King James
  • Superstition
  • Ambition
  • The Dagger and other symbols
  • Soliloquy vs. Aside
  • Rhyming Couplets

Purpose in play

  • Key Events:

Unit: The Noble Savage

  • Romanticism vs Gothic Literature
  • Components of Romanticism:
  • Components of the Gothic:

Frankenstein

  • Characters:
  • Themes:
  • Examples of Romantic Ideals:
  • Examples of Gothic Ideals:
  • Science (purpose of)
  • Noble Savage
  • Death
  • Playing God
  • Responsibility
  • Key Events:

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

  • Characters:
  • Themes:
  • Albatross
  • Mariner’s Route
  • Mariner’s Sin/Punishment
  • Connections to Frankenstein
  • Key Events:

Articles:

  • “Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein” – Know main message/points
  • “Lessons from Frankenstein” – Know main message/points

Romantic Poetry – Where is Romanticism seen in the poetry? Poetic Devices/Terms?

  • “Tyger”
  • “Daffodils”

Literary Devices

  • Metaphor
  • Simile
  • Alliteration
  • Assonance
  • Hyperbole
  • Irony
  • Personification
  • Rhyme scheme
  • Sonnet
  • Pastoral
  • Meter
  • Foot

How do all the works in this unit relate to The Noble Savage? Explain:

SEE

  • Write a five-paragraph response using SEE format