Mr. Rodriguez
English II Semester I
Midterm Study Guide
“The Crucible”: Know why these characters are important to the play
· John Proctor
· Elizabeth Proctor
· Rebecca Nurse
· Betty Parris
· Reverend Parris
· Reverend Hale
· Mary Warren
· Deputy Danforth
· Thomas Putnam
· Ann Putnam
· Ruth Putnam
· Abigail Williams
· Martha Corey
· Giles Corey
· Tituba
“The Crucible”: Know Puritanism/Communism terms and use handouts and notes (1950s tie-in, background on McCarthyism, etc.) to prepare for the test. There will be a quote identification section. (The movie is on Netflix Instant).
Enlightenment/Revolutionary Period: Speeches for the American Revolution: Speeches for the American Revolution:
· Who is Patrick Henry?
· Study the definitions for the Four Devices used in Speech: Rhetorical Questions, Restatement, Repetition, and Parallelism.
· Who is Thomas Jefferson?
· Know the types of speech devices used in “The Declaration of Independence”
· What is its purpose? How does the author make his points?
Romanticism:
· Know the definition of Romance and the years it took place
· Know what the romantics were rebelling against.
· Who is Washington Irving?
· Know the definition of Folk Tales and why the story “The Devil and Tom Walker” is a folk tale.
· What legend was the story based on?
· Know the main characters, important details about the plot and what happens to Tom walker at the end of “The Devil and Tom Walker.”
Transcendentalism:
· Who is its “founder”?
· Know the 4 main principles
· What is an Over-Soul?
· Know the experiments
“Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
· What does society require of man?
· Know what “Envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide” means.
· What makes a man great?
· How does one become a man?
“Walden” by Henry David Thoreau:
· Why does Thoreau go to live in the woods?
· Why does he leave the woods?
· What does he learn about living by himself?
· What was he afraid of if he stayed longer?
Know what each of these quotes from “Walden” means:
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”
“However mean your life is, meet it and live it.”
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams…he will meet with success unexpected…”
“We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us…”
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”
“Still, we live meanly like ants” and “Our life is frittered away by detail.”
Emily Dickinson
· Know details about her writing career
· Know what makes up style for a poet and what makes Dickinson’s style unique.
· What animal is “The narrow Fellow in the Grass” about?
· “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” can be about what (literally and metaphorically)?
Vocabulary Units 1-3
You should use your note cards to study these words from Unit 1-3. Of the 30 words listed below (ten from each unit)I guarantee that 20of them will be on the Midterm. Study hard...
Unit 1: / Unit 2: / Unit 3:coalition / ameliorate / abominate
decadence / bombastic / ascribe
elicit / drivel / circuitous
hiatus / epitome / enjoin
innuendo / infringe / expedite
intercede / interloper / nominal
jaded / intrinsic / proclivity
meritorious / lassitude / seditious
prerogative / permeate / tenuous
simulate / stringent / vitriolic