2nd Semester Exam Review
Congdon and Sample
Your exam will consist of 35 multiple choice questions on course content and AP style reading passages with questions. There will also be a full length Argument Timed Writing written in the AP exam style. The AP style reading questions will not be scaled; your final exam grade is passed on a straight percentage of questions answered correctly.
Novels
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In Cold Blood
Some ideas to consider in context of the novels
bildungsroman Romanticism hope hypocrisy
internal conflict Providence
key symbols in each novel freedom
Traits of Southern Gothic Literature:
Mental Disease Decay Haunted/Spooky Settings Isolation
Nature as a reflection of characters emotions
Humor/Satire
Levels of Comedy
elements of satire
Political Cartoons and Visual Arguments
Review your rhetorical terms list and satire definitions. You must be able to recognize examples of rhetorical strategies and literary devices and identify their effects.
Short Pieces - Pieces that were in your Language of Composition book will be available for your review during exam review time in class (check for links on the website) You should have copies of all others. Short pieces from throughout the year are still posted on the web site. If you are having trouble locating a copy of something, ask us!
Questions on these pieces will require you to recognize elements of argument and satire and be able to identify the purposes and effects of those elements. In order to respond to the analysis questions, you must have a working knowledge of the writers' points of view as expressed in their essays
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell
"A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner
“Corn-Pone Opinions” by Mark Twain
“The Life You Save May Be Your Own”
Vocabulary from the Sadlier Vocab Workshop will appear as both stand alone questions and embedded in test questions.
Good luck! Please Study!