English Language Arts A30
Miss Strueby
Exam Review
Unit I: Diverse Landscapes and People
Sub-themes: A Vast and Varied Land
Nature and Seasons
Identity and Diversity
Do You Speak Canadian?
Regional Landscapes: The Prairies
I. Literary Devices
o Allusion
o Symbolism
o Imagery
o Irony (Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic)
o Foreshadowing/Flashback
o Suspense
II. Poetry (Strategy: TP-CASTT Analysis)
· Elements of Poetry
o Speaker
o Title Significance
o Voice
o Tone (Subject) and Mood
o Theme
o Rhyme and Rhythm
· Figurative Language (Connotation)
o Figures of Speech: Simile, Metaphor, Oxymoron, Personification, Apostrophe
o Figures of Sound: Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance
o Figures of Repetition: Aphaeresis, Syncope, and Apcope
III. Diction
o Vernacular
o Hackneyed Expressions
o Dialect
o Idiolect
o Accent
o Colloquialism
o Slang
Other: Canadianism, Prairie Terms & Etymology (Origin of Canadian Places)
“Places names are significant reflections of a nation’s cultural and linguistic heritage. They are ever-present on road signs and maps, in correspondence, magazines, and newspapers, and in all kinds of official and unofficial records and documents”
– Alan Rayburn
IV. Elements of a Short Story
o Setting
o Plot: Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution (Antecedent Action)
o Conflict
o Internal – Person versus Self
o External – Person versus Society, Person versus Environnent, Person versus Person, Person versus Technology
o Characterization
o Direct/Indirect
o Types of Characters
o Types of Mode(s)
o Point of View
o Participant/Non Participant
o First Person
o Second Person
o Third Person (Omniscient/ Limited Omniscient)
o Theme
o Other: Literary Devices and Figurative Language
V. Canadian Humour
o Types of Comedy (Wit/Farce)
o Techniques of Comedy
o Satire
o Tom Swifties
o Pun
o Spoonerism
o Sarcasm
o Hyperbole
o Understatement
o Unexpected Ending
o Ridiculous Comparison
o Parody
Guide Question(s)
I. A Vast and Varied Land
· Writers describe the land and landscape of Canada, but is Canada the same for all of us?
II. Nature and Seasons
· How does our landscape parallel with our identity?
III. Identity and Diversity
· What or who is a Canadian?
· Is there a typical Canadian personality?
· How are we influenced by stereotypes?
· Is Canada truly a multicultural country?
Mini-Unit: Canadian Humour
· How does Canadian humour define us?
· How is Canadian English unique? How does it identify us?
IV. Regional Voices: The Prairies
· How can the life of a rural person be challenging and/or empowering?
· What does it mean to be a resident of Saskatchewan? What does it mean to be “prairie”?
V. Do You Speak Canadian?
· Where did English language come from?
· What is the origin of our words? (Language Concept: Etymology)