Exam Outline for June Exam – ENG4UAP

Date of Exam: 8:30 on Monday, June 4th 2012

Exam Length: 2 hours

Total Marks: 100

Percentage of overall mark: 15%

Please remember to bring your laptop and a copy of your texts with you on the day of the exam.

Works that the exam will cover:

  • In the Skin of a Lion
  • Hamlet
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
  • Poetry
  • Heart of Darkness
  • Things Fall Apart
  • Death of a Salesman

Optional: The Theban Plays

What the exam will be like:

Section One. SIGHT PASSAGE (20 marks)

Suggested Time: 20 minutes

You will be presented with a passage from a novel that is not familiar to you. You will be asked to read it carefully and then to respond to two short response questions. Each question will be worth 10 marks.

Section Two. POETRY ANALYSIS (40 marks)

Suggested Time: 40 minutes

You will read a poem and respond to the essay question provided. Your analysis should include discussion of some of the following literary devices and how they contribute to the overall meaning: imagery, diction, symbol, tone, simile, metaphor and overall structure.

Section Three. ESSAY: (40 marks)

Suggested Time: 40 minutes

You will be given a choice of three AP style essay topics and you will write a well-developed essay in response to one of them. Your essay may focus on any of the following texts: In the Skin of a Lion, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Heart of Darkness, Things Fall Apart, Death of a Salesman

The exam will be 3 hours in length and you should spend as close as possible to the suggested time on each question. You should spend any remaining time proofreading, editing, and revising your written work. Use this time wisely, as the post-writing phase of your work must be given thorough treatment if you are to do well.

How you can study effectively…

  • Go over key passages from the works you have read that have either been discussed in class or that you have made a note of on your own.
  • Ask questions of your instructors about these passages in the time leading up to the exam.
  • Study by consulting your teacher’s SSD site.
  • Think carefully about information, ideas, concepts, and themes that have been studied to this point in the course. Be prepared to discuss these in the review days in order to get the most out of them.

Some important tips for writing exams:

  • When you first sit down, read over the exam instructions before you begin writing, and make careful note of the marks allotted to each question and the suggested time limit
  • Leave yourself enough time at the end to proofread your work
  • Do the questions you know best first, and plan your answers briefly before you write them
  • Use all the time you have; it is not a race to see who finishes first

YOU MAY BRING A DICTIONARY AND COPIES OF THE TEXTS TO THE EXAM.