Final Exam Review—American Lit 112A
Format of Final Exam
Approximately 125 objective questions (matching and multiple choice)
Critical Reading—Answer questions on a selection not covered in class.
FULLY COMPLETE THIS REVIEW SHEET AND I WILL REPLACE YOUR LOWEST QUIZ GRADE.
Vocabulary: Write thedefinition, at least 2 synonyms, and use the word in a sentences.
Unit 1Unit 2Unit 3Unit 4
assuageamelioratecircuitousaffable
elicitepitome
hackneyedexhortinadvertentinscrutable
innuendointerlopernominalirrevocable
intercedepermeatenoncommittalpropensity
jadedstringenttenuousremonstrate
surmisewheedlesedulous
Unit 5Unit 6Unit 7Unit 8
anomalousaustereacrimonious
equitablebizarrebeneficentdisavow
extricateennuiinconsequentialdissension
filchheinousinfractionintemperate
sepulchralimmutablemitigatesubservient
soporificsurreptitiouspillagesusceptible
transientvicariousvulnerable
Literary Terms: Define each term.
sermon
diary
origin myth
conceit
aphorism
parallelism
rhetorical question
oratory
metaphor
simile
personification
allusion
oral tradition
imagery
anecdote
inversion
apostrophe
LITERARY PERIODS—List at least fourcharacteristics of each period.
Colonial Period
Revolutionary Period
Romantic Period (including Transcendentalism)
AUTHOR IDENTIFICATION: Write two facts about each author.
William Bradford
Anne Bradstreet
Jonathan Edwards
Phillis Wheatley
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
William Cullen Bryant
Literature: Write two facts describing the main focus/theme of each selection.
Colonial Period
From Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford p. 58
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet p. 76
“Upon the Burning of Our House” by Anne Bradstreet (handout)
from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards p. 86
“Huswifery” by Edward Taylor p. 82
Revolutionary Period
from Speech in the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry p. 100
from The Crisis by Thomas Paine p. 117
“To His Excellency, General Washington” by Phillis Wheatley p. 124
The Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano
Romantic Period
“To a Waterfowl” by William Cullen Bryant (handout)
From Nature by Emerson
“The First Snowfall” by Lowell
“The Psalm of Life” and “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” by Longfellow
“Old Ironsides” by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Parallel Reads: Write a description of each character
The Scarlet Letter (know major events and descriptions of each character)
A.Hester PrynneB.Roger ChillingworthC.Pearl
D.Gov. BellinghamE.Mistress HibbinsAB.Rev. Dimmesdale
AC.Rev. WilsonAD.Gov. Winthrop
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Mr. CoveyDemby
Harriet BaileyLucretia
Sophia Auld
Whitman and Dickinson-List 4 characteristics for each poet! Study “Song of Myself: Section 1” and “I like to see it Lap the Miles”
COLD READING!