HONORS WORLD LITERATURE-COMPOSITION FINAL EXAM
REVIEW GUIDE
Section 1: Literary Terms Matching – 20 questions:
Possible Terms Used (to complete: copy literary definition from Lit Terms handout for each word)
1. Allegory
2. Claim
3. Omniscient
4. Myth
5. In Media Res
6. Allusion
7. Onomatopoeia
8. Hyperbole
9. Dialect
10. Jargon
11. Idiom
12. Dialect
13. Subjective
14. Foreshadowing
15. Colloquialism
16. Denotation
17. Chronological
18. Third-Person Limited
19. Objective
20. Glossary
21. Abridged
22. Diction
23. First Person
24. Epilogue
25. Metaphor
26. Euphemism
27. Connotation
28. Jargon
29. Third-Person Limited
30. Imagery
Section II: Vocabulary – 20 words (all words are from units 9, 10 or 11 only), questions are “fill in blank to complete sentence” type questions. (To complete this section: Since all the words on the test begin only with one of these letters – A, B, C, D, E, I, O, P, R, S, or V – and each sentence on the test is a sentence used in the workbook, complete this section by copyingany 20 complete the sentencefrom workbook for any20 words from units 9, 10 or 11 that begin ONLY with either A, B, C, D, E, I, O, P, R, S or V – be sure to underline the vocabulary word used in the sentence.)
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Section III: MLA Rules for Writing – 6 multiple choice questions. All questions involve using MLA rules when writing. (To complete this section, – answer correctly all the following questions.)
1. What size are the margins? ______2. Is this for all margins? ______
3. What size type must your use? ______4. What is the spacing? ______
5. Write the correct heading that must be on the
first page, make sure everything is in the
correct order.
6. Where on the line is title typed? ______
7. What are 3 rules about what you may NOT do when typing the title?
The title may not be ______, ______or ______
8. What heading goes on each page after the 1st page? ______
9. Explain why the “page layout” area is important when required to meet MLA requirements?
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10. What is the MLA rule about using contractions? ______
11. What is the MLA rule about using slang, or “text- speak”? ______
Section IV: A Long Way Gone- matching section. There are 7 questions; you match person to a description of the person. (To complete this section, use your A Long Way Gone Reading Guide, and write a description for each of the people listed below.)
1.) Aunt Sally
2.) Corporal Gadafi
3.) Esther
4.) Ibrahim
5.) Ishmael
6.) Junior
7.) Laura Simms
8.) Lieutenant Jabati
9.) Mohamed
10.) Saidu
11.) Uncle Tommy
Section IV: A Long Way Gone – multiple choice section. There are 5 multiple choice questions. To review for this section, read over the questions from your A Long Way Gone Reading Guide.
Check AFTER you have read over the Reading Guide: _____ I have read over the Reading Guide for A Long Way Gone
SECTION V: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana– 12 multiple choice questions. (To complete this section complete the following items:
Briefly identify each of the following characters/ terms from the text:
1. Rahim
2. Kamila
3. Malika
4. Ali
5. Mr. Sidiqi / father
6. MABRAM
7. Roya
8. Khair Khana
9. zigzag
10. Parwan
11. Taliban
To help you review for this section, go on line to the following site and take the practice multiple choice quiz until you can score at least 85%:
To complete this section, check the box that you have taken the practice multiple choice quiz and have earned at least an 85% on the quiz.
SECTION VI and VII: Ancient Greek Literature and Theater: 20 multiple choice questions & 10
matching questions. To complete this section, define/ identify/ or fill in the blank as appropriate to the question thoroughly for the following:
1. Hamartia
2. Delphi
3. Homer
4. Skene
5. Sparta and Athens
6. Oracle
7. Hubris,
8. Deus ex machine
9. aeorema
10. Oedipus
11. Jocasta –
12. Creon –
13. Tiresias –
14. Antigone -
15. About how long ago did Greek Drama start? ______
16. What city is given credit for starting Greek Drama? ______
17. Ancient Greek theater developed from what background? ______
18. A cult developed to honor Dionysus, who was the god of what? ______
19. A choral chant/singing to honor this god developed with the group being as large as ___ ? ____
20. When were plays usually performed? ______
21. How important were the roles of women? ______
22. What are the 3 types of Greek Plays? ______
23. What group was never made fun of in satires? ______
24. How did actors change roles? ______
25. Why were masks made LARGE with exaggerated features? ______
26. What was done in the TENT area? ______
27. What was the ekkyklema? ______
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28. What was the mechane ? ______
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29. Who paid these early actors? ______
30. Ancient Greeks thought what city was the center of the world? ______
REMEMBER, THERE IS NO PARTIAL BONUS CREDIT. ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND CORRECT TO RECEIVE BONUS POINTS.