Final Exam

June 2014

Language Arts 2

-You will be allowed a 90 minute period to take the exam.

-You MUST bring a pencil.

-There are roughly 110 questions total, which will include any short answer work that you MUST provide.

-It will be worth at least10% of your grade.

Animal Farm

  1. Be able to identify and apply literary devices: foreshadowing, irony, and allegory
  2. The forms of government: communism, capitalism, and socialism
  3. What are the themes of the novel and how are they shown?
  4. “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
  5. “The importance of helping one another and not being self-serving”
  6. “Power of Propaganda”
  7. “The importance of education and knowledge”
  8. “The ways that satire communicates and comments upon the absurdity of humans”
  9. “Mob mentality v. individual”
  10. Identify the type of propaganda being shown or described.

The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet

  1. Be able to identify and apply literary devices: foreshadowing, irony, comic relief, oxymoron, pun, double entendre, euphemism, dramatic foil, soliloquy, monologue, and aside.
  2. Recognize the events according to the organization of theatrical plays: act and scene as well as the traditional plot diagram.
  3. Understand the story and lesson from various points of view: Romeo and Juliet v. Montagues and Capulets v. The Friar
  4. Recognize various quotations from the text and analyze them in the context of a theme.
  5. Understand the connection between the cause and the effect of various events in the play.

Thinking Maps/6 + 1 Writing Traits/R.A.

  1. Identify the focus of a particular writing trait (review rubrics).
  2. Determine which map is needed to complete a task.
  3. Be able to create a map, given a specific task (See pg. 30 of planner).
  4. Understand each component of the Close and Critical Reading 4-Squares (Informational & Narrative).
  5. Annotating the text (Make connections, connect ideas, identify figurative language, examples of theme, tone, and setting).
  6. Understand each component of SOAPSTone and be able to identify and explain.

MLA & Argumentative Writing

  1. Identify the elements of a proper parenthetical citation.
  2. Recognize the correlation between an in text citation and its works cited entry.
  3. Identify the elements of a proper works cited entry and works cited page.
  4. Be able to create an MLA heading.
  5. Claim writing and its purpose.
  6. Structure of an argumentative essay (review tree map).