75% of common assessment (exam) is over the writing you will complete by answering 5 of 10 essay prompts covering literary works we have studied during semester one. It is expected that your answers will be at least half a page to 3/4 of a page minimum with detailed examples to support your answer. Complete sentences and paragraph structure are necessary. Students reviewed essay prompts and began taking notes on Friday 1.20; all notes were collected and will be reissued on day of exam. Students should continue to study and prepare on their own, bringing their organized thoughts (IN HEAD) with them on exam day. 25% of common assessment (exam) includes approximately 25-35 multiple choice questions over forms of literature covered throughout semester one. Students will be given SAMPLE TEXT and will have to answer questions regarding each SAMPLE. THIS SECTION IS IMPORTANT... SO STUDY. TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR GRADE... STUDY, STUDY, STUDY... Forms of literature and literary terms covered S1 to be reviewed for MC section of exam include: ballad, epic, elegy, narrative poem, sonnet, romance narrative, sonnet alliteration, caesura, couplet, diction, frame story, free verse, kenning, iamb, imagery, imperfect rhyme/half rhyme/approximate rhyme, irony (verbal and situational), metaphor, mood, motif, paradox, pentameter, personification, parallel structure, octave, refrain, repetition, rhyme scheme, rhythm, satire, sestet, symbol, tragedy, tone, quatrain characteristics of a tragic hero characteristics of a medieval romantic hero, medieval romanticism characteristics of petrarchan sonnets characteristics of spenserean sonnets characteristics of shakespearean sonnets anglo-saxon period medieval romantic period (middle ages) renaissance period |
