Each concept below is one question on the final exam.
Literary Terminology
Meter and foot basics
Free verse vs. rhymed verse vs. blank verse
Allusion
Archetype
Allegory
Staging and blocking
Tragic hero
Hubris
Catharsis
Epiphany
Dramatic Irony
Monologue
Soliloquy
Aside
Coming of age
Utopia, dystopia
Stream of consciousness
American Literature
Puritanism basics
The Enlightenment, Deism
Romanticism
(sublime, view of nature)
Transcendentalism
(anti-Enlightenment, microcosm, civil disobedience, economy)
Realism
(view of man, nature, determinism, local color)
Modernism
(Harlem Renaissance, existentialism, nihilism)
Patriarchy and gender roles
Iconoclast
Essay Writing
Thesis equation
Transitions that make sense
Lead-ins / context
Research Skills
Reliable sources
Paraphrasing/summarizing and citing
Plagiarism
In-text citations
Grammar
Phrases: prepositional, infinitive, participial, gerund
Independent vs. dependent clauses, types of sentences
Film
Production roles basics
Camera movement effects
Montage
Leitmotif
Diegetic vs. non-diegetic sound