Each concept below is in one (or more) questions on the final exam.
You may write whatever you want on one 3x5 notecard and use it on the test.
Literary Terminology
Meter and foot basics (2)
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
(In addition vs. Similarly vs. However)
Lead-ins/context (5)
Research Skills
Reliable sources (2)
Paraphrasing/summarizing and citing
Plagiarism (2)
In-text citations (2)
Grammar
Phrases: prepositional, infinitive, participial, gerund
Independent vs. dependent clauses, types of sentences (3)
Film
Production roles
Camera movement effects
Montage
Leitmotif
Diegetic vs. non-diegetic sound