Final Exam English 12CP Fortuna

2016 FINAL EXAM

Dr. Carolyn Fortuna

English 12-CP

PART ONE: READING COMPREHENSION

• • Create a new page on your personal Google website titled, “Final Exam English 12CP. Title the first section, “Part I: Reading Comprehension.”

  • Click the following link and read a small section of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams.

  • After you finish reading, answer each of the questions that follow with two (2) complete and thoughtful sentences. Use rich, descriptive language and really good vocabulary. Make sure you write to the best of your ability. (You are not permitted to use any other internet sources as you write.)

  • Copy and paste your responses on your personal Google website. Note: Please do not link to a Google Doc; thanks.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Questions

• 1. What is this story about?

  2. What is the most important passage in the text? Why?

  3. Why have Brick’s brother and sister-in-law come to visit?

  4. What is “feigned” (Williams 1)?

  5. Do the two characters like each other? What did the play say that made you think that?

  6. What was Margaret describing when she said, “There's so much light in the room” (Williams 4)?

  7. What reasons did Margaret give for Brick being “a perfect candidate for Rainbow Hill” (5)?

  8. Who has more power: Brick or Brother Man Gooper? What did Margaret say that made you think that?

  9. What do you predict that Margaret is suggesting to Brick when she says, “You still have one big advantage!” (5)

  10. How does Margaret know that Big Daddy has cancer? Give a list of reasons.

PART TWO: ARGUMENT WRITING

• 1. Click and read the non-fiction story, “The Lottery,” by Chris Abani.

  2. Respond to the following prompt in a well-crafted paragraph (see requirements below).

  3. When you are done, copy and paste your entire claim paragraph onto your Final Exam web page. Title a new section, “Part II: Argument Writing.”

PROMPT: What is the author trying to tell us about our own lives?

Your paragraph should:

• • 1. Begin with a topic sentence that makes a persuasive claim.

  • 2. Include multiple reasons supporting the claim.

  • 3. Support each reason with evidence in the form of a quotation or specific example.

  • 4. Pose and evaluate the counterclaim

  • 5. Conclude with a persuasive statement to disprove the counterclaim and reinforce your claim.

Here is a link to the FHS Argument Writing Rubric for senior year.