Fall Final Exam Review
Multiple Choice
Words, words, words: 10 questions
Sample question:
All of the following are acceptable definitions of “motif” except
a) a decorative design or pattern.
b) a concrete item that represents an idea or a concept
c) a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition, a repeating symbol, phrase, or image
d) a concrete item that represents an idea or a concept d. a short succession of notes producing a single impression; a brief melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed.
Grammar: 10 questions
Contractions vs. Possessive: specifically....review homophones like the ones on the list below:
Identify the error in the paragraph:
(1) Shrek’s mid-life crisis forces him to seek the advice of Rumpelstiltskin so he signs a contract which guarantees him one free day as an ogre. (2) Shrek spends his time terrorizing the villagers and runing their day. (3) It’s a funny scene because the music juxtaposed to the action of the scene creates a humorous affect. (4) There seems to be a lot of literary devices in the Shrek film series.
Boot Camp: How to Learn, How to Read, How to Write: 15 questions
Sample question:
When deconstructing rhetoric we are trying to extract _______________, however, when we deconstruct literature we are trying to identify the _______________.
a) theme, thesis
b) thesis, theme.
Boot Camp: Theme and Literary devices and strategies: Alchemist and Lord of the Flies: 15 questions
Sample question:
Chapter One Analysis
"The boy with the fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead. All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat. He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another."
Lord of the Flies, p. 7
Which of the following best identifies the meaning of the “long scar?”
a) The permanent wound of human existance
b) The crash-site of the plane
c) The hill-like geographical features of the island
d) The long road into the jungle
Sample question:
All of the following are acceptable definitions of “motif” except
a) a decorative design or pattern.
b) a concrete item that represents an idea or a concept
c) a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition, a repeating symbol, phrase, or image
d) a concrete item that represents an idea or a concept d. a short succession of notes producing a single impression; a brief melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed.
Grammar: 10 questions
Contractions vs. Possessive: specifically....review homophones like the ones on the list below:
- there, their, and they're
- were, we're, and where
- its and it's
- your and you're
Identify the error in the paragraph:
(1) Shrek’s mid-life crisis forces him to seek the advice of Rumpelstiltskin so he signs a contract which guarantees him one free day as an ogre. (2) Shrek spends his time terrorizing the villagers and runing their day. (3) It’s a funny scene because the music juxtaposed to the action of the scene creates a humorous affect. (4) There seems to be a lot of literary devices in the Shrek film series.
Boot Camp: How to Learn, How to Read, How to Write: 15 questions
Sample question:
When deconstructing rhetoric we are trying to extract _______________, however, when we deconstruct literature we are trying to identify the _______________.
a) theme, thesis
b) thesis, theme.
Boot Camp: Theme and Literary devices and strategies: Alchemist and Lord of the Flies: 15 questions
Sample question:
Chapter One Analysis
"The boy with the fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead. All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat. He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another."
Lord of the Flies, p. 7
Which of the following best identifies the meaning of the “long scar?”
a) The permanent wound of human existance
b) The crash-site of the plane
c) The hill-like geographical features of the island
d) The long road into the jungle
English II writingLiterary Analysis; 30 min
NOT a grade, just practice and a first opportunity to receive feedback. Your prompt will ask you to address THEME. Here's a sample of what it could look like: Using one of the three "roads to theme," define William Golding's overarching message in his 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies. |
English II p-AP writingAP Literature prompt; 40 min
NOT a grade, just practice and a first opportunity to receive feedback. Your prompt will ask you to address THEME. Here's a sample of what it could look like: Analyze how cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in a character in the novel Lord of the Flies. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how surroundings affect this character and illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. |
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