AP English III/Dual Credit Spring Semester Exam Review
Grammar and Syntax
 Review syntax handout (types of sentences and punctuation).
 Review grammar handouts (specifically punctuating sentences and recognizing
commonly misused words).
Literary Movements
 Review Literary Movement Prezis (Realism and Naturalism, Modernism, and
Postmodernism).
o Know the definition of each period, elements, and authors (of which we read) in
each movement.
Short Literary Works
 Identify the theme and rhetorical devices in Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “Sweat.”
 Identify the theme of Jack London’s “To Build a Fire.”
 Identify rhetorical devices in Ernest Hemingway’s “A Clean Well-lighted Place.”
 Review the meaning of T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men,” predominantly the fifth section.
 Identify the postmodern elements in Woody Allen’s “The Kugelmass Episode.”
The Great Gatsby
 Review symbols and what they represent; identify by significance (see PowerPoint).
 Review themes and motifs (see PowerPoint).
 Trace Daisy’s character development.
 Trace Gatsby’s character development—specifically his rebirth, wishing to relive his
past, and allusions to others (Christ and Ben Franklin).
Fences
 Identify why Troy does not want Cory to play football.
 Review how Troy deals with death, references it, etc.
 Identify what Troy’s sons want from him and why as well as Troy’s reactions.
 Know each main character well and their relationship/connection to the other characters
(Troy, Rose, Cory, Lyons, Bono, Gabriel, Raynell).
 Identify how Troy and Rose perceive infidelity differently.
 Trace the development and decline of Troy’s relationships with Rose and Alberta.
 Analyze how Troy and Rose perceive the fence differently.
 Identify Troy’s expectations of Rose throughout the play.
 Identify recurring rhetorical devices used throughout the play as well as the author’s
purpose for using them.