English 12 Final Exam Review Spring 2014
Your final exam this semester will be in the same skills-based format as last semester. Not only are you expected to know the
literature and terms we have studied, but you are required to apply this knowledge in order to demonstrate mastery of analysis skills.
This review guide will help you by refreshing your memory of each piece of literature as well as delineating most of the terms used on
the exam. All of these terms should be in your notes. Total completion of this guide can not only boost your performance on the test,
but will also provide you with 5% extra credit. I strongly suggest that you invest some time in this. You have a choice; choose wisely.
Satire/Persuasion
Satire - define
What is an author’s general purpose in writing satirically?
Five Elements of Satire and definitions
Two types of irony, and examples
Aristotle's 3 Methods of Appeal and explanations
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The rhetorical triangle (its relevance)
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Author
Audience
Purpose
Parts of an effective argument
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Claim
Statement
Proof (Reasons)
Commentary
Counterargument
Refutation
Literature to know- for each piece, provide an overview of its claim, reasons, etc.
"A Modest Proposal,” by ___________________________
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Overall claim:
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How the plan will be implemented
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Reasons this is a good idea
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Counterargument
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Refutation
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Provide an example of Swift's use of Pathos
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Provide an example of Swift's use of Logos
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Provide an example of Swift's use of Ethos
Gulliver's Travels
Lilliput
Summarize Gulliver's experience here.
What/whom is Swift satirizing?
Brobdingnag
Summarize Gulliver's experience here.
What does the Queen see as the necessary qualifications to be an English politician.
What/whom is Swift satirizing?
What does the size of the characters in these two excerpts represent?
Yahoos
Summarize Gulliver's experience here.
What/whom is Swift satirizing?
Why does he want to be part of the horse society?
What concepts does Mistress have trouble comprehending?
What does Gulliver represent or symbolize, overall?
Philosophy
Existentialism (some major tenets)
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Major Names associated with this philosophy
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Which philosopher is considered ‘humanist?’
Kierkegaard's Three Stages with description of each
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Nietzsche’s ideas: Define the Herd and Ubermensch, and explain his statement that “God is dead”
List some major ideas from the Ch. 19 packet for each of the following:
Nietzsche
Marx
Mill
Utilitarianism
Determinism
Nihilism
Communism
Darwinism
The Stranger
Review your study guides for plot and characters
Anti-hero
Main theme
Major images
“The Myth of Sisyphus”
Absurdism
Dante's La Divina Commedia -- Review your handout. Provide a brief summary of the reading below.
Know: Which crime(s) Dante considered the most egregious
The three differing parts of Dante’s trilogy
How Hell is structured
What level ancient philosophers are placed at
What we learn about the poet Virgil, what ‘shades’ are, and where they can be found
Religion (the ones we studied in class) AND more philosophy
Know:
Which religion appeared first?
Which is the fastest growing religion?
Founders and prophets for Islam, Judaism and Christianity
Names of the Jewish and Muslim holy books
What Buddhists try to ‘reach’
Why is Buddha depicted the way he usually is?
What Catholics believe in that Jews do not (at least two things)
Where should Muslims attempt to make a pilgrimage to once in their lives?
Which religions believe in reincarnation
Formal name for Mormonism
Head of the Catholic Church, and the location of its headquarters
Which three religions consider Jerusalem a holy city
Main difference between Catholics and other Christians in terms of the afterlife
Which religions belief in a resurrection and return of the dead, and the expected arrival of God (or the Messiah)
The Canterbury Tales (“Wife of Bath” and “Pardoner”)
Know the prologue, characters, plot lines for both stories, purpose of the pilgrimage, number of pilgrims, and occupations of the two
storytellers