Final Exam Preparation
English 1201: Study Guide
Prepared by Mrs. P. Whelan
EXAM MUST BE WRITTEN IN BLUE OR BLACK INK!
SECTION A: Listening
(Speech, Broadcast, Performance, Eulogy, Movie Clip, TV Clip…)
Examples: Ted Talks, Open Line Discussions, Rick Mercer Rants
The majority of listening assessments are speeches or oral presentations so let’s focus
there!
Here are the instructions for this section as they appear on the exam.
INSTRUCTIONS: Students will be given the questions at the beginning of the session.
Students will have 2 minutes to read over the questions. The text will be played for the
first time. Following the first listening, students will have 2 minutes to make notes
and/or respond to any questions they chose. The text will be heard for a second time.
Following the second listening, students will complete the assigned questions. The total
timje (from start to finish) of this section is 40 minutes.
Possible terms/ideas to be tested here:
Audience
Purpose
Diction
Tone (know tone terms) There is a link below with words that describe a variety of
tones.
http://valenciacollege.edu/east/academicsuccess/eap/documents/tonewords.pdf
Theme
Study these terms: Analogy/Juxtapoition/Symbolism/Humour
Section B: Media Literacy
4 Selected Response and 1 Constructed Response
Terms to Know:
Media Strategies (bandwagon, cartoon or cute characters, celebrity endorsement,
emotional appeal, facts and figures, gender and sex appeal, name calling, plain folks,
shock appeal, snob appeal, testimonials)
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Symbolism
Demographic
Medium
Repetition
Dialogue Bubbles
Message
Theme
Endorsement
Poster
Advertisement
Format
Product
Headline
Headline
Product Placement
Podcast
Hypertext
Propaganda
Agenda
Icon
Speech Balloon’
Bias
Image
Subliminal Message
Blog
Intent
Subtext
Brochure
Lead
Target Audience
Caption
Logo
Web Page
Commercial
Mass Media
Whitespace
Deconstruct
Media
Great Resource!!!
https://medialiteracyproject.org/sites/default/files/resources/Intro_to_Media_Literacy.pdf
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Section C: Prose (Essay)
8 Selected Response, 2 Constructed Response
Know the types of Essays
Terms:
Point of View (first,
second, third Limited,
third omniscient)
Conflict
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Symbolism
Imagery
Metaphor
Purpose
Juxtaposition
Personification
Audience
Metaphor
Simile
Target Audience
Mood
Irony
Anachronism
Motif
Suspense
Analogy
Paradox
Hyperbole
Assonance
Parallel structure
Imagery
Atomphere
Parody
Parallel Structure
Climas
Pun
Repitition
Complication
Resolution
Allegory
Epiphany
Sarcasm
Allusion
Exposition
Satire
Epiphany
Falling action
Stereotype
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Suspense
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Theme
Transitions
Tone
Unity
voice
SECTION D: Analytical Essay
(It’s about the Prose-The Essay)
How is theme developed by parts of the essay?
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Point of view
Examples
Tone
Symbolism
Punctuation
Repetition
You will have to write an expository essay with 5 paragraphs that has a
thesis based on the question asked of you.
It will need an introduction that includes a thesis with 3 clauses.
It will need body paragraphs that detail examples of how theme is
developed by a certain convention (like above).
It will need a conclusion that reflects on the content of your essay.
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