2011
PART I – Multiple Choice Questions
Literary Terms
FOR
TEACHER WEB
REVIEW
Literary Devices –
“Term Paper”
Section
Poetic Devices –
“Poetry” Section
 Allusion
 Dramatic Foil
 Imagery
 Situational
 Dramatic Irony
 Foreshadowing
Irony
 Symbolism
 Alliteration
 Onomatopoeia
 Caesura
 Oxymoron
 Enjambment  Personification
 Hyperbole
 Simile
 Metaphor
A Streetcar Named Desire
Genre: Play
Author:
Tennessee
Williams
SYMBOLS
LITERARY TERMS
Raw Meat
 Radio
 Naked Light Bulb
 Paper Lampshade
 Fake Fur and Jewels
 Colored Lights
 Hot Baths
Allusion
 Foreshadowing
 Dramatic Foil
 Dramatic Irony
 Situational Irony
 Symbolism
 Theme


CHARACTERS
 Blanche Dubois
 Stanley Kowalski
 Stella Kowalski
 Mitch
 Steve
 Eunice
 Paper Boy
The Scarlet Letter
Genre: Novel
Author:
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
SYMBOLS
LITERARY TERMS
Allusion
 Foreshadowing
 Dramatic Foil
 Dramatic Irony
 Situational Irony
 Symbolism
 Theme

Rose-bush
 Pearl’s Name
 Dimmesdale’s Name
 Chillingworth’s Name

CHARACTERS
 Hester Prynne
 Pearl
 Dimmesdale
 Chillingworth
 Governor
Bellingham
 Rev. Wilson
 Mistress Hibbins
See “Term Paper" Section on Teacher Web to Review
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GRAMMAR
◊ Punctuation for titles
TEACHER WEB –
◊ Word Usage with Commonly
Misused Words
See the “Grammar”
section for the
Grammar
PowerPoint
◊ Correctly Spelling
Information/Terms Provided
◊ Combining Clauses
◊ Subject-Verb Agreement
◊ Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
1.
2.
A. Read 2 Passages
B. Answer 10 multiple choice questions, 5 for each passage
C. Short Answer
Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from both
passages to establish a controlling idea about______________.
Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and details
from both passages. (5 points)
Choose a specific literary element (i.e. theme, characterization,
structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique/device (i.e.
symbolism, dramatic irony, figurative language, dramatic foil,
imagery, etc.) used by one of the authors. Using specific examples
from the passage, in a well-developed paragraph, show how the
author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.
(5 points.)
Write a critical essay in which you discuss A Streetcar Named Desire and The Scarlet Letter
from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens.
In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the
statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to
appropriate literary elements from the two works.
Write a complete outline or rough draft AND a final draft.
Critical Lens: (To be provided on the exam)
Guidelines
Be sure to
* Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly establishes
the criteria for analysis.
* Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it.
* Use the two major works that we have read this year to support your opinion.
* Use the criteria suggested by the critical lens to analyze the works you have chosen with
reference to appropriate literary elements and devices (for example : theme, characterization,
setting, point of view, dramatic irony) to develop your analysis.
* Organize your ideas in a unified and coherent manner.
* Specify the titles and authors of the literature you choose.
* Follow the conventions of standard written English.