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English III Fall Final Review
Define the terms or answer the questions in complete sentences on your own paper. If ALL
questions/terms are completed, it will be +5 on your exam.
Define and be able to identify in texts the following literary and drama terms:
Drama Terms
1. Soliloquy
2. Characters
3. Setting
4. Plot
5. Theme
6. Dialogue
7. Acts
8. Scenes
9. Stage Directions
10. Aside
11. Genre
12. Fiction
13. Conflict
Propaganda Techniques
(You will be given an ad that you have to analyze using these terms).
14. Ethos
15. Pathos
16. Logos
17. What is the goal of propaganda?
18. What is propaganda?
19. Glittering Generalities
20. Name Calling
21. Testimonial
22. Plain Folk
23. Transfer
24. Fear
25. Bandwagon
26. Know what the colors in advertising mean: black- , white- , yellow- , purple- , orange, red- , green- , blue- , brown-
Romanticism History and Authors
Timeline
27. What did historians originally think the Star Spangled Banner was?
28. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
29. What year was the Webster’s Dictionary first printed?
30. In The Scarlet Letter, the protagonist was found guilty of what crime?
31. What was her punishment?
32. Besides being a writer, what occupation did Ralph Waldo Emerson hold.
Romanticism Notes
33. Who were the major writers of the Romantic Period?
34. What were the major movements of this period?
35. What was the purpose of the Romantic writings?
36. What is Escapism?
37. Who were the Dark Romantic writers?
38. What was Transcendentalism?
39. Who were the Transcendentalists?
40. What were the themes of Transcendentalism?
41. What is the definition of the new romantic hero?
42. Who were the fireside poets?
You will be given a Romantic short story on the day of the exam to read and
answer questions over.
Puritanism
43. What did they base their community and cultural practice on?
44. Describe the Puritan’s churches and worship.
45. Were the Puritans expected to attend Sabbath meetings and read the Bible?
46. Where did the Witch Trials take place?
The Crucible
47. What conclusion can you draw about Abigail’s discharge from the Proctors’?
48. Why did Abigail accuse Tituba of conjuring the Devil?
49. Why does John Proctor reject the compromise that would grant his wife freedom?
50. Why does Marry Warren turn against John Proctor and accuse him of being with the
Devil?
51. Why won’t Elizabeth won’t plead for her husband’s release?
The Age of Reason
52. Which author was considered the most radical?
53. Which Age of Reason author was a scientist, publisher and statesman?
54. Which Age of Reason author campaigned for women’s rights?
55. What was the theme of the Enlightenment? (How could man discover God’s laws?)
56. What was the theology (religious belief) of the Enlightenment?
57. Who was the LEADING philosopher of the Enlightenment?
58. What are the three parts of the Declaration of Independence?
Speech to the Second Virginia Convention
59. At the time the speech was written, what did Henry believe Britain was preparing for?
60. What choices does Henry give at the end of his speech?
61. When Henry says we have the choice of freedom or slavery, what rhetorical device is he
using?
62. When Henry uses the word “throne” to rename the King, what rhetorical device is he
using?
Define the following terms from the Speech to the Second Virginia
Convention:
63. Persuasion
64. Concession
65. Refutation
66. Metonymy
67. Either or Fallacy
68. Juxtaposition
69. Parallel structure
70. Rhetorical question
71. Allusion
72. Motif
73. Oxymoron
74. Onomatopoeia