MIDTERM EXAM
Review for the Test
TEST DAYS:
1*- FRIDAY
2* - MONDAY
4-5*- FRIDAY
EXAM OVERVIEW
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Multiple Choice
Short Answers
ESSAY (4-5 Paragraph Compare/Contrast)
EXAM CONTENT
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Grammar
Fahrenheit 451
Antigone
Harrison Bergeron
Mythology & Theseus
The Lottery
Writing, Research, MLA Style
Grammar
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Know the 8 PARTS OF SPEECH
Possessives
SINGULAR
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Dog’s bone
Student’s desk
Man’s locker
PLURAL
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Dogs’ bones
Students’ desks
Men’s lockers
DO NOT USE POSESSIVE FORMS TO
MAKE WORDS PLURAL!
INCORRECT: My two dog’s are named Axel and
Scarlett.
CORRECT: My two dogs are named Axel and
Scarlett.
PRONOUNS
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TYPES OF PRONOUNS
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Interrogative Personal Possessive Indefinite Object Subject -
Subject-Verb Agreement
LITERARY TERMS
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Know how to use them
Know how to apply them to the literature
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Short Stories
Fahrenheit 451
Antigone
Two opposing characters,
usually of the same sex,
who serve as opposites of
each other
examples:
Antigone & Ismene
Millie & Clarisse
Montag & Faber
A comparison NOT using
like or as
Hints at what will happen
next in the story
examples:
The factors the drive a
character to do
something, act a certain
way or think a certain way
A seemingly place of ideal
perfect on the surface, but
it is actually flawed
Characteristics:
• Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
• Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
• The natural world is banished and distrusted.
• Citizens conform to uniform expectations.
• The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian
world.
• Citizens are perceived to be under constant
surveillance.
Examples:
Fahrenheit 451
“Harrison Bergeron”
A place, state, or condition
that is ideally perfect in
respect of politics, laws,
customs, and conditions.
Most characters think
their world is perfect in
the beginning!
A character that
experiences NO changes
during a story; does not
grow or develop
A character that
experiences change in
personality and growth
during the story
examples:
Clarisse
Millie
Antigone
examples:
Guy Montag
Creon
A character says one
thing, but means another
Audience knows
something the characters
don’t know
examples:
examples:
Time, place, date of a
story
The central idea of a work
of literature
examples:
examples:
TRAGEDY
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Play, novel or other
work of Literature,
depicting serious &
important events,
the main character
comes to an
unhappy end
TRAGIC HERO
Aristole’s Defintion of a HERO
 Comes from nobility
 Tragic flaw – the serious character weakness
leading to the downfall of the character
 Undergoes a reversal of fortune
 Recognizes his mistakes (in a catharsis or
purgation of pity and fear)
 The tragic hero’s actions should arouse
feelings of both pity and fear in the audience.
CATHARIS & HUBRIS
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Catharsis – purging of one’s soul
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Hubris- overconfidence, pride
STRUCTURE OF GREEK
DRAMA
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Prologue: beginning of the play, before the action occurs
Parodos: song that marks the entry of the chorus
Scene: where the majority of the action of the play takes
place
Ode: song that is chanted by the chorus, often is a
commentary on the action from the scene. Sometimes the
comparison to the actions of the gods or historical figures
Paean: hymn sung by the chorus, appealing to the gods for
assistance
Exodos: last episode in the play. It is followed by a final
speech addressed directly to the audience by the chorus
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KNOW THE PARTS IN ORDER!
Benefits of Greek Drama
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Religious rite to Dionysus
Festivals
CATHARSIS
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Spiritual purging
Cleansed the soul of the participants
Helped their health
FAHRENHEIT 451 &
SCIENCE FICTION
CHARACTERISTICS OF
SCIENCE FICTION
ANTIGONE
CREON AS TRAGIC HERO
Tragic Flaw
• His stubbornness & excessive pride
• His arrogance
Comes From
Nobility
• Acting King of Thebes
Reversal of
Fortune
• Loss of family – Haimon & Wife
• Loss of the Throne & Control
Feelings of Pity
& Fear
• You don’t want to end up like him
Recognizes
Mistakes
• Realization comes too late for him
after deaths of Antigone & Haimon
Verbal & Dramatic Irony
“Harrison Bergeron”
“The Lottery”
“Theseus”
SHORT STORIES
“THE LOTTERY”
WRITING
RESEARCH,
ESSAYS &
MLA STYLE
Correct MLA Format
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FOR A BOOK
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Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. New York:
Harper Collins, 2008. Print.
CITATION FORMAT
 “Of course, the odds have not been very
dependable of late,” (Collins 33)
NOTETAKING
• Longer, about the same length as
original passages
• IN YOUR OWN WORDS
• Short, key points of longer
passages
• IN YOUR OWN WORDS
• Exact same words as author
• IN QUOTATION MARKS
THESIS STATEMENTS
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Should not have “I think” written in the
statement
Should preview the examples/content of
paper
Should be avoid being vague
Should not be a question
COMPARE/CONTRAST
WRITING