2014 English IV Fall Semester Exam Review
The semester exam will consist of 40 multiple choice and matching questions worth 2
points each and 2 short answer questions worth 10 points each for a total of 100 points.
 You will read a short narrative essay (“A Hanging” by George Orwell) and answer questions
concerning it.
 This essay will be made available to you in class to read before the exam. It is also available on my
website.
 You will read poems and apply the TPCASTT process to analyze imagery and respond to questions.
 Title: Consider the title. What are you first impressions of the title?
 Paraphrase: Translate the poem into your own words.
 Connotation: Comment on particular diction, imagery, and/or allusions that you think might be
significant. Contemplate the poem for meaning beyond the literal level.
 Attitude: Observe both the speaker’s and the poet’s attitudes. What are their attitudes toward the
situation?
 Shift: Note shifts both in speakers and in attitudes. Where does the poem shift? What is the poet
showing you there?
 Title: Examine the title again, this time on an interpretive level. In retrospect, what is the deeper
meaning of the title in connection to the poem?
 Theme: Determine what the poet is saying. State the theme in one sentence.
 You should know, understand, identify, and analyze the characters and plot from Othello:
 Othello
 Desdemona
 Iago
 Emilia
 Cassio
 Roderigo
 Brabantio
 Duke of Venice
 Bianca
 You should know, understand, identify, and apply the critical perspectives from p. 340-343 in
SpringBoard:
 Feminist
 Marxist
 Cultural
 Historical
 Archetypal
 Reader Response
 Additional information about the critical perspectives is available on my website.
 You should know, understand, identify, and apply the terminology definitions from SpringBoard:
 Aphorism: a succinct statement expressing an opinion, perception, or general truth
 Frame: the area of action that is captured by the camera
 Subject: an object, person, or matter being studied in the frame of an image
 Cropping: cutting off or concealing an unwanted part of an image within a photograph
 Lighting: the overall effect produced by the amount or type of light
 Image: the likeness of an object, person, or scene arranged in a frame
 Composition: the way in which the parts of something are arranged in an image
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Space: the area established or set apart by the arrangement of the subject matter in an image
Mise en Scene: the composition, or setting, of an image
Complex Sentence: contains one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses
Independent Clause: a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete
thought
Subordinate/Dependent Clause: a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not
express a complete thought
Dash: marks a sudden change in thought or tone, sets off a brief summary
Semicolon: gives equal weight to two or more independent clauses in a sentence.
Parallel Structure: Uses the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same
level of importance.
Fall 2014 Exam Schedule
MONDAY
12-15
B-DAY
TUESDAY
12-16
A-DAY
WEDNESDAY
12-17
B-DAY
THURSDAY
12-18
A-DAY
FRIDAY
12-19
B-DAY
1st 8:15 – 9:15
8:15-10:15
1st Period
2nd 9:20 – 10 – 55
EXAM
3rdth 11:00 – 1:00
4th 1:05 – 2:30
5th 2:35 – 3:35
8:15-10:15
7th Period Exam
10:25-12:25
6th Period Exam
8:15-10:15
4th Period Exam
10:25-12:25
4rd Period Exam
8:15-10:15
1st Period Exam
10:25-12:25
8th Period Exam
5th 9:20 – 10 – 55
EXAM
6th 11:00 – 1:00
7th 1:05 – 2:30
8th 2:35 – 3:35
*Exemptions mean exempt from the test, NOT from school.
All students MUST attend class during their exam time.