ENGLISH II
1st Semester Exam Study Guide
*REVIEW YOUR PREVIOUS TESTS. ALL MATERIAL IS FAIR GAME!
Major characters, themes, and plots are likely. You should also be able to interpret/paraphrase the
meaning of specific passages. The bulk of the test will be True/False, Matching, Multiple Choice, and
short answer, but you may be asked to identify characteristics or techniques of literature in certain passages
(in other words, know your terms!). Answers to each of the questions below can be found at the beginning
of stories or units in which they are discussed.
What is imagery?
What is figurative language?
What are the five elements of plot?
What is the setting of a story?
What is the mood of a story?
What is conflict?
What is an antagonist?
What contributes to creating the mood of a story?
What is flashback?
What is foreshadowing?
What is an inference?
What are the four types of narrators (points of view) we discussed this semester?
What is the difference between denotation and connotation?
What is chronological order?
What is the difference between round characters and flat characters?
What is the difference between static characters and dynamic characters?
What is syntax?
What is diction?
What is the theme of a story?
What are universal themes?
What is a symbol?
What is irony? verbal irony?
WORKS READ THIS SEMESTER
TITLE
AUTHOR
GENRE
“Harrison Bergeron”
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Short Story
Antigone
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Don Quixote
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“To Build a Fire”
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“Johnstown Flood”
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A Separate Peace
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“By the Waters of Babylon”
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“There Will Come Soft Rains”
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“The Man in the Water”
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“The Interlopers”
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“Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War is Kind”
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“The Sonnet-Ballad”
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“Tolerance”
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“Letter to a Young Refugee, From Another”
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“Song of Peng-ya”
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“When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine”
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“The Race to Save Apollo 13”
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Julius Caesar
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