Exam Date: June 11, 2012 Monday
Exam Time: _____7:45 – 9:15 AM____
Exam Room: __________________________
Exam day materials: Yourself, #2 pencils, erasers
Miss Torresani 003
American Literature II Final Review Sheet
What you need to study:
1) The Outsiders
a. Vocabulary- content, quiver, nonchalant, apprehensive, wince, indignant, asset,
premonition, inhalation, rueful, imploringly, conviction, madras, cowlick, ornery,
bewildered, elude, acquit
b. Plot/Setting/Themes
c. Idioms/dialect- from your Outsiders packet
d. Characters- identities, quotes, descriptions
e. Study guide questions
2) The Merchant of Venice
a. Plot/Setting/Themes
b. Characters- identities, quotes, descriptions
c. Vocabulary-melancholy, virtuous, spurn, usury, livery, burnished, valiant, tediousness,
heinous, obscured, inscription, amorous, nuptial, barbarous, presume, carrion, scorn, valor,
giddy, lewd, mercy, perjury, vehement, abate
d. Study Guide Questions
e. Understand the plot and settings of the play
3) Shakespeare Background notes
a. PowerPoint “The Life and Times of Shakespeare” (on Mrs. Kim’s wiki)
4) Elements of Plot
a. Understand the plot diagram and be able to apply it to the works read in class
5) Short Stories
a. “Button, Button”
b. “Quitters INC”
c. For all the stories, know author, characters, setting, and plot elements
6) MLA format
a. Long/Short quote format
b. Signal Phrases
c. Heading format (Name, teacher, course, date)-upper left corner-double spaced!
d. Header format (Last name and page number)- upper right corner
Structure of the final:
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Matching (Characters and vocabulary)
- True/False Questions
- Quote Identification- matching characters to what they say
- Essay (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)