English I Midterm Study Guide 2009
Name______________________________________________Period________
Review all handouts, study guides, and notes for each work we have read this semester.
The emphasis is on what we have read since school started, not the summer reading.
Titles and Authors
Author
1.
Leif Enger
2.
Richard Connell
3.
Raymond Carver
4.
Ray Bradbury
5.
T. Coraghessan Boyle
6.
Bel Kaufman
7.
John Cheever
8.
Anton Chekhov
9.
Shirley Jackson
10. Edith Hamilton
Title (remember to underline book titles and put short story
titles in quotes)
Mythology (“The Gods,” “The Trojan War” and “The Fall of
Troy” packets are chapters from Mythology)
11. Homer
12. O. Henry
13. Guy de Maupassant
14. Charles Dickens
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Literary Terms (know the definition and be able to apply the concept)
15. Plot
16. Exposition
17. rising action
18. climax
19. falling action
20. resolution
21. denouement
22. protagonist
23. antagonist
24. foil
25. conflict
a. individual vs. nature
b. individual vs. society
c. individual vs. invidual
d. individual vs. self
26. characterization (4 ways)
e. exposition
f. action
g. dialogue
h. thoughts
27. tone
28. setting
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29. symbol
30. theme
31. Point of View
i. 1st person point of view
j. 2nd person point of view
k. 3rd person limited point of view
l. 3rd person omniscient point of view
32. personification
33. simile
34. metaphor
35. foreshadowing
36. irony
37. hyperbole
38. paradox
39. oxymoron
40. ambiguity
41. epiphany
42. genre
43. concrete
44. abstract
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Stories and Characters: Used for quotes, comparison of characters, character development
For each short story, it is recommended that you write a brief summary of the story.
“The Most Dangerous Game”
45. Whitney
46. Sanger Rainsford
47. General Zarroff
48. Ivan
“Cathedral”
49. the narrator (no name, but written in 1st person so the narrator is active in the story)
50. the wife
51. Robert
52. Beulah
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
53. The house
54. The family
“The Hit Man”
55. The Hit Man
56. Cynthia (wife/girlfriend)
57. The Hit Man’s father
58. The Hit Man’s son
“Sunday in the Park”
59. The mother
60. Morton (husband)
61. Larry (son)
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62. Joe’s Father (man on bench)
63. Joe (boy throwing sand)
“Reunion”
64. Charlie
65. Charlie’s father
“The Lottery Ticket”
66. Ivan Dmitritch
67. Masha
“The Lottery”
68. Tessie Hutchison
69. Mr. Summers
“The Gift of the Magi”
70. Della
71. Jim
“The Necklace”
72. Mathilde
73. Loisel
74. Madame Forestier
A Christmas Carol
75. Ebeneezer Scrooge
76. Jacob Marley
77. Bob Cratchit
78. Tiny Tim
79. Fred (nephew)
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80. Ghost of Christmas Past
81. Ghost of Christmas Present
82. Ghost of Christmas Future
Greek Mythology and The Odyssey
83. Athena
84. Kalypso
85. Kirke
86. Odysseus
87. Polyphemos
88. Poseidon
89. Aphrodite
90. Apollo
91. Ares
92. Artemis
93. Hades
94. Hephaestus
95. Hera
96. Hermes
97. Hestia
98. Ino
99. Muses
100. Nausikaa
101. Sirens
102. Skylla
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103. Zeus
104. Eumaios
105. Agamemnon
106. Telemakhos
107. Epic simile
108. epithets
109. Kleos
110. Nostos
111. Xenia
112. Hubris
113. Characteristics of Greek religion
114. Moral lessons in The Odyssey
115. Stages of archetypal hero’s journey (see handout)
116. Characteristics of an epic (see handout)
MLA writing rules (review A Pocket Style Manual)
117. Titles of books should always be _________________ or _______________
118. Titles of poems, songs, or short stories should always be
__________________________.
119. Correct way of punctuating and citing a quote. (Practice a few examples)
120. Correct way of punctuating and citing lines of verse.
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121. Works cited entry for a book (know the format)
122. How to make a quote sandwich (write the directions below)
123. Rules of formal writing
a. Refer to works by the correct genre
b. Avoid referring to reading the book
c. Do not excessively refer to the author
d. Do not use “I” or “We” or “Us” or “you”
e. Do not use contractions
f. Write in the present tense
g. Avoid informal phrases
h. Lead into quotes naturally and in a way that is grammatically correct
i. Don’t use the word “quote” in your analysis
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