English Final Review
This test will consist of a short answer section, required to make you think about the major themes/content of
each book. It will also consist of a the Grammar post-test (the same test you took at the beginning of the
trimester). All texts and reviews can be found my class website: www.msnafso.weebly.com
Books – You are responsible for knowing plot, character descriptions, important quotations, theme, author
information, and historical background information (ex: Civil Rights Movement and 1950s) for each of the
books we have read this trimester
- A Raisin in the Sun – Lorraine Hansberry
- The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
Supplemental Texts – You are responsible for understanding the author and context of each supplemental text
and how it connects to the book
“A Dream Deferred” – Langston Hughes (Raisin)
o Dreams and Limitations
- Social Engineering Film – “Shy Guy” (Catcher)
o Conformity/Fitting Into Society
- “The Tell Tale Heart” (Catcher)
o The Unreliable Narrator
- “Marriage” – Gregory Corso (Catcher)
o Love vs. Loneliness
Terms and Skills – You are responsible for knowing these terms/skills and applying them
- The American Dream
- Poetry – Purpose, Line Breaks/Stanzas (shape of poem), Simile/Metaphor, Imagery (Sensory
Details)
- Power of Punctuation
- Main Ideas of a Text (how to find them)
- Theme and Connection to our Literature
- Motif (Definition, Steps, Examples)
- Symbolism
- Unreliable Narrator
- Stream of Consciousness
- Foreshadowing
- Writing – Elements of a good Thesis, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
- Grammar: Independent/Dependent Clauses, Commas, Semicolons, In-Text Citations, Quoting vs.
Paraphrasing
Grammar Post-Test – You are responsible for knowing how to identify and construct each of the following:
- Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling Rules
- Noun Phrases
- Verb Phrases
- Adjective Phrases
- Participle Phrases
- Adverbial Phrases
- Prepositional Phrases
- Absolute Phrases
- Parallel Structure