Freshman English – Mid-Term Review Guide
Please note that this review guide is not comprehensive and additional materials are required.
Midterm Sections:
1.
Multiple choice questions on the short stories
2.
Matching questions on The Odyssey
3.
Quote identification questions from The Odyssey
4.
Multiple choice questions from The Odyssey
5.
Multiple choice questions from Animal Farm
6.
Multiple choice grammar questions
7.
One essay
Short Stories
Make sure to review all notes, study guides and quizzes!
“The Necklace”
“The Most Dangerous Game”
“The Gift of the Magi”
“The Sniper”
“Cask of Amontillado”
“The Necklace”
 Provoking incident that occurs?
 Dynamic character?
 Fake jewels on necklace symbolize?
 On what street is the ball being held? Why is this signifigant?
“The Most Dangerous Game”
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Provoking incident that occurs?
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What does the word “game” in title mean? (double meaning)
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Describe Rainsford.
“The Gift of the Magi”
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Uses what type of ending?
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What is Dramatic Irony?
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Makes reference to what story? The literary term for this is?
“The Sniper”
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Uses what type of literary device?
 Setting?
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Types of conflict?
 Who does the sniper shoot? Could be whom else?
“Cask of Amontillado”
 What are the different types of irony?
 What is wine cellar used as?
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What is ironic about this?
 What does Poe use to set the mood of the story?

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How does Montressor lure Fortunato to the wine cellar?
The Odyssey
Make sure to review all notes, study guides and quizzes!
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Epic poem/epic hero, what are they?
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Define hero.
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What are the following gods/goddesses roles in The Odyssey? What specifically do they do to help or hurt Odysseus? o Helios o Hermes o o
Posideon
Athena o o
Aphrodite
Zeus
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Know the following Characters: o Circe o Sirens o Charybdis
Animal Farm
 Satire, allegory, fable
 George Orwell
 Significant plot points
 Know the following Characters: o Old Major o Snowball o Napoleon o Squealer o o o o o o o
Scylla
Polyphemus
Eurylochus
Jones
Benjamin
Boxer
Clover o o o o o o
Laertes
Circones
Tiresias
Moses
Sheep
Dogs
Essays
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Make sure to review essay notes from class. o Use a developed thesis statement with three clear controls. o Use support from the various works of literature during the first semester. o Write using formal writing techniques.
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Possible topics: o Utopia o What makes a hero o The hunter versus hunted o Satire o Irony in short stories
GOOD LUCK!
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