American Journey- Accelerated
Midterm 2013
You will be assessed on:
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The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye
Thematic concepts
Your ability to read and respond to a piece of text by composing a thesis and a
thoughtful response
Literature:
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Can you identify the point of view for each piece of literature we read?
o Gatsby
o Catcher
- Can you discuss the concept of “reliable narrator”?
- Do you recall the names of all characters and their key quotations, events, and facts?
o Gatsby:
o Catcher:
 Gatsby
 Holden
 Nick
 Phoebe
 Tom
 Sally
 Daisy
 Ackley
 Jordan
 Jane
 Wilson
 Allie
 Myrtle
 D.B.
Thematic discussion:
 Stradlater
Transformations
1. What causes individuals to change?
2. How is symbolism used to portray characters' desires and restrictions?
3. How, if at all, can an individual thrive in a society in which he/she does not fit?
4. What are the effects of the loss of innocence or personal awakening?
5. What is the role of reflection in personal growth?
The American Dream
1.
2.
3.
4.
How does the perception of the American Dream change through American
history?
How does the spiritual definition of the American Dream transform by the 1920s?
How does the American Dream differ across socio-economic, racial, and cultural
lines?
Is the American Dream still alive and well?
Vocab List (Units 1-5)
UNIT 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
acquisitive
arrogate
banal
belabor
carping
6. coherent
7.congeal
8.emulate
9.encomium
10.eschew
11.germane
12.insatiable
13. Intransigent
14. Invidious
15.largesse
16.reconnaissance
17.substantiate
18.taciturn
19. temporize
20. tenable
UNIT 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
accost
animadversion
avid
brackish
celerity
6. devious
7. gambit
8. halcyon
9. histrionic
10. incendiary
11. maelstrom
12. myopic
13. overt
14. pejorative
15. propriety
16. sacrilege
17. summarily
18. suppliant
19. talisman
20.undulate
UNIT 3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
articulate
cavort
credence
decry
dissemble
6.distraught
7. eulogy
8. evince
9. exhume
10.feckless
11.murky
12.nefarious
13.piquant
14.primordial
15.propinquity
16. unwonted
17. utopian
18. verbiage
19. verdant
20.viscous
UNIT 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Atrophy
bastion
concord
consummate
disarray
6.exigency
7.flotsam
8.frenetic
9.glean
10.grouse
11.incarcerate
12.incumbent
13.jocular
14.ludicrous
15.mordant
acuity
6.fecund
7. fiat
8. figment
9.garner
10.hallow
11. idiosyncrasy
12. ignominy
13. mundane
14. nuance
15. overweening
16. nettle
17. pecuniary
18. pusillanimous
19. recumbent
20. stratagem
UNIT 5
1.
UNIT
2. 5 delineate
3.
4.
Mmv
5.
depraved
enervate
esoteric
16. penchant
17. reputed
18.sophistry
19. sumptuous
20. ubiquitous