English 10
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English 10 Exam Review – Semester 1
The Crucible – You should be familiar with the background information related to the play, the characters, plot,
and major themes/ideas discussed in class.
Background Info: For each of the following topics, write down 2-3 significant facts and explain why they are
important to The Crucible.
Puritanism:
Puritan Times and the 1950’s:
Salem Witch Trials:
McCarthyism:
Arthur Miller:
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Be familiar with the plot of the story. Complete the chart below by filling in the major events of each act.
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Act Four
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Be familiar with all the major characters in the play, especially in terms of each character’s primary motivation
throughout the play!
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
Abigail Williams
Martha Corey
Reverend John Hale
Thomas Putnam
Rebecca Nurse
Giles Corey
Mary Warren
Betty Parris
Reverend Samuel Parris
Tituba
Deputy Governor Danforth
Sarah Good
Themes: Explain how each theme applies to the play.
1. Fear among people can cause harm to individuals & their community.
2. False charges against a person can harm the accuser as much as the accused.
3. People are willing to believe outrageous lies when those lies may serve their own interests.
4. The evils of jealousy, greed, and ambition can be more dangerous and destructive than any supernatural evils.
5. Those who are most judgmental are often those with the most to hide.
6. A thing is not true simply because a large number of people believe it is.
7. Faced with extraordinary situations, even the most ordinary people are capable of great deeds.
8. When people hide their sins, they leave themselves vulnerable to their enemies.
9. It is better to sacrifice one’s life than one’s principles.
Answer the following questions:
1. What characters change, and what characters stay the same throughout the play? How does this affect the plot?
2. What is the significance of the setting of the play? Why did Miller choose Salem? What does it represent?
3. Compare the economic motives of Rev. Parris, the Putnams, and Coreys.
4. Explain how John Proctor might represent individual freedom in the play.
5. Define theocracy. How does the Salem court and the Puritan theocracy represent repression of individual
freedom in the play.
Part 2: Animal Farm
 Background Information
o Russian Revolution
1. Give a short summary and time-line review of the Russian Revolution
 Key Terms
o Define the following terms and explain how they apply to Animal Farm
2. Irony
3. Allegory
4. Satire
5. Fable
6. Characters
a. Be familiar with all the main characters, their personalities, the role they played on the farm/during and
after the revolution, and whom each character was meant to represent from the Russian Revolution.
a) Mr. Jones
b) Old Major
g) Mollie
h) Benjamin
c) Napoleon
d) Snowball
i) The sheep
j) The dogs
e) Squealer
k) Moses
f) Boxer
7. Key questions, issues, and themes:
a. What are the features of a revolution?
b. How does lack of education or intelligence make one vulnerable to manipulation?
c. What techniques do leaders use to control the masses?
d. Why is collectivism an ineffective solution to societal problems?
e. Benjamin, the cynic
i. How does his attitude contribute to the loss of equality on Animal Farm?
f. Circular Plot Structure
i. How do the animals end up at the end of the story compared to the beginning of
the story?
ii. Why is it significant that Napoleon changes the name of Animal Farm back to
Manor Farm?
g. Modified Commandments
i. Why and how are the commandments modified?
ii. Why does no one protest?
h. Beasts of England
i. Why is the anthem of Animalism important?
ii. How does the role of Beasts of England change throughout the story?
Part 3: Anthem by Ayn Rand
 Characters
8. Identify the following people and the importance of their different names:
a. Equality/The Unconquered/Prometheus
b. Liberty/The Golden One/Gaea
9. Key questions, issues, and concepts:
a. Through Rand’s perspective, what are the problems associated with Collectivism?
b. Is helping others with no benefit to oneself noble and honorable?
c. How does one establish individuality in a world defined by conformity?
d. What is the individual’s responsibility to him or herself?
e. What is Equality’s big realization at the end of the story?
f. What is the significance of the sacred word, “EGO”?
g. Name two transgressions in Anthem and their significance.
Part 4: Essay Writing Skills – Be familiar with the following parts of an analysis essay.
1. Thesis statement:
2. Parts of an introduction (in order):
3. Topic sentence:
4. Three prong method for using quotes (what comes before the quote, after the quote, and how the quote should
be included in your writing):
5. Parts of a conclusion:
6. How to properly cite novels parenthetically within your writing (including punctuation):
7. Formal conventions for essay writing (personal pronouns, contractions, tense, etc.):
Part 5: Rhetorical Strategies (SAT Writing)
1. Familiarize yourself with the list of rhetorical strategies given to you (ethos, logos, pathos, use of fear,
affiliation, etc.)
Part 6: Grammar
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There/They’re/Their
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Too/To/Two
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It’s/Its
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You’re/Your
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Identifying a subject/verb in a sentence
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Comma locations for complex and compound sentences with independent and dependent clauses
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Types of sentences (sentence patterns)
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Subordinating and coordinating conjunctions (know all FANBOYS and a few subordinating conjunctions)
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Subject/verb agreement
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Non-essential clauses/words/phrases i.e. appositives