ENG IV AP Lit Final Exam REVIEW
Spring 2014
Macbeth& Hamlet
How does the theme of appearance vs. reality apply to both Hamlet and Macbeth?
What purpose is the motif of ghosts/apparitions used in both Hamlet and Macbeth?
How could either play be viewed as a psychological study of degeneration of the mind?
Who is more to blame? Macbeth, the three weird sisters or Lady Macbeth?
What is Hamlet’s greatest weakness?
Pride & Prejudice
Know the names of the homes and who lived in each.
Know the first line of the novel and why it is significant.
Know what an entailment is, and how Longbourne is entailed.
Know the character traits of each of the major characters, and plot points of the novel.
Know which characters are static, stock, flat and dynamic.
Know the following literary terms and their definitions (be able to identify/apply an example or definition of each):
anachronism
elegy
soliloquy
archetype
enjambment
(English or Shakespearean) sonnet
bildungsroman
end-stopped line
stock character
caesura
hubris
synecdoche
carpe diem
hyperbole
theme
cliché
litotes
tragedy
connotative meaning
motif
comic relief
editorial omniscient narrator
denotative meaning
limited omniscient narrator
didactic
paradox