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Name_______________________
Final Exam Review 10R
European Literature
“The Black Cat”
Rilke
Lord of the Flies
Golding
“War”
Pirandello
“Night”
Wiesel
“A Good Day from Survival in Auschwitz” Levi
The Pianist
Literature of Asia
Empire of the Sun
“The Jay”
Kawabato
“An Astrologer’s Day”
Narayan
“Ocean of Words”
Jin
Literature of the Americas
Sonnets 49 and 71
Neruda
“Tuesday Siesta”
Marquez
“The Censors”
Valenzuela
Literature of Africa
“Life Is Sweet at Kumansenu”
Nicol
“Dead Men’s Path”
Achebe
“The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”
Head
poetry
novel
short story
excerpt
memoir
film
film
short story
short story
short story
poetry
short story
short story
short story
short story
short story
Major Literary Movements/Concepts
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2)
Provide an example from literature we have read.
Describe at least one character that is an example of its value and explain why you picked
them.
What Is Romanticism?
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2
What Is Realism?
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2
2
Major Literary Movements/Concepts
Provide an example from literature; describe a character that lives by its value—what would they
be like?
What Is Modernism?
1
2
What Is Existentialism?
1
2
What is Free Will?
1
2
What Is Magical Realism?
1
2
What Is Postmodernism?
1
2
3
Your Task:
Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the
particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your
essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you
have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary
elements from the two works. You may use scrap paper to plan your response. Write your essay
on the loose leaf provided.
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Critical Lens:
“All literature shows us the power of emotion, It is emotion, not reason, that motivates
characters in life as in literature.”
Anonymous
Guidelines:
Be sure to
• Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly
establishes the criteria for analysis
• Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement as you
have interpreted it
• Choose two works you have read that you believe best support your opinion.
Use the criteria suggested by the critical lens to analyze the works you have
chosen
• Avoid plot summary. Instead, use specific references to
appropriate literary elements (for example: theme, characterization,
setting, point of view) to develop your analysis
• Organize your ideas in a unified and coherent manner
• Specify the titles and authors of the literature you choose
• Follow the conventions of standard written English
Vocabulary-- instructions for the following page:
define the word in the space provided.
multitude
stealthy
gestured
furtive
gesticulated
officious
malevolent
tacit
appalled
ridiculous
decorum
Gaudy
demure
bravado
trembling
traverses
Ludicrous
guano
corpulent
modest
tremulous
impervious
succulent
vexed
prospered
certainty
conviction
Torrid
nearsightedness
truculent
ululation
conventions
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myopia
fathom
goaded
spurred
excruciating
bastion
impalpable
speculated
loitered
dubious
contrite
Omission
climax
tone
characterization
hyperbole
irony
symbolism
imagery
theme
metaphor
simile
personification
synonymous
imagery
point of view
critical lens
verb tense shift
give examples of
future to past
give examples of
past perfect to future
perfect
give examples of
past to present
give examples of
present to future
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Lord of the Flies by ________________________________
Character
Ralph
Jack
Simon
Piggy
Roger
Sam and Eric
The Lord of the Flies
Perceval
The Littluns
Littlun with the mulberrycolored birthmark
Description
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