English Final – Study Guide
Please consult your English Notebooks, Notebook Checklist materials (PPTs, Prezi’s, etc.), other notes, and
some returned work to study the following in preparation for the English final, which will be given on Thurs.
12/10 (A-Day) and Fri. 12/11 (B-Day). Test will be approximately 40-50 questions, primarily multiple choice
and short answers.
Each bullet below lists corresponding notes/lecture materials available on Notebook Checklist page or Daily
Agenda/HW page (in parentheses). You should review all materials and use to compare/review/annotate
original notes. Study/make flashcards from there.
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Understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction annotation (what do you track/look for in
each). Know what basic elements of fiction are. Annotation Guidelines Prezi 8/17, 8/18 (Glossary of
Literary Terms Prezi-Daily Agenda/HW 8/17, 8/18)
Know the difference between dependent and independent clauses and be able to identify in a sentence.
Grammar Lesson Notes 8/27, 8/28
Know how to properly use a comma, how to avoid commas, what a commas splice is, etc. Comma
Lesson Notes 8/31, 9/1; Correcting Run-Ons 9/2, 9/3
Be able to identify direct quotation, paraphrased, and plagiarized material. Avoiding Plagiarism Lesson
9/4, 9/8. (Avoiding Plagiarism Practice- Daily Agenda/HW 9/4, 9/8)
Know what the Lost Generation is and have a general understanding of Modernism and Existentialism
and how some of the works we studied are a representation of this; Lost Genreation PPT 10/5, 10/6;
Lost Generation Packet (returned today or next class or online, Daily Agenda/HW 11/13, 11/16)
Be able to identify or analyze some examples of basic literary terms like imagery, metaphor, imagery,
allusion, etc. Be prepared to apply this to one of the Lost Generation poems or general examples (Poetic
Terms Study guide, Daily Agenda/HW 11/17, 11/18)
Know what CONTEXT is and how to write a sophisticated direct quotation with seamless transitions,
including context, quote, citation, and two sentences of original analysis (not just putting the quote in
your own words). Be prepared to do this with a passage we have read before from Gatsby or the Lost
Generation stuff (will be provided on the test). Context Mini-Lesson 10/15, 10/16 (Direct Quotation
Practice Homework – Daily Agenda/HW 9/4, 9/8)
Media Literacy – know what mass media is, including some examples; know the purpose of media
literacy and have a general understanding of the 5 questions of media literacy and how to apply them;
know what logos, ethos and pathos are be able to provide examples; be able to identify basic examples
of the fallacies of logic and propaganda techniques. Media Literacy Notes – 11/30; Logical Fallacies
annotative and scenario notes 12/2, 12/3, Propaganda Prezi 12/4, 12/7
Be able to distinguish between a statement of claim and a statement of fact (see annotations on Mark
Bittman piece)