English 10 Honors
Mr. Malsky
Midterm Review Sheet
Directions: For your midterm, review each of the following topics. It may be helpful to
define certain vocabulary terms. Use your notes and copies of both Macbeth and Lord of the
Flies to study.
Macbeth:
 Plot of the play
 The 2 prophecies that the witches
deliver to Macbeth
 Characteristics of Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth
 Themes: The corrupting power of
unchecked ambition, cruelty and
masculinity, the difference
between kingship and tyranny
 Motifs: appearance vs. reality,
violence, prophecy
 Symbols: blood, weather, light and
darkness
 Identify the speaker
Lord of the Flies:
 Plot of the novel
 Characters and characteristics of
each older boy (Ralph, Jack, Piggy,
Simon, Roger)
 Setting: altar, the scar, cruiser,
Castle Rock, latrine
 Type of narration
 Themes: good and evil,
appearances and reality, reason
and emotion, morals and morality
 Allusions
 Symbols: conch, character
symbols, glasses, fire,
 Identify the speaker
Vocabulary: motif, foreshadowing, symbol, point-of-view, metaphor, simile, personification
2-3 Paragraph Response (Text-Based Analysis):
 Notes on developing a central idea
 Format of a well-developed paragraph (TS, I, C, E, CO)
 Look through literary elements/techniques sheet for using a writing strategy to
develop central idea
o Writing strategies: repetition, modes of persuasion (ethos, pathos, and
logos), tone, mood, simile, metaphor, point-of-view