11th Grade

First: Reading a passage and answering 3 multiple choice reading comprehension questions.
Then: Reading a second very short passage and answering 1 multiple choice reading comprehension question.
Then: Reading a third very short passage and answering 2 multiple choice reading comprehension questions.
Then: Reading a very short excerpt from a poem and answering 2 multiple choice reading comprehension questions.

Define the following terms!  These will all appear on the final in some capacity.

Figurative Language – Anything written or spoken not meant to be taken literarally

            Simile – A comparison between two unlike subjects using like, as, or than  Carlos is fast like a cheetah; Carlos is faster than a cheetah; Carlos is as fast as a cheetah

            Metaphor – A comparison between two subjects by calling something something else Ms Wasco said, “You are all weasels!”

            Personification – Attributing human characteristics to animals or non-human entities

Poetry

            Assonance – Repetition of vowel sounds in words or phrases

            Lyric poetry – Poetry that rhymes

Text Structures

Proverb – A short, pithy saying If yougive a man a fish, you feed him for the night; If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for life.

Slave narrative – Retell stories of real human beings captured during slave trades

Fantasy

Poem

Speech

Public letter – Appreciation, congratulations, concerns,

Autobiography – Self-written personal accounts of events

Types of Characters

            Protagonist – the main character who endures a struggle

            Antagonist – the main character who creates a struggle

            Static character – a character who remains the same throughout a work

            Dynamic character – a character who changes/grows/adapts throughout a work

Plot – the sequence of events in a story

            Exposition – setting & time period

            Flashback – previous events being placed into real time

            Foreshadowing – hints or clues about future events

Author’s Craft – writing style

            Tone – The author’s attitude towards his subject

            Mood – The feeling evoked in the reader after reading

            Symbolism

            Point-of-view – 1 (speaker is telling a story about him/herself “I” “we”) 2 (speaker is telling a story to the reader “you”) 3 (speaker is telling a story from an objective POV “he”); Limited – you understand events as they unfold; Omnipotent – you as the reader have a clearer understanding than the characters

            Satire – using humor to portray real events

            Voice – Characteristics, speech, and thought pattern of a first-person narrative Holden Caufield is a memorable character because of his genuine voice.

Types of Conflicts

            Internal conflict – A problem within a character Mental illness; A Character learns to cope with his own anger; Motivation

            External conflict – A problem between a character and any other outside force  Marlehny got hit with a softball!

Types of Irony

            Dramatic irony – When an audience knows something that a character does not Horror/Drama movies when you (the watcher) knows that the serial killer is hiding under the bed

            Situational irony – When the opposite of what you are expecting to happen, happens.

            Verbal irony – Sarcasm: When what you say and what you mean are opposite “Hey dad…nice tie!”  

Dramas

            Structure – Acts and scenes and lines (Macbeth I.ii.15-17)

            Dramatic monologue – An extended speech in a play where a character reveals a secret or an unknown fact about himself to the audience

            Live performance etiquette (T/F)

            Positions in a theater

                        Director

                        Acoustics

                        Lighting design

                        Auditorium

                        Crew