Pre-AP: Report to the Library, May 19-20

Students will be taking the Laying the Foundation End of Course exam on the library computers this Thursday and Friday. Please report directly to the library to a) avoid being marked tardy/absent and b) have as much time available for the test as possible.

Thank you.

Pre-AP: "Burning Bright" Test Preview

5/13 UPDATE: This should have posted last night, but due to Blogger issues, it didn't. Consequently, dictionaries will be allowed during the test.

The subject of our test on Friday, May 13, will be "The Tyger," a poem by William Blake.

Students who know the meaning of the following terms and vocabulary words will score better on the test tomorrow than those who don't. As may students who have actually read the poem ahead of time.

Literary Terms

• Allegory
• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Analogy
• Anecdote
• Aphorism
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

Attitude / Tone Words

• Astonished
• Didactic
• Incredulous
• Paternal
• Sneering

General Vocabulary

• Grieve
• Practicality

Pre-AP: "Sand and Sieve" Essay Prompt Preview

In class on Friday, May 6th, students will respond to the following essay prompt.

In the "Sand and Sieve" section of Fahrenheit 451 Faber tells Montag that he believes three things are necessary in order for books to be able to make a difference in society. In a well-developed essay, discuss whether or not you agree with his assessment? Support your answer with anecdotal evidence from the novel as well as your personal life. You must specify what Faber's "three things" are.

This will count as a test grade. This will be a closed-book test (you will not be allowed to use the novel in class), but you may bring notes written on a 3x5 card to refer to. Dictionaries will also be allowed.

English II: Jeopardy Review

Review the information you'll need to know for the 5th 6-wk. exam by playing this Jeopardy-esque practice quiz.

Pre-AP: Julius Caesar Essay Test & Graphic Organizer

These were distributed in class today:

• Essay Prompt


• Graphic Organizer

You'll be able to use the graphic organizer on tomorrow's test (April 5th).

Be prepared!

English II: Julius Caesar Act III Test Preview

This blog entry has been removed. You were advised to be prepared prior to Monday morning.

Julius Caesar Act I Test Preview

Due to photocopying issues, tomorrow's test will only be on Julius Caesar.

Please know the following literary terms and rhetorical devices for the test:

• Allusion


• Anaphora


• Apostrophe (not the punctuation)


• Foreshadowing


• Hyperbole


• Metaphor


• Onomatopoeia


• Oxymoron


• Paradox


• Personification


• Pun


• Simile

There will be five multiple choice questions (15 pts. each) and the following essay question. (25 pts.).

Identify (cite) lines from Julius Caesar that echo the idea in Juliet’s soliloquy, below—write the first and last lines of the citation. Then write commentary explaining the point Shakespeare makes through the two speeches.

Juliet:
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy:
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? It is nor hand nor foot,
Nor arm nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O be some other name!
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
and for thy name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.

Testing Change

Due to this afternoon's unexpected cancellation of Patriot Academy, students who need to make up the 3/11 test will have to do so during their class period tomorrow. It will be up to those students to get the review/correction information from me after school.

Pre-AP students should review this post for study info: Othello: Acts I-III Test Preview

Students who miss tomorrow's test administration will take an entirely different, and likely more challenging, exam. Don't be that student.

Othello Acts I-III Test Preview

You should know the following for tomorrow's quiz on the first three Acts of Shakespeare's Othello:

Scenes

• Act I, scene ii
• Act III, scene iii

Literary Terms

• Allusion
• Anaphora
• Apostrophe
• Parallelism
• Soliloquy
• Synecdoche

Mythological Characters

• Janus

Tone/Mood

• Disinterested
• Magnanimous
• Objective
• Paradoxical
• Partial

Vocabulary

• Contradict
• Gullibility
• Oratorical

"Harrison Bergeron" Test Preview

You should know the following for tomorrow's quiz on Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron":

Literary Terms

• Alliteration
• Connotation
• Dialogue
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Point of View
• Simile
• Tone

Mythological Characters

• Artemis (Diana)

Vocabulary

• Ambition
• Autobiography
• Combative
• Communist Propaganda
• Cynicism
• Dystopian
• Enthusiasm
• Fanatical
• Futuristic
• Grandiose
• Historical Fiction
• Humorous
• Hyperbolic
• Imperial
• Individualistic
• Melancholy
• Mysterious
• Passionate
• Pessimism
• Resignation
• Romance
• Sarcastic
• Science-Fiction
• Sympathetic
• Utopian

Pre-AP: Things for Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the drop-dead deadline for IWA #3. Find the prompt and details on formatting here. You've known about this since Nov. 16th, 2010. If you have questions, ask them before 10:30 tonight. If you need me to print your IWA for you, it must already be properly formatted; I won't fix it for you this time.

For tomorrow's 6-Week Exam, you should know:

• Definitions of Christmas Carol vocabulary


• Literary Terms from this semester


• Tolstoy's use of literary devices in "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"

The vocabulary and story questions will be multiple choice. You must be able to define the literary term and provide a creative example in Section II of the test. (Using or modifying the examples I have provided takes no creativity and will not result in receipt of credit.)

Pre-AP: Literary Devices Test Preview

On tomorrow's test you must be able to define and provide your own creative example of the following 20 literary devices. You will not be able to use any texts, notes, personal literary dictionaries, or regular dictionaries. You must use the brain you have in your skull when you arrive in the classroom.

• Adage/aphorism/axiom*
• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Analogy
• Anaphora
• Assonance
• Diction – sentence(s) employing 3+ word choices contributing to same mood/tone
• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Hyperbole
• Imagery, Gustatory
• Imagery, Olfactory
• Imagery, Tactile
• Imagery, Visual
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron/paradox*
• Personification
• Simile

Bonuses (cannot raise your grade above 105 points):

• Apostrophe (literary term, not the punctuation)
• Pun
• Synesthesia (literary, not medical definition)

*You need only provide an example of one of these terms; the definition must apply to the term you choose.

A Christmas Carol Stave 1-3 Test Terms and Vocabulary Preview

In addition to having read the first three staves of Dickens' Christmas Carol here are some things you should know before tomorrow's test.

Literary Terms

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Anaphora
• Character Development
• Contrast
• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Monosyllabic
• Omniscient Narrator
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
• Paradox
• Parallelism
• Personification
• Point of View
• Pun
• Rhyme
• Sensory Imagery (Auditory, Gustatory, Olfactory, Tactile, Visual)
• Simile
• Synonym

Mood/Tone Words

• Apologetic
• Festive
• Jubilant
• Pedantic
• Rational
• Sarcastic
• Sentimental
• Speculative

Vocabulary

• Agitated
• Blithe
• Detestable
• Livid
• Melancholy
• Morose
• Ominous
• Sordid