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.)

A Christmas Carol Meaningful Sentences

Use ten of the twenty vocabulary words from A Christmas Carol to write meaningful sentences. Sentences that do not conform to the formula will not receive credit, nor will sentences with misspelled vocabulary. (Due 12/9/2010)

Remember:

• a meaningful sentence is made up of two independent sentences combined with a semicolon (;)


• the first sentence includes a vocabulary word


• the second sentence contains the definition of that vocabulary word


• the first word of the second sentence is not capitalized


• you should underline the vocabulary word and its definition

For instance, if the vocabulary word was:

Humbug (n): something worthless or ridiculous; a person or thing with no sense

a meaningful sentence would be:

Ebenezer Scrooge thought Christmas was a humbug; he couldn't understand how anyone could value such a nonsensical thing.

Pre-AP: A Christmas Carol Vocabulary

Pearl Chapter 4-6 Test Terms and Vocabulary Preview

In addition to having read the second half of Steinbeck's Pearl here are some things you should know before Monday, Nov. 29th.

Literary Terms

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Analogy
• Assertion
• Fable
• Fairy Tale
• Foreshadowing
• Hyperbole
• Legend
• Metaphor
• Myth
• Naturalism (as literary style/trend)
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
• Parable
• Paradox
• Personification
• Sensory Imagery (Auditory, Gustatory, Olfactory, Tactile, Visual)
• Simile

Mood/Tone Words

• Acceptance
• Anxiety
• Bitterness
• Contemplation
• Frustration
• Joy
• Rage
• Sorrow
• Sweetness
• Tenderness

Vocabulary

• Aspirations
• Dehumanize
• Renege
• Reptilian Brain

Mythological Characters

• Cyclops
• Erymanthian Boar
• Hydra
• Kraken
• Medusa
• Pegasus
• Perseus

Pre-AP: Vocabulary for Six-Week's Final

These words (or noun/verb/adjective/adverb variations) will appear on the Six-Weeks' Final. Knowing what they mean will work to your advantage. (The page number where they appear in the most-common paperback versions of Lord of the Flies appear in parentheses.)

• Interminable (135)
• Iridescent (192)
• Lamentation (116)
• Malevolently (94)
• Muted (29)
• Obscurely (95)
• Obtuseness (153)
• Officious (50)
• Opalescence (75)
• Opaque (95)
• Parody (94)
• Parried (253)
• Pinnacles (251)
• Ruefully (159)
• Tacit (71)
• Vexed (194)
• Vicissitudes (63)
• Vivid (266)
• Vulnerable (159)

Lord of the Flies Chapter 1-3 Test Terms and Vocabulary Preview

In addition to the literary terms simile and metaphor you should know the following vocabulary:

• begrudging
• disillusioned
• incongruity
• inquisitive
• loquacious
• vastness

You should also know which of the five senses the following words relate to: auditory, olfactory, tactile.

English II Six-Weeks' Test Review

Here's the word bank for the six-weeks' review crossword puzzle (omit spaces in puzzle):

ACROSS

• ANTAGONIST
• CONFLICT
• COURAGE
• COWERED
• EXPOSITION
• EXTERNAL
• HANDICAPS
• MENACE
• NARRATOR
• NEUTRALIZE
• POINT OF VIEW
• PROTAGONISTS
• RISING ACTION
• SETTING
• SIMILE
• SUN

DOWN

• CHARACTERS
• CLIMAX
• CONSTERNATION
• DIALECT
• FALLING ACTION
• FIRST PERSON
• FUTURE
• HARRISON BERGERON
• INTERNAL
• PLOT
• RESOLUTION
• SYNCHRONIZED
• THEME
• THIRD PERSON LIMITED
• THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT
• VIGILANCE
• WEDDING DRESS
• WINCE

Pre=AP Six Week Test and Vocabulary Preview

For the 6-weeks' test on any/everything we've covered this unit, you should know the meanings of the following literary terms, vocabulary words, etc.:

Literary Terms

• Abbreviation
• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Antithesis
• Aphorism
• Contraction
• Colloquialism
• Ekphrastic poetry
• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Imagery
• Irony
• Motto
• Neologism
• Onomatopoeia
• Paradox
• Parallelism
• Personification
• Portmanteau word
• Simile
• Slogan

Vocabulary

• Antithetical
• Blissfulness
• Contentment
• Futuristic
• Impassionate
• Irrational
• Nostalgic
• Objective
• Quantitative
• Sarcasm/Sarcastic
• Wistful

You should also be familiar with the Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes of Hamilton's Mythology.



And for those of you who've read this far, here are three answers to the crossword puzzle review that you probably don't know (omit the spaces):

20-Across: ROAD OF TRIALS
54-Across: CALL TO ADVENTURE
65-Across: SUPERNATURAL AID

Vocabulary for Pre-AP Six-Weeks' Exam

"The Dead" Test Terms & Vocabulary Preview

For the test on James Joyce's "The Dead" (read it online, here) on Sept. 20, you should know the meanings of the following literary terms, vocabulary words, etc.:
Tone/Mood Descriptions:

• Apathetic
• Blasphemous
• Compassionate
• Festive
• Humble
• Humourous
• Melancholic
• Nostalgic
• Optimistic
• Vengeful

Literary Terms

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Point of View
• Simile

Vocabulary

• Amusement
• Arrogant
• Banal
• Bewilderment
• Cloak
• Coincidental
• Convenient
• Embarrassment
• Emotion
• Fury
• Ghastly
• Insecure
• Ironic
• Nonchalance
• Overcoat
• Punctual
• Ridiculous

There's at least one mythological allusion in the story. You should refer to Hamilton's Mythology to aid in your understanding.

Literary Terms #3 ("Sonny's Blues)

Harrison Bergeron Vocabulary