Sophomore 2nd Semester Exam Review

 

Refer to Mrs. Oehler’s website and your textbook for resources in the following units.

The 2nd Semester Exam will include questions from all units studied this semester:

  • Poetry
    • Refer to the poetry test online and poetry terms studied in class
      • Imagery
      • Metaphor
      • Simile
      • Personification
      • Figurative Language
      • Free Verse
      • Onomatopoeia
    • Poems that will be on the test include:
      • Ex-Basketball Player
      • Miss Rosie
      • Heart!  We will forget him!
      • Three Japanese Tankas
      • I Am Offering This Poem
      • Simile
  • Macbeth
    • Refer to the structure of a tragedy (pg. 883 in textbook; handout in class; powerpoint on Mrs. Oehler’s website)
    • Definition of a tragic hero
    • Soliloquy
    • Foil
    • Act I, scene vii
    • Macbeth characterization
    • Lady Macbeth characterization
    • Duncan characterization
    • Banquo characterization
  • Historical and Biographical Approach to Literature
    • “Where have you gone, Charming Billy?”
    • “The Friendship Only Lasted a Few Seconds”
    • “The Sword in the Stone from Le Morte d’Arthur”
    • “The War Escalates”
    • “Dear Folks”
    • “from Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam”
  • Writing a Research Paper
    • Organization
    • Citing sources
    • Primary and Secondary Sources
    • Thesis statement

 

100 Multiple-Choice Questions

2 Short Answer Questions (from Macbeth and Historical/Biographical Approach)