Test Review: Frankenstein

English 11
Review all documents about Romanticism, Gothic Fiction, Mary Shelley, and textual content. Class
discussions are the key to this exam. Anything that was discussed could potentially be on the test.
Students should be prepared to define, identify, and apply the following literary terms/rhetorical devices:

Foreshadowing
Theme
Irony
Metaphor
Protagonist
Motif
Simile
Antagonist
Romanticism
Imagery
Flat character
Epistolary novel
Symbolism
Round character
Framed Narrative
Allusion
Dramatic irony
Point of View/Narration
Conflict: Internal vs. External aka Man vs Man, Nature, Society, Fate, Self

Genre
Hyperbole
Tone
Mood
Flashback
Characterization

Students should be familiar with the following aspects of vocabulary:

Use of context clues and predict the meanings of unfamiliar words
Understand the definition and how it can be used properly
Emaciated
Fatigue
Wretched
Countenance
Benevolent

Melancholy
Poignant
Tranquil
Tyranny
Perpetually

Procure
Disdain
Endeavour
Amiable
Repugnance

Galvanism
Progeny
Stature
Frantic
Loath

Shun
Infamy
Obliterate
Lament
Listless

Authors Purpose: the reason Shelley included this portion.

- Was the purpose to inform, persuade, entertain, dispute?
*6 areas of plot, their definition and how to identify them in Frankenstein: exposition, narrative hook, rising action,
climax, falling action, resolution/conclusion.
Background on Mary Shelley (parents, spouse, children, how she came to write story), Romanticism, and gothic literature.
*Study chapter guides and review quizzes
*Review main ideas and connections to Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Paradise Lost.
*Know characters Actions, personality, important quotes/ dialogue. Your character chart will help.
Victor Frankenstein
William Frankenstein
Justine Moritz
The monster/creature
Alphonse Frankenstein
Ernest Frankenstein
Elizabeth Lavenza
Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein
Mr. Kirwin
Henry Clerval
Robert Walton
Key Quotes who says it and what is the significance?
Be able to identify who is saying the quote and who the quote is being said to.
Students should practice identification and usage of the following reading skills:
Talking to the text, inferring, questioning, synthesizing, visualizing, context clues
Close and Critical Reading: What does the text say (summary), How does the text say it? (Craft), What does it mean (theme), So
what? (Text to text, text to self, text to world connections)

Be able to explain the following:

Themes: parent-child/Creator/creation relationship, dangerous knowledge, monstrosity

Definitions: Gothic hero, expostulatory novel, traits of a gothic story, Prometheus
How is the creature like/unlike Adam, Satan?
How are Victor and the creature alike? Describe their relationship.
Be able to argue that Victor is indeed the real monster in the story.
What is the evidence presented at trial against Justine (three things)?

The final exam will have matching, true / false, and multiple choice.