English Language Arts 3-4H Final Exam Study Guide

Fall 2013

NOTE: Your study guide is HYPERLINKED! To view links, make sure you download thisdont just view it. The big picture . . . Your final exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions. I will convert your score out of 75 to a percentage (out of 100%) and put that percentage in the gradebook so that both of your finals are equally weighted (100 points for each). Options range from A-D or -E in some cases. There are segments that involve term matching and a few cold reads. Look out for ALL of the above, NONE of the above, all of the following EXCEPT, and CHOOSE 2-type questions, as there are plenty of thosethis is why its always a good idea to read the entire question first!

So . . . whats on the final? Brave New World and Is Google Making Us Stupid? Things to know: Major plot points/gist of article & how the author constructs his argument How the World State functions from a social and scientific standpoint The significance of quotes or descriptions that are provided AND identify the correct justification for your answers Non-fiction & Rhetoric Things to know: The rhetorical triangle: ethos, logos & pathos and how they relate to audience types (hostile, wavering, supportive) Logical fallacies : red herring, ad hominem, begging the question, false analogy, post hoc, circular reasoning, non sequitur Rogerian vs. Classical argumentation Toulmin logic Know how to read an argument, identify its structure and discern the authors tone Elements of Literature & Short Stories Things to know: Terms: setting, symbol, types or irony, satire, imagery, point of view Stories: The Pedestrian, The Pit and the Pendulum, Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy? and Through the Tunnelthink about how specific literary elements apply to each story (irony, for example, in Charming Billy, point of view in Through the Tunnel, imagery in The Pedestrian, symbolism in The Pit and the Pendulumbut dont limit yourself to just one literary element for each story! Themes of the stories Poetry & literary devices/tropes Things to know: Literary devices/ tropes: simile, analogy, parallelism, personification, metaphor, personification, imagery, the elegy, the sonnet, the dramatic monologue Poems: In Westminster Abbey and Porphyrias Lover (dramatic monologues), George Gray, since feeling is first, Love is Not All and Anthem for Doomed Youth (sonnets) Tone and attitude The character of the poems various speakersand how the poet lets you know this The meaning of the poem as a whole (themes)