English II IS Final Exam Study Guide
A. Exam Notes:
Each student will
be asked to bring in one 8x11 sheet of paper with as many “notes and quotes”
from the books we have read as you can fit on this page. The notes are required
and will count as points on the exam. See the essay question below for more
information on what notes to prepare.
B. Key Terms to Study for the Exam:
The exam will ask
you to match 15 of these terms with the correct definition. You need to
memorize these terms and definitions; you will not be able to include them in
your exam notes.
1. Literature
2. Fiction
3. Nonfiction
4. Novel
5. Mystery
6. Biography
7. Autobiography
8. Graphic novel
9. Poetry
10. Drama
11. Tragedy
12. Foreshadowing
13. Metaphor
14. Personification
15. Narrator
16. Unreliable narrator
17. Flashback
18. Epilogue
19. Dialogue
20. Monologue
21. Mood
22. Tone
23. Plot
24. Setting
25. Character
C. Essay Question:
You will write an essay examining
one of the following quotations and demonstrating how it applies to any 3 of
the texts we have read this year. Use specific examples and create an original,
sophisticated analysis of the literature as well as the text of the quotation. Your
essay will need to include a clear thesis, an introduction, organized body
paragraphs, and a conclusion. It will also need to include exact quotes from
the three texts you discuss.
Naomi Shihab Nye: “Why should it
be a surprise that people find solace in literature? Literature slows us down,
cherishes small details.…We need literature for nourishment and noticing, for
the way language and imagery reach comfortably into experience, holding and connecting
it to ourselves.”
Marjane’s father: “Never forget
who you are and where you’re from.”
Marjane’s Grandmother: “Always
keep your dignity and be true to yourself.”
Sookan: “I would gather my pearls
and forge ahead….I didn’t know what my future would bring, but I would do as
Mother had always told me. I would follow my heart.”
Ashmol: “If you go to Lightning
Ridge, people pause in the middle of whatever they are doing to stop and talk
to Kellyanne Williamson just as they still pause to talk to Pobby and Dingan
and to the opal in their dreams. And the rest of the world thinks we’re all
nutters, but they… are all just fruit loops who don’t know what it is to
believe in something which is hard to see or keep looking for something which
is totally hard to find.”
Lorenzo: “I never fitted in. She
didn’t either.”
Candace Sinclair: “Children know…that
the stories about their family are both true and untrue. There are endless
variations. And people will continue to tell them.”
Paragraph 1: Introduction and thesis
Paragraph 2: Analysis of the Quotation -- what does it mean and why is it important? (how does it connect to everything we have been learning about literature all year in this class?)
Paragraph 3: Connect to Book 1 (use specific ideas and quotes)
Paragraph 4: Connect to Book 2 (use specific ideas and quotes)
Paragraph 5: Connect to Book 3 (use specific ideas and quotes)
Paragraph 6: Conclusion
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