World of Shakespeare:

The World of Shakespeare: Final Exam Review Sheet

Your final exam will ask you to answer (5 of 7 CP) 7 of 7 H) questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course. To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one sheet of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters.

We read the following: Othello, Hamlet, The 12th Night, The Taming of the Shrew,) and the sonnets.

The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):

Examine the relationship in terms of a timeline between Desdemona and Othello. Please make sure to examine the end of their relationship, and how specifically Othello believes she has not been faithful.


Please read the first page of each play. How is the opening in each play important to the story? Does it bring you in and make you interested? How? Please have specific examples from at least 3 plays.

Talk about what makes a Shakespearian tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits.

Please define the following literary devices that Shakespeare uses:
Alliteration, simile, metaphor, reversed word, reversed sentence construction, classical allusion, personification, inflection, stress, aside, using language to show class and status in the play. Sonnet

Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.

Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use specific scenes in your discussions.

Please review important information on Shakespeare. Please work to define what we know about him. If you had to write his obituary, what would you list about his life?

Define a Shakespearian Sonnet. What did his sonnets reveal about him that his plays may not have? Pick a sonnet and be familiar enough with it that you could reference it in an answer.

Soph Lit:

Questions from the 4 pieces of Literature we read:
1. George Orwell’s Animal Farm
2. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
3. William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
4. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies


POETRY/ Lit. Terms:

Allusion –
Iambic Pentameter –
Sonnet -
Rhyming Couplets –
Metaphor –
Simile –


READING COMPREHENSION:

Protagonist
Antagonist
Theme
Plot
Setting
Climax
Characterization
Point of View – (1st person, 3rd person, Omniscient)
Symbolism
Allegory
Satire

Shakespeare:

Reversed Word
Reversed Thought
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration

Today:

We worked on finding the meaning of a word by the context. I asked you to do this for 14 words from Midsummer.

We took a trip to the aud. to try this scene on stage. We discussed blocking and stage movement.

We took a quiz on Act 1 +2

Brit Lit:

Today: we reviewed Jane Eyre by watching the movie version.

HW: Please begin looking over the novel for your essay question this Friday in class.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We talked about the 10 year gap in the novel. What do you think happened during this time? Why not include it?

We then broke into three groups to script a fictional scene that happens within this time.

We will perform them wed.

Begin to review for the final for HW.

Soph Lit:

Today:

We acted/finished Act 2.

I went over 7 examples of launguage tricks that Will S. uses. I asked you to find an example of each with a partner.

These terms are on the final, so please review them and do not loose the sheet.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We reviewed the week ahead and talked about the final.

I broke you into groups and had you examine Jane in a +/- timeline. We will use these as we attempt to understand her relationship with Mr. Rochester.

Each group presented their findings.

I assigned ch 11-15 and gave you a quiz on the reading. If you took these home to complete, please make sure that you pass these in Tuesday.