Review Guide for FINAL

 Today you need to work on this practice guide. We will go over answers you do not know.

English 10 FINAL

 

PART 1: Short Stories

 

1)    For following stories please give the type of conflict

 

a)     The Pedestrian

 

 

b)    Their Will Come Soft Rains

 

 

c)     The Possibility of Evil

 

2)    For the Following stories please give a central symbol and discuss the meaning of that symbol:

 

a)     The Lottery

 

b)    Harrison Bergeron

 

c)     Everyday Use

 

 

3)    For the following stories list all the major characters:

 

a)     Everyday Use

 

b)    Harrison Bergeron

 

c)     The Pedestrian

 

4)    For the following stories list the main idea or theme.

 

a)     Their Will Come Soft Rains

 

b)    The Lottery

 

c)     The Possibility of Evil

 

5)    Give a summary of the following story.

 

There Will Come Soft Rains

 

PART II: Oedipus Rex

 

1) How does Oedipus Rex fit the traditional role of a Tragic Hero?

 

 

 

 

2) What does the chorus do in a Greek play?  What is their function?

 

 

 

3) How does this play fit the theme: Person vs. Fate.

 

 

 

 

4) List two ironies in this play and discuss why they are ironic.

 

 

 

 

5) Why does Iocaste tell Oedipus about her baby?  What detail of her story catches Oedipus’s attention?  What does he begin to suspect?

 

 

PART III: Catcher in the Rye

 

CATCHER IN THE RYE: FINAL (150 points – questions 1-10 = 10 pts each, question 11 = 30 pts).

 

 

1) Explain the following themes and give examples of three scenes that fit each theme:

Loss of Innocence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rebellion From Society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) Explain the following symbols – what they represent and why they are important:

 

The Duck Pond

 

The Carrousel

 

 

The title

 

3)  List and explain three allusions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4)  Explain the major conflict.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)  List the point of view.

 

 

 

 

 

6) Discuss how Holden is an unreliable narrator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7)  Discuss how Catcher in the Rye is a Bildungsroman novel.

 

 

 

 

8) Outline the plot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9) Briefly discuss Holden’s relationship with girls (Jane, Sally, Sunny, Bernice, Marty, Larverne, Faith Cavendish, Mrs. Morrow)

 

 

 

 

10) Discuss the importance of the following characters:

Achey

 

Stradlater

 

Horwitz

 

Ernie

 

D.B.

Phoebe

 

Allie

 

Maurice

 

Carl Luce

 

Lillian Simmons

 

Mr. Antolini

 

Mr. Spencer

 

11) Compare Holden Caulfield to Scout Finch. Make sure you have a thesis statement and use evidence.

Thursday

 Today we will hear Seth's, Luca's and maybe Gwen's presentation. Remember tomorrow is the last day for late work. 

I will then give you some time to finish the study questions from yesterday and earlier this week as only two of the class turned them in.

Wednesday

 Today we will review Oedipus Rex. 

In groups answer the following questions:

Oedipus Rex

Be able to answer the following:

1) How does Oedipus Rex fit the traditional role of a Tragic Hero?

2) What does the chorus do in a Greek play?  What is their function?

3) How does this play fit the theme: Person vs. Fate.

4) List two ironies in this play and discuss why they are ironic.

6) What is the climax of the play?

7) What is the resolution?

8)   Discuss the purpose of the following parts of a Greek tragedy:

Prologue:

Exodus:

9) Why does Iocaste tell Oedipus about her baby?  What detail of her story catches Oedipus’s attention?  What does he begin to suspect?

10) Who is the Messenger?  What message does he bring and what does he reveal about Oedipus’s past?

11) What does the shepherd finally reveal?  Why is he so reluctant to say it?

12) Who does Oedipus say is responsible for his actions?

13) What moral does the Chorus see in all this?

14) Why do Oedipus and Teiresias quarrel? 

Tuesday

Today we will continue to read Oedipus Rex. You will have some time at the beginning of class to work on study questions. 

Oedipus Rex

Prologue: A monologue or dialogue preceding the entry of the chorus, which presents the tragedy's topic or theme.

Parodos: (Entrance Ode) Refers to the section of the play following the prologue, in which the chorus enters chanting or singing verses.

Odes - Refers to songs sung by the chorus throughout the play. There are two sections:
1) Strophe: (turn) A stanza in which the chorus moves in one direction
2) Antistrophe:(counter-turn) A stanza in which the chorus moves in the opposite direction

Exodus: (Exit Song) Refers to the section of the play in which the chorus leaves chanting or singing.

Chorus: 12-15 actors. The chorus comments on themes, and shows how an ideal audience might react to the drama. It also can represent the general city or town people within a story. 

Monday

 

Today we will continue to read Oedipus Rex. You will have some time at the beginning of class to work on study questions. 

Oedipus Rex

Prologue: A monologue or dialogue preceding the entry of the chorus, which presents the tragedy's topic or theme.

Parodos: (Entrance Ode) Refers to the section of the play following the prologue, in which the chorus enters chanting or singing verses.

Odes - Refers to songs sung by the chorus throughout the play. There are two sections:
1) Strophe: (turn) A stanza in which the chorus moves in one direction
2) Antistrophe:(counter-turn) A stanza in which the chorus moves in the opposite direction

Exodus: (Exit Song) Refers to the section of the play in which the chorus leaves chanting or singing.

Chorus: 12-15 actors. The chorus comments on themes, and shows how an ideal audience might react to the drama. It also can represent the general city or town people within a story. 

Thursday/Friday

Today we will continue to read Oedipus Rex. You will have some time at the beginning of class to work on study questions. 

Oedipus Rex

Prologue: A monologue or dialogue preceding the entry of the chorus, which presents the tragedy's topic or theme.

Parodos: (Entrance Ode) Refers to the section of the play following the prologue, in which the chorus enters chanting or singing verses.

Odes - Refers to songs sung by the chorus throughout the play. There are two sections:
1) Strophe: (turn) A stanza in which the chorus moves in one direction
2) Antistrophe:(counter-turn) A stanza in which the chorus moves in the opposite direction

Exodus: (Exit Song) Refers to the section of the play in which the chorus leaves chanting or singing.

Chorus: 12-15 actors. The chorus comments on themes, and shows how an ideal audience might react to the drama. It also can represent the general city or town people within a story. 

Wednesday

 Presentations. 

I'll give you a few minutes at the beginning of class to get your material together and then we will be presentations.

Tuesday

 Please work on either your presentations or your essays.

The presentation can include or should include 1) A hook, 2) an overview of what you learned reading the book, 3) a overview of what you wrote your essays on, 4) a visual aid, and 5) a conclusion.

You should put your presentation on note cards.  You could also do your presentation as a PPT.

Presentations will be tomorrow - Tuesday, December 3rd.

It's up to you.  I will introduce the Oral Presentation Rubric.

Criteria	Exceeds Standard (3)	Meets Standard (2)	Needs Improvement (1)
Volume: How well you can be heard	Voice is loud and clear without the student yelling.  All words are heard.  Student projects words from their diaphragm.	Voice is loud throughout most of presentation.  One or more words might be lost because of projection of volume, but the idea is still clear.	Voice fades in places so that the listener loses or misses parts of the presentation, or parts of the idea
Pronunciation: How well you say all your words	Words are pronounced perfectly and sentences flow off of tongue	The speaker trips in one or two places either in the pronunciation of a word or in reading a sentence.  The presentation is effected only slightly by the mistakes.	The speaker trips in quite a few places.  The presentation is effected more than slightly by the mistakes.   Mistakes either make the presentation hard to listen to or cloud the ideas of the writing
Tone: Do you vary how you say your sentences	Speaker as Actor:  The speaker’s delivery makes the writing come alive by giving it emotion, character, emphasis, by breathing life into it	Speaker varies most of sentences to express emotion or to emphasis importance of parts, but there are still places when the speaker spoke in a lifeless monotone	Speaker speaks in a monotone that reveals no emotion or does not emphasis any importance on any idea
UHMS or AHS	NONE	1 or 2 but the uhms or ahs do not distract the presentation	3 or more uhms or ahs
Eye Contact: do you look at your audience	The speaker made a point to look at everyone in the room and rarely looked as if they were reading from a paper	Some eye contact is made, but mostly the presenter read off of his or her paper	Little or no eye contact.