ENG1DB Final Exam Review #2

ENG1DB final exam review #2

The Details:

●Your final exam is on Thursday, June 18that 8:30AM in room

First Section (2A): ENG1DB-10—A310

Second Section (2B): ENG1DB-07—A308 (our classroom)

●You have 1.5 hours to write the exam. If you are done early, you may leave after an hour. You may not, however, leave during the last 10 minutes of the exam.

Exam format:

●Part A:You will analyze a SIGHT PASSAGE by answering several textual analysis questions and will write a short paragraph connecting the passage to ONEof the texts studied this year

●Part B:You will write a PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH based on ONE of the topics provided in the exam and with reference to ONE of the core texts studied this year

Steps for completion:

Read over the exam instructions completely before you begin
On the exam, you will be given a short story, poem, essay or article that you have never read in class (a “sight passage”) that you will be asked to read and analyze.
Read the included sight passage thoroughly. Look up any words that you do not understand in a dictionary (bring your own)!
Answer each question fully (pay attention to the mark allotment for each)
Choose ONE of the paragraph topics provided
The paragraphs will discuss the relevance of your selected topic in connection to ONE of our course texts studied this semester (Twelfth Night, To Kill a Mockingbird or your Book Club Novel)
Choose which course text you will analyze in your paragraph
Plan your thesis statement, supporting arguments, and points/proofs/ analyses; in your paragraph, you must make reference to two specific examples from the core texts in the form of accurate paraphrasing or direct quotations as proof for your points.
Write your paragraph! Maintain a formal tone and use persuasive language.

Part A - Practice sight passage #1:

Read the following poem carefully. Respond to the corresponding short answer questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of lined paper. Please pay attention to the mark allotments for each question.

“The Rose That Grew From Concrete” by Tupac Shakur

Did you hear about the rose that grew
from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature's law is wrong it
learned to walk without having feet.
Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,
it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else ever cared.

Please respond to the following thinking questions: 20 marks in total

1. Analyze the tone of the poem. Support your answer and explain how the author has created the tone. (3 marks)

2. Find two different types of figurative language/literary devices used in the poem. Explain the effectiveness of each example. (6 marks)

3. What is the theme of the poem? Support your answer. Write a short response that explains the poem’s theme. Think about the title, symbolism and any other figurative language/literary devices used that hint at the poem’s central message. (6 marks)

4. Write a short paragraph response about what text-to-text connection(s) you can make between this poem and other text(s) studied this year? Think about the character development, themes, symbols, etc. Please do not use the same course text that you use in Part B of the final exam (the persuasive paragraph section).(5 marks)

Part A - Practice sight passage #2:

Read the following poem carefully. Respond to the corresponding short answer questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of lined paper. Please pay attention to the mark allotments for each question.

“Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes

Well, son, I’ll tell you:

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

It’s had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor—

Bare.

But all the time

I’se been a-climbin’ on,

And reachin’ landin’s,

And turnin’ corners,

And sometimes goin’ in the dark

Where there ain’t been no light.

So boy, don’t you turn back.

Don’t you set down on the steps

’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.

Don’t you fall now—

For I’se still goin’, honey,

I’se still climbin’,

And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

Please respond to the following thinking questions: 20 marks in total

1. Analyze the tone of the poem. Support your answer and explain how the author has created the tone. (3 marks)

2. Find two different types of figurative language/literary devices used in the poem. Explain the effectiveness of each example. (6 marks)

Part A - Practice sight passage #3:

Read the following poem carefully. Respond to the corresponding short answer questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of lined paper. Please pay attention to the mark allotments for each question.

“A Dream Within a Dream” by Edgar Allan Poe

Take this kiss upon the brow!

And, in parting from you now,

Thus much let me avow —

You are not wrong, who deem

That my days have been a dream;

Yet if hope has flown away

In a night, or in a day,

In a vision, or in none,

Is it therefore the lessgone?

Allthat we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar

Of a surf-tormented shore,

And I hold within my hand

Grains of the golden sand —

How few! yet how they creep

Through my fingers to the deep,

While I weep — while I weep!

O God! Can I not grasp

Them with a tighter clasp?

O God! can I not save

Onefrom the pitiless wave?

Isallthat we see or seem

But a dream within a dream?

Please respond to the following thinking questions: 20 marks in total

1. Analyze the tone of the poem. Support your answer and explain how the author has created the tone. (3 marks)

2. Find two different types of figurative language/literary devices used in the poem. Explain the effectiveness of each example. (6 marks)

4. Write a short paragraph response about what text-to-text connection(s) you can make between this poem and other text(s) studied this year? Think about the character development, themes, symbols, etc. Please do not use the same course text that you use in Part B of the final exam (the persuasive paragraph section). (5 marks)

Part B – Persuasive Paragraph:

For the second part of this exam, you are expected to write a PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH based on ONE of the topics provided. In your paragraph you must refer to ONE of the course texts studied this year (To Kill A Mockingbird, Twelfth Night, or your Book Club novel). The attached rubric will be used to mark your work for Part B.

Choose ONE topic on the exam (you will have a choice of three topics).

Decide what position you would like to defend (your thesis statement).

You must be able to identify two specific reasons (your points) to justify/prove your point. Armed with this, you will now write a concise paragraph.

Spend the most time on your analysis sentences

Double spaced your work.

Format: Your paragraph should be 8-12 sentences and must include the following sentences:

1)A topic ‘hook’

2)A context sentence

3)Your position (a clear thesis statement)

4)Argument ‘menu’

5)Point, proof (a paraphrased example), and analysis structure (X2)

6)A closing sentence that recaps your thesis

Practice Topics:

1.The conflict between one’s duties and self-interest leads to tragedy. Discuss the truth of this statement with reference to ONE of the core text studied this year (To Kill a Mockingbird, any one of the Book Club options, and Twelfth Night).

2.A wise character learns to see his/her faults and to act accordingly. Discuss the truth of this statement with reference to ONE of the core text studied this year (To Kill a Mockingbird, any one of the Book Club options, and Twelfth Night).

3.A character’s real personality appears when this person faces a crisis. Discuss the truth of this statement with reference to ONE of the core text studied this year(To Kill a Mockingbird, any one of the Book Club options, and Twelfth Night).