SEMESTER 2 EXAM – Review – You WILL be handing this in.

Part I: General test section: Overall multiple choice/short answer over the novels or any other reading material or concepts we have covered this semester– I will create these questions

Part II. Test Directions: Character Identification – Next to each of the following quotations or descriptions, put the letter next to the name of the character described. A character may be described more than once.

Review directions: Find five quotes and write them below with the PAGE NUMBERS that would work for this section from Ceremony or Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Part III. Test Directions: Matching quotes – Who said it? Put the name of the character or author next to the quotation.

Review directions: Find five quotes and write them below with the PAGE NUMBERS that would work for this section from Ceremony or Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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Part IV. Test Directions: Author/Work Facts- Write the last name of the correct author/work next to the facts below. Use the list to help with names if needed.Review directions: Find four facts about your author or their work and write them below (Alice Walker, Leslie Marmon Silko, Zora Neale Hurston, W.E.B. DuBois)

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Test V. Directions: Passage Identification– Write the first name of the correct work next to the lines below. Use the list to help with names if needed.

Review directions: Find two passage representations from the following works and write them below: “Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective,” “How it feels to be colored me,” DuBois’ theory of double-consciousness, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Ceremony, “Looking for Zora”

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Part VI. Test Directions:? Grammar exercises- run-ons, fragments, conjunctions, colons, semicolons, and dashes. Choose the best answer to make the sentence grammatically correct

Review directions: write one multiple choice question for each type of the above. You may attach a separate sheet as needed.

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Part VIII. Major essay on exam:

As you revisit the various works we have read this year, consider the similarities and the differences in how the works represent an American perspective, message or ideal, and how those perspectives, messages or ideals are presented. Then write an essay explaining how your Book of Choice can be considered characteristically American and how that idea is also presented in at least two of the other works we have read this year. You will demonstrate your understanding of this in an essay using concrete examples from your texts. Your answers must be consistent with the actual messages that the authors send throughout each of their works AS A WHOLE.

I suggest creating a thesis statement that answers this message clearly and concisely in two or three sentences. While you may not bring this into your actual exam, it is an essential part of your planning, reviewing and studying.

You will need to use concrete evidence AND at least one actual quote from each work in your final essay on the exam (your quotes must be incorporated correctly), and you must discuss each work individually. You must also use at least one semicolon and one colon correctly in your essay.

Other than the quotes, you will not be able to use any additional material or have any of your essay prewritten. You should be familiar enough with your thesis and have reviewed sufficiently to be able to describe your ideas without needing additional notes beyond your quotations.

You will need to finish in the time allowed so make sure you plan accordingly.

Notes: One incident (or character) may not necessarily be representative of the message as a whole. Make sure you are consistent with the actual messages that the authors send throughout each of their works AS A WHOLE.

Make sure you clearly explain what the concrete evidence proves.

Rubric

10 / Clear, focused thesis statement explaining an American perspective, message, or ideal
10 / Accurate and adequate concrete examples from Book of Choice used to support the thesis statement
10 / Accurate and adequate concrete examples from 2nd work used to support the thesis statement
10 / Accurate and adequate concrete examples from 3rd work used to support the thesis statement
20 / Connections between works and messages explained specifically, addressing both similarities and differences, demonstrating understanding of subtleties of the works and the authors’ messages
5 / Quotes incorporated correctly from Book of Choice
5 / Quotes incorporated correctly from 2nd work
5 / Quotes incorporated correctly from 3rd work
5 / At least one semicolon used correctly
5 / At least one colon used correctly
15 / Overall quality and complexity of writing