FINAL EXAM REVIEW—AMERICAN LIT 112B
Vocabulary: For each word you should be familiar with the definition, synonyms, antonyms, and be able to use in a sentence.
Unit 9Unit 10Unit 11Unit 12
abateaccruecensurableabsolve
astutecovertcorroboratedeleterious
avaricefortuitousdisseminateimplicit
culpableimperiousinculcateostentatious
pretentiousprocrastinatepalpableparagon
sedentarysatiateredundant
Unit 13Unit 14Unit 15
blatantamenableadamant
disconsolateberatecurtail
impassivedepletedeference
inauspiciousextraneousimpromptu
opportuneobduraterequisite
prolificsupplicatethwart
Literary Periods—Give three characteristics of each literary period.
Anti-Transcendentalism
Realism
Local Color/Regionalism
Naturalism
Modernism
Anti-Transcendentalism
List three characteristics of Gothic literature
“The Masque of the Red Death” (handout)
--Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
“The Raven” p.312
-Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
“What Redburn Saw in Launcelot’s Hay” by Herman Melville (handout)
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
“The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne p. 272
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
Walt Whitman: Define terms:
Catalog
Free verse
Anaphora
Epistrophe
Repetition
“Song of Myself” p. 428
Emily Dickinson
Details about her life, style, subject matter
Realism
“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin p. 628
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce p. 480
--Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
“War Is Kind” (handout)
Local Color
Exemplified by Mark Twain and Kate Chopin
Naturalism
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London p. 596
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
Modernism
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter p. 834
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
Harlem Renaissance
What? When? Who?
Southern Literature—Be familiar with the authors, characters, plot, and the main idea of the following works.
Spirituals and Code Songs p.531, 532, 534
“Jim Blaine and His Grandfather’s Old Ram” by Mark Twain (handout)
“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner (p. 816)
“The Life You Save May be Your Own” by Flannery O’Connor p. 1012
“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty p. 848
“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker p. 1312
Research Paper
Explain/define the following terms:
thesis
outline
introduction
body paragraphs
conclusion
parenthetical documentation
lead-in
rough draft
paraphrasing
works cited page
Poetry Terms—Define the following terms and be able to recognize in poetry.
personification
alliteration
assonance
consonance
imagery
free verse
lyric poem
narrative poem
parallelism
rhythm
tone
speaker
simile
refrain
Exam Format
Approximately 125 Scantron questions
Critical Reading
Essay Questions
REVIEW SESSION FOR FINAL
Monday, May 21 at 1 p.m.
B 204
Admission Ticket to Review Session: Completed Study Guide
(Define all terms in bold and list setting, plot, characters, theme where noted.)