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.)