English 11 Midterm Study Guide 2024 PDF
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This is a study guide for an English 11 midterm exam. It covers literary and graphic novel terms, examples, passages, and response paragraph structure, along with important literary elements to know, like literary techniques and specific works. A midterm exam based on these topics is anticipated.
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English 11 Midterm Study Guide 2024 Structure of the Exam Subject Question Type + Point Value Literary & Graphic Novel Terms 10 Multiple Choice Questions - Identify definitions & examples (1 pt. each) Cold Pass...
English 11 Midterm Study Guide 2024 Structure of the Exam Subject Question Type + Point Value Literary & Graphic Novel Terms 10 Multiple Choice Questions - Identify definitions & examples (1 pt. each) Cold Passage Reading 5 Multiple Choice Questions - Read a passage from an unknown work of (2 pts. each) literature to show comprehension & analysis Known Passage - Written Response 2 Written Response Questions - Read a passage from a known literary work (5 pts. each) in this class to show comprehension & analysis Known Passage - Response Paragraph 1 Response Paragraph - Read a passage from a known literary work (20 pts.) in this class and write a response paragraph using the proper structure Literary Works: General knowledge of the following literary works will be helpful on the exam. 1) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 2) A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum Literary Terms: Knowledge of the following literary and graphic novel techniques will be essential on the exam. Simile ________________________________________________________________________ Metaphor _____________________________________________________________________ Personification _________________________________________________________________ Imagery ______________________________________________________________________ Foreshadowing _________________________________________________________________ Irony _________________________________________________________________________ Characterization ________________________________________________________________ English 11 Midterm Study Guide 2024 Setting _______________________________________________________________________ Conflict ______________________________________________________________________ Point of view __________________________________________________________________ Allusion ______________________________________________________________________ Tone _________________________________________________________________________ Theme _______________________________________________________________________ Panel _________________________________________________________________________ Speech Bubble _________________________________________________________________ Emanata ______________________________________________________________________ Graphic Weight ________________________________________________________________ Camera Angle _________________________________________________________________ Caption _______________________________________________________________________ Response Paragraph: Strong understanding of response paragraph structure will be helpful on your exam. Review the structure, as well as your performance on the two response paragraphs we have done in this class: Persepolis Response Paragraph & AWINM Quiz Response Paragraph. 1. A Topic Sentence (which has three parts) [one sentence] a. Title of text and its author b. The literary technique you will analyze c. The elemental effect of that feature (how does the literary technique develop an element of the text, such as character, conflict, or theme?) 2. The Context/Build [one to two sentence(s)] a. Provides context about the passage 3. Quotation integrated into the paragraph with full MLA in-text citation [one sentence] a. Includes a bridge into the quote b. Provides the words that will be analyzed English 11 Midterm Study Guide 2024 4. The Analysis a. Demonstrates and explains how your quotation is an appropriate example of the literary technique you identified in your topic sentence b. Analyzes the quotation’s words to argue how they build the elemental effect 5. The Conclusion [one sentence] a. Offers some extension or consequence of the idea you have proven b. Connects ideas to the larger significance in the novel