ENG12A *Have your U5 study guide out. Unit 5 Test Review ENG12A *Have your U5 study guide out.

Part I: Multiple Choice DROPPED

Part II: Open Book Assessment There will be about 3-4 short response questions to respond to. ALL short response answers must be submitted to CheckMyWork before turning in your open book assessment. Just like submitting a portfolio assignment to CheckMyWork, short response answers to assessments will be submitted the exact same way. The only difference is the CheckMyWork report link, along with the answer, must be pasted into the assessment. Since the short response questions are provided to students ahead of time in the unit test study guides posted on the class message board, all students have the opportunity to write out their responses before opening the assessment.

Short Answers How to get full points on the short answer portion of the test. Take time to review the question and map out a response BEFORE opening the test. Answer ALL PARTS of a multi-part question. Use correct grammar and punctuation. Write at LEAST 3-5 sentences. Only writing ONE sentence is not acceptable. Make sure your response is clear and understandable. Give specific evidence by providing examples from the text. Include the CheckMyWork link with your responses. Use the R.A.C.E strategy!!

Short Answer Questions Part 1 Select ONE of the following prompts and respond in a FULL PARAGRAPH

Prompt A: What inferences can you make about the background and personality of Samuel Pepys based on his diary entry about the Great Fire of London? (4 points) Unpack the prompt: What is the prompt asking you to do? What is an inference? Whose background and personality are you going to make an inference about? What are you going to base your inferences off of?

Prompt B: What techniques does Pope use to weave humor into the poem “The Rape of the Lock”? Explain why the techniques are humorous. (4 points) Unpack the prompt: What is the prompt asking you to do? 1. What techniques does Pope use to bring humor into his poem The Rape of the Lock? Think of the diction Pope uses. Use of descriptive details. 2. Explain why those techniques are humorous. Think of humorous as in ironic or unusual. Having a sense of humor or showing amusement. Not as “ha, ha” funny like in a comedy.

Prompt C: Based on what you know about Swift and the internal evidence in “A Modest Proposal”, how can you tell that the “proposal” in the essay is, in fact, the opposite of what the words themselves suggest? (4 points) Unpack the prompt: What is the prompt asking you to do? What do you know about Swift? What is internal evidence? Think of it as irony. What is a proposal?

Short Answer Questions Part 2 Select ONE of the following prompts and respond in a FULL PARAGRAPH

Prompt A: In Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, the speaker wonders about the potential accomplishments of those buried in the churchyard. What does the speaker imagine for these men? Discuss these possible achievements using supporting details from the text. (4 points) Unpack the prompt: What is the prompt asking you to do? What does the speaker imagine for the men buried in the churchyard? Discuss what ideas the speakers has by using details from the text as your evidence.

Prompt B: In Pope’s Essay on Man, how does the speaker cast humankind’s relationship to both God and His creation? Support your answer with examples from the text. (4 points) Unpack the prompt: What is the prompt asking you to do? How does the speaker cast humankind’s relationship to both God and His creation? Explain the human’s relationship with God. Explain the human’s relationship with God’s creations. Support response with evidence from the text.

Prompt C: In which of Alexander Pope’s works does he twist the conventions of the epic poem to create a satirical tone? Support your answer with examples from that text. (4 points) Unpack the prompt: What is the prompt asking you to do? Think about the works of Alexander Pope. Use Pope’s The Rape of the Lock as your analysis. What is an epic poem? What is satirical tone? Give examples of the conventions of epic poetry that are mocked in the work. upper-class characters cast tongue-in-cheek as noble heroes, maidens, etc. when they are obviously buffoons the presence of supernatural characters the interest of all Creation in the petty concerns of the spoiled aristocracy

Essay Question You will respond to ONE of the following prompts in a well organized 3–5 paragraph essay. Answers should be written in complete sentences. HIGHLY recommended that your response contain multiple paragraphs. FULLY explain your answer and give specific details for support. This is not another short answer. This is an ESSAY. Include the CheckMyWork link with your response.

Prompt A: Compare the purpose and characteristics of satire in Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” and Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”. Which do you consider more effective, and why? How do these satires compare to popular satires of today? (16 points) Unpack the prompt: What is the prompt asking you to do? 1. Compare and Contrast the purpose AND characteristics of… Pope’s The Rape of the Lock Swift’s A Modest Proposal 2. Which do you consider more effective, and why? 3. How do these satires compare to popular satires of today? The essay should contain a clear and concise thesis statement, and it should clearly reference elements of satire in the two literary works. Response should demonstrate an understanding of satire in general and reference the tone and targets of the two satires by Pope and Swift and draw parallels between them and satire as found in today’s media.

Pope’s The Rape of the Lock Swift’s A Modest Proposal Describes how a lock of hair is cut off and stolen from young Belinda by an ardent baron. Lofty diction and descriptive details A harsh attack on social conditions in Ireland. The proposal is not at all modest and is certainly no solution to suffering Diction Connotation

Prompt B: The Enlightenment preached the dominion of reason over irrationality. Which of the selections from this unit do you think most exemplified the ideals of the Enlightenment, and why? (16 points) Unpack the prompt: What is the prompt asking you to do? Select a work, analyze it thoroughly, and explain how it exemplifies the Enlightenment values of reason and logic. Specific aspects of the selected work should be quoted or paraphrased, with an indication that the student understands those aspects and their connection to unit content as a whole.

Prompt C: Based on what you know about Enlightenment ideals and the characteristics of pre-Romantic poetry, write a dialogue between two imaginary poets, one representing the Enlightenment and the other the pre-Romantic movement, about the purpose of literature. (16 points) Unpack the prompt: What is the prompt asking you to do? The essay may reference actual poets covered in the unit, or create two archetypal figures —one pre-Romantic poet and one Enlightenment poet. In either case, the imaginary dialogue should indicate an understanding of both pre-Romantic and Enlightenment values and literary techniques, with perhaps a greater emphasis on the material explored in Unit 5.