Midterm Breakdown English 351

Bellwork  Be in your seat at the bell…or tardy.  Grab the handout for today. Begin to look over it. Today is exam review.  From today on: food is banned in class. A cell phone = a referral (too many warnings already)

Exam Overview  Worth: 20% of semester grade  # of questions: 62  Sections: (I) Romanticism & Transcendentalism, (II) STEAL Characterization, (III) Rhetorical Précis, (IV) Thematic statements, (V) Theme paragraph writing, (VI) “When writing essays,” (VII) Literary style, (VIII) & (IX) read a passage each section & answer questions on it (kind of like ACT reading)

Section I: Rom. & Trans.  Know the beliefs of each one  Know where they overlap in beliefs  Total # of questions: 5

Section II: STEAL  You will receive a passage about a character from a story we read this semester.  The passage will be broken up into line numbers (like in our PPT review game).  You will need to be able to state which lines display which elements. # of questions: 5 (for each STEAL element).  Sample question: Which line(s) display(s) characterization through thoughts?

Section III: Rhetorical Précis  Know the description of each of the four sentences and what order they go in as well as what should be included in each.  Be able to look at a sample précis and identify the sentences and what order they should be in.  # of questions: 7

Section IV: Thematic Statements  Know the definitions of each common, universal theme topic (notes sheet is online).  Know the do’s & don’t’s of writing a theme statement.  Be able to identify a sample cliché from a sample vague and sample command.  # of questions: 10

Section V: Theme Paragraphs  Know what all goes into writing a theme paragraph.  Know the three theme paragraph rules.  # of questions: 3

Section VI: When Writing Essays  Know the correct perspective for academic essays.  Know how to introduce and cite quotes.  Be able to identify a simple from compound from complex sentence.  Be able to distinguish the following grammar errors (have nothing in common): fragment, vague pronoun reference, run-on.  # of questions: 6

Section VII: Literary Style  Be able to distinguish use of dialogue from alliteration from allusion when given samples.  Memorize the elements of literary style definitions (remember, copies of this and all notes can be reviewed online).  # of questions: 14

Sections VIII-IX  8:  You will read a short passage & answer 7 T/F plot-based questions (reading comprehension)  9:  You will read a second passage & answer 5 more reading comprehension questions.

Class: Mon. & Tue. …are study days…  …allowed to go to library to study for this class  …allowed to do so for working on any 0’s or needed revisions for this class  …allowed to do so or to stay to work on anything else for any class you may need to work on  … not allowed to chill on cell phones or party or be loud and disrupt for the sake of doing so