1. 50 multiple choice questions (50%) 1 -5 paragraph essay (50%)
Final review 2017
50 multiple choice questions (50%)
1 -5 paragraph essay (50%)

2. Literary device/elements
Allusion: is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Example:
“I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.”
“He was a real Romeo with the ladies.”
Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
“This book weighs a ton!”
“After practice, I was so hungry I ate like 100 cheeseburgers!”

3. Literary Concepts and Definitions:
Irony: a term for situations and for written and spoken observations that suggest some sort of incongruity (discrepancy) between appearance and reality. 
Dramatic Irony: When the audience knows something that the characters do not
For example:
In Hamlet, we know Laertes is hiding behind the curtain but Hamlet does not.
We also know that Hamlet is pretending to act crazy as part of his plan to exact revenge, but the other characters in the play do not.

4. Literary Concepts and Definitions:
Characterization
Indirect- when the narrator shows something about the character through the character’s actions, speech, or things other character’s say.
Direct- when the narrator specifically tells us what the character is like
Example: help/explain-difference-between-direct-indirect

5. Literary Concepts and Definitions:
Mood and Tone
Mood- the emotional feeling that a work of literature produces in the READER
Tone- the attitude or approach that the author takes toward the work’s central theme or subject
What’s the difference?
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6. Literary Concepts and Definitions:
Hamlet:
Tragedy: a literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstance
Tragic Hero: the main character in a tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering or defeat and has a fatal flaw
Elements of a tragic hero:
Tragic Flaw: a literary term that refers to a personality trait of a main character that leads to his or her downfall.
Hamlet’s tragic flaw? Indecision= Procrastination!

7. Elements of Plot

8. Elements of Plot (cont’d)

9. Dramatic Elements
Aside: words spoken by an actor to the audience that the other characters do not hear; a low remark made that is only intended for the audience to hear
Dialogue: conversation spoken between 2 or more characters within a drama
Monologue: a long speech given by one character where that character often forgets that others are even there
Diction: writer’s choice of words
Soliloquy: a long speech given by one character while they are alone on stage

10. Literary Concepts and Definitions:
Context
Anything beyond the specific words of a literary work that may be relevant to understanding the meaning. Contexts may be economic, social, cultural, historical, literary, biographical
Literal vs. Figurative
docs/LiteralFigurativeHandout.pdf
Implicit vs. Explicit
vs-explicit

11. The Things They Carried
Verisimilitude
Definition: the quality in a story that would cause a reader to either believe that the story is true or could be true because it has the semblance of reality.
The genre of TTTC… means being believable. Hard to distinguish between what’s true and what’s fiction
Abstraction: a term that is applied to ideas that are philosophical and emotional, not concrete or tangible, yet the idea comes from experience.
Examples: truth, liberty, freedom, courage, love

12. Essay– 50% of total final exam grade
Theme, character, or elements of tragedy as they relate to
1. Hamlet OR
2. The Things They Carried
How to prepare??
Review the major themes and characters of the previous titles
Review elements of tragedy including tragic hero/flaw
Consider evidence (page #s and direct quotes not needed)