1. Schwarz/New Applied English 3 June 2013
FINAL REVIEW
Schwarz/New
Applied English 3
June 2013

2. Vocabulary Review Adjoining: touching at a point, adjacent
Corpulent: having a large, bulky body, obese
Covet: enviously desiring something belonging to someone else
Jovial: full of good humor
Malicious: feeling malice or ill will

3. Vocabulary Review Retain: keep possession of, hold
Admonish: warn of fault, reprove, caution
Censure: criticize harshly, find fault with
Resent: feel or show annoyance
Ingenious: clever, smart, sly

4. Vocabulary Review
Libel: to injure a person’s reputation by making false statements
Anticipation: looking forward to a future event
Panorama: full range of an area
Trite: overused, lacking freshness
Bliss: perfect happiness

5. Vocabulary Review Obliterate: destroy all trace of
Tedious: tiresome, boring task
Countenance: look or expression on one’s face
Affliction: anything causing mental and or physical suffering
Tranquil: free from agitation

6. Literary Terms Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sound
Simile: expressed comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Metaphor: an implied comparison
Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration

7. Literary Terms Imagery: presenting a vivid picture to evoke emotions
Onomatopoeia: words that sound like the word they represent
Ex. The “pop” of the breaking balloon
Personification: using human or animal qualities to describe inanimate objects

8. Poetry Terms Epic Poem: a poem written about a hero and his/her deeds
Stanza: two or more lines in poetry that relate to each other
Rhyme: words that have a similar sound
Rhyme Scheme: a pattern of rhyme
Sonnet: a 14-line poem
Blank verse: no particular rhyme scheme

9. “Remember” author: Alice Walker
Poem written about an injured slave girl who transforms herself into a strong, healed woman
Uses the terms ‘justice and hope’ as a positive way to overcome her situation

10. “Your Hand in Mine” author: Alaide Foppe
Poem written from the mother’s perspective about her child
Discusses the strong bond between mother and child
Discusses how mother and child both need each other for strength and survival

11. “Dad” author: Elaine Feinstein
Poem about young woman remembering her father when he was alive
She feels sadness , but has fond memories of her father
Father suddenly died of a heart attack

12. Macbeth author: William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was born in 1564
Macbeth is a tragedy
Macbeth receives three prophecies from the witches (three is repeated in the play)
Foreshadows future events
Macbeth desires to become King of Scotland
Lady Macbeth is greedy and strongly urges Macbeth to kill King Duncan

13. Macbeth Drug servants so they sleep through Duncan’s murder
Macbeth becomes very guilty and has hallucinations
Lady Macbeth becomes guilty and ends up committing suicide
After much ambitious killing, Macbeth is beheaded by Macduff
Soliloquy: speech alone on stage letting the audience know the actor’s thoughts

14. Mole People Author: Jennifer Toth
Story written by journalist Jennifer Toth
Describes life of the homeless living in the abandoned transportation tunnels of NYC
Bernard “Lord of the Tunnels” tries to help the homeless by keeping them safe and proving food. Described as ‘animalistic’
Bernard stands up to Hector who was terrorizing people

15. Mole People Many homeless are mentally ill and have drug addictions
Police have difficulty helping because they are afraid to go into the tunnels
Hub- central location Bernard kept a fire burning with coffee and food
Disdain- to look down upon
Dangers of tunnels-disease, violence