Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut
Human Population Through Time
World Population Count-Up
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Precis Statement |
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Frankenstein
Frank-Tank Monster Organizer Digital Novel Audio SparkNotes Examples of Frankenstein Mind Maps Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 |
The Canterbury Tales
SUMMATIVE TEST STUDY NOTES--
22 MC ?s
1 short response
Plot of Prologue (beginning, middle, end)
Plot of The Pardoner’s Tale (beginning, middle, end)
The Prologue’s pilgrimage = frame the stories
Who’s the judge of the contest? Host or Narrator
Rat tails suggests what? (moral corruption) Direct or Indirect?
Prologue’s theme = variety of human nature (aka, walks of life)
Irony at end of The Pardoner’s Tale
Pay close attention to description of three rioters
Effective exemplum = clear characterization
Modern day exemplum (may not use “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”)
Real traitor = three rioters or death
To summarize means what…?
To infer means what…?
Moral of the story: radix malorum est cupiditas
Archetypal narrative elements are…
Define: lowly, servile, prating, timorous, pallor, commission, avouches, direct characterization, indirect characterization, exemplum
“The Seafarer” & Beowulf Study Guide
32 multiple choice/true-false questions
1 short response
Know the plot (beginning, middle, end) of: “The Seafarer” and Beowulf
Characteristics of lyric poetry (p. 15)
Characteristics of the Epic (p. 37 and 9-bulleted points on front of think-tank)
Value of historical context clarifies story situations and time-periods
Recognize devices in use: kenning, caesura, alliteration, allusion, assonance
Appreciate themes of: honor, valor, fairness, good will triumph
Theme of “Beowulf” = valor will triumph
Summarize / paraphrase lines or passages
Know influential characters: Beowulf, Hrothgar, Wiglaf, Grendel, Grendel’s Mother, The Dragon
Symbolism: gold necklace, tower
Know the following concepts and vocabulary words: invocation to the muses, exaggeration, in medias res, fervent, purge
32 multiple choice/true-false questions
1 short response
Know the plot (beginning, middle, end) of: “The Seafarer” and Beowulf
Characteristics of lyric poetry (p. 15)
Characteristics of the Epic (p. 37 and 9-bulleted points on front of think-tank)
Value of historical context clarifies story situations and time-periods
Recognize devices in use: kenning, caesura, alliteration, allusion, assonance
Appreciate themes of: honor, valor, fairness, good will triumph
Theme of “Beowulf” = valor will triumph
Summarize / paraphrase lines or passages
Know influential characters: Beowulf, Hrothgar, Wiglaf, Grendel, Grendel’s Mother, The Dragon
Symbolism: gold necklace, tower
Know the following concepts and vocabulary words: invocation to the muses, exaggeration, in medias res, fervent, purge
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