Thurs. Apr. 28, 2016: Test Prep

Today, I reviewed the exam with the students. the following was on the handout presented. Please remember that, if you miss this exam, you will have to write an alternative.

Poetry Test: Test Prep Sheet (ELA B30)

In order to do well on the upcoming exam, you will need to study and apply the steps to reading poetry. On an exam, I will NOT mark you on questions, summary, purpose or topic so you will NOT need to demonstrate these. I WILL mark you on title analysis, rhyme scheme, stanzas, lines, punctuation highlight, layout anomaly identification, highlighting unknown words (though you will not be able to look them up; it still helps with identification), and highlighting and defining literary devices.

You will also need to know the following literary devices from your literary devices sheet:

Irony                                        Paradox                          Simile

Alliteration                              Metaphor                       Parallelism

Allusion                                   Metonymy                      Personification

Prolepsis                                  Onomatopoeia              Satire

Hyperbole                                Oxymoron                      Pun

In addition, some of the following words may be unfamiliar to you (if they are, look them up and study them within the context of sentences):

Reinforce

Emphasize

Convey

Parallelism (parallel)

Contrast

Implication (implied, implies)

Paradox (paradoxical)

Pathos

Perception

Exhibitionist

Marvel

Metaphorically

illustrate

chaos

customariness

ineptitude

attainable

narrative