Notices

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Notices

• We return textbooks on FRIDAY
• If you have one of my SSR books, please return
  it.
• If you would like to donate SSR books, bring them
  in by your Final Exam

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Sophomore Final Exam

• What to Prepare?

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Vocabulary

• 15 questions for Unit 8
• Pronunciation
• Definition
• Synonym
• Antonym
• Completing the Sentence

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Grammar

• Active/Passive Voice
• Modifiers
• Use of pronouns

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Figurative Language

• Know which is which
• hyperbole, simile, metaphor, allusion, metonymy,
  apostrophe, personification
• Be able to
• identify them in context
• interpret their literal meanings

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Cyrano de Bergerac

• Know
• Examples of irony throughout
• The meaning and significance of the white plume
• Characters, their traits, and their contributions
  to the story
• The plot and order of events cause and effect
• Cyranos philosophy
• The outcome of the story
• Where each Act takes place

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Greek Theater

• Know
• Construction of the Greek theaters
• How early theater developed
• Why Greeks went to the theater
• Original meanings of the words drama, comedy,
  and scene
• The purpose and function of the Chorus
• Purposes of masks

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Sophocles

• Know
• What Sophocles added to Greek Theater
• The background of his most famous trilogy
  (Oedipus and his familys fate)
• The rise and fall of the tragic hero
• Hamartia
• Hubris
• Peripetia
• The difference between a tragic protagonist and
  an antagonist

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Antigone

• Know
• Characters and their motivations
• Plot sequence of events cause and effect
• The major themes of the play
• How to identify irony in the play
• dramatic, verbal, and situation

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Research Skills and MLA Format

• Know
• How to format parenthetical citations
• How to format Works Cited entries
• Where to look for information
• Key and search words that are most effective
• What types of sources are credible or not
• Note card format
• MLA format, typed

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Essay Portion Requirements

• Meaningful thesis statement in the right place
• Fully developed, using relevant evidence
• Elaborate on your reasoning and use of evidence
• Use at least three sources from this semester
  (literature, films, and research project content).

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Essay Prompt Happy Endings

• Modern audiences are accustomed to a happy
• (often referred to as a Hollywood) ending.
  However,
• it has been your experience this year that much
  classic
• literature does not end happily. Even the lives
  of great
• leaders and world contributors do not always end
• happily. Does this affect the legacy left by
  literature or
• great thinkers? Is a happy ending always best?
  In an
• organized essay, challenge or defend the claim
  that a
• happy ending is always better. Use the
  experience youve
• gained through literature, research, and films in
  class this
• semester to develop and defend your position.

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Final Schedule
800 1000 1020 1220
Monday Per. 2 Per. 5
Tuesday Per. 3 Per. 6
Wednesday Per. 4 Per. 1