1O LANGUAGE ARTS

FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2014

THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Gabriel Utterson –

narrator, longtime friend of Jekyll and Lanyon

Mr. Hyde – evil, sinister alter ego of Jekyll

Dr. Jekyll – doctor who takes potion to become Hyde

Dr. Lanyon – doctor who looks down on Jekyll’s “scientific balderdash”, longtime friend of both Jekyll and Utterson

STEVENSON’S BACKGROUND BORN IN 1850 IN

SCOTLAND ONLY CHILD – VERY

DOTED ON, MIDDLE CLASS

SUFFERED CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS

NURSE/NANNY READ HIM STORIES WHICH GREATLY INFLUENCED HIM TO PURSUE LITERATURE

GOTHIC ELEMENTS SETTING IN A CASTLE ATMOSPHERE OF MYSTERY

AND SUSPENSE AN ANCIENT PROPHECY OMENS, VISIONS, DREAMS SUPERNATURAL/INEXPLIC-

ABLE EVENTS HIGH EMOTION WOMEN IN PERIL OR

DISTRESS WOMEN BEING THREATENED

BY A POWERFUL MALE DOOM AND GLOOM

IMAGERY

VICTORIAN LONDON SOCIAL CLASS THE RAILWAYS GENTLEMEN/UPPER

MIDDLE CLASS SEXUALITY NOT OPENLY

DISCUSSED SMALL ROLES OF

WOMEN FAITH/DOUBTING OF

FAITH – LOGIC DARWIN AND

DARWINISM (SURVIVAL OF FITTEST, THEORY OF EVOLUTION)

TIME PERIOD: 1837-1901 CHANGES IN VICTORIAN

ENGLAND INDUSTRIALIZATION HUGE INCREASES IN THE

NATION’S WEALTH EXTREMES OF WEALTH

AND POVERTY GROWING DIVISIONS

BETWEEN COUNTRY AND CITY LIFESTYLES

RAPID POPULATION GROWTH AND INCREASES IN MIDDLE CLASS

INCREASE IN BATTLE FOR DEMOCRACY

VICTORIAN LONDON GOOD VS. BAD

GOOD RECEIVED REWARDS, BAD WERE PUNISHED

POOR TREATED BADLY, RICH WERE SCORNED AND ENVIED

HEROES WERE PEOPLE OF VIRTUE

FEAR OF PEOPLE LARGER CITIES, FEAR OF

RIOTING/REVOLUTIONS RELIGIOUS UNDERTONES,

DEEPER MEANING DOMINANT MALE ROLES LACK OF FEMALE ROLES SEXUALITY, ABSENT OR

HINTED AT

LITERARY TERMS1. THEME

2. REPETITION

3. VERBAL IRONY

A. “I TELL THEE, KATE, ‘TWAS BURNT AND DRIED AWAY./AND I AM EXPRESSLY FORBID TO TOUCH IT.”

B. “YOU LIE, IN FAITH; FOR YOU ARE CALL’D PLAIN KATE,/AND BONNY KATE AND SOMETIMES KATE THE CURST;”

C. “THUS HAVE I POLITICLY BEGUN MY REIGN,/AND TIS MY HOPE TO END SUCCESSFULLY.”

LITERARY TERMS 1. SITUATIONAL

IRONY

2. AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

3. IMAGERY

A. “SIR, MY MISTRESS SENDS YOU WORD/THAT SHE IS BUSY AND CANNOT COME.” (ACT V)

B. “MY FALCON NOW IS SHARP AND PASSING EMPTY,/AND TILL SHE STOOP, SHE MUST NOT BE FULL-GORGED,” (ACT IV)

C. “THUS IN PLAIN TERMS; YOUR FATHER HATH CONSENTED/THAT YOU SHALL BE MY WIFE; YOUR DOWRY ‘GREED ON;/AND, WILL YOU, NILL YOU, I WILL MARRY YOU.” (ACT II)

LITERARY ELEMENTS 1.FORESHADOWIN

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2. DYNAMIC CHARACTER

A. “MY MIND HATH BEEN AS BIG AS ONE OF YOURS,/ MY HEART AS GREAT, MY REASON HAPLY MORE,/ TO BANDY WORD FOR WORD AND FROWN FOR FROWN./ BUT NOW I SEE OUR LANCES ARE BUT STRAWS,” KATE – ACT V

B. “BUT THE SUN IT IS NOT, WHEN YOU SAY IT IS NOT,/AND THE MOON CHANGES EVEN AS YOUR MIND.” KATE – ACT IV, SCENE 5

LITERARY ELEMENTS 1.STATIC

CHARACTER

2.TONE

A. “WHY THERE’S A WENCH! COME ON AND KISS ME, KATE.”PETRUCHIO, ACT V, SCENE 2

B. “WHY, MAN, THERE/BE GOOD FELLOWS IN THE WORLD, AND A MAN COULD LIGHT/ON THEM, WOULD TAKE HER WITH ALL FAULTS, AND MONEY ENOUGH.” HORTENSIO, ACT 1 SCENE 1

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS SUBJECTS OF

SENTENCES THE SUBJECT IS THE

PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT NAMES WHOM OR WHAT THE SENTENCE IS ABOUT.

BRUNO MARS/ PERFORMED AT THE SUPERBOWL.

SOMEBODY/ ATE ALL THE COOKIES!

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS SENTENCE

FRAGMENTS A SENTENCE FRAGMENT IS

AN ERROR THAT OCCURS WHEN AN INCOMPLETE SENTENCE IS PUNCTUATED AS THOUGH IT WERE COMPLETE.

WANTED TO EXPLORE THE CAVES. (MISSING SUBJECT)

THE TWO WEARY HIKERS WALKING FOR HOURS. (MISSING COMPLETE PREDICATE)

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS PHRASES A PHRASE IS A GROUP

OF WORDS THAT ACTS IN A SENTENCE AS A SINGLE PART OF SPEECH PREPOSITIONAL

PHRASES THE STAIRS LEAD TO

THE ATTIC. APPOSITIVE PHRASES HE IS SAVING MONEY TO

TRAVEL TO BOGOTA, THE CAPITAL OF COLUMBIA.

VERBAL PHRASES – A VERB FORM (PLUS ANY COMPLEMENTS) THAT FUNCTIONS AS A NOUN, ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB PARTICIPIAL PHRASES ONE OF THE JOYS OF THE

GARDEN IS A FRESHLY PICKED TOMATO.

GERUND PHRASES (-ING) CROSS COUNTRY SKIING

IS GOOD EXERCISE. INFINITIVE PHRASES HIS GOAL IS TO

GRADUATE.

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS PARTICIPIAL

PHRASES A PARTICIPLE IS A

VERB FORM THAT CAN FUNCTION AS AN ADJECTIVE

A PARTICIPIAL PHRASE CONTAINS A PARTICIPLE PLUS ANY COMPLEMENTS AND MODIFIERS

PARTICIPLE

THE CONFUSED CHILD WAS AFRAID.

.

KEVIN, FEELING THAT HE WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY HIS TEAMMATES, QUIT THE TEAM

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS RUN-ON SENTENCES

A RUN-ON SENTENCE IS TWO OR MORE COMPLETE SENTENCES WRITTEN AS THOUGH THEY WERE ONE SENTENCE.

IT RAINED THE ENTIRE TIME THEY WERE ON THEIR HONEYMOON THEY STILL ENJOYED THE TRIP.

TO CORRECT: ALTHOUGH IT

RAINED THE ENTIRE TIME THEY WERE ON THEIR HONEYMOON, THEY STILL ENJOYED THE TRIP.

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS COMPOUND

SENTENCES

A COMPOUND SENTENCE CONTAINS TWO OR MORE MAIN CLAUSES (COMPLETE SENTENCES)

THEY ARE USUALLY JOINED BY A COMMA AND A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION

ANNIE CHECKS HER EMAIL OFTEN, BUT SHE DOESN’T ALWAYS REPLY RIGHT AWAY.

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS COMPLEX

SENTENCES

A COMPLEX SENTENCE HAS ONE MAIN CLAUSE AND ONE OR MORE SUBORDINATE CLAUSES

WHEN I READ HER NOVELS, I ENJOY THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE BELIEVABLE.

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE = WHEN I READ HER NOVELS,

MAIN CLAUSE = I ENJOY THEM

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE = BECAUSE THEY ARE BELIEVABLE

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS COMPOUND/

COMPLEX SENTENCES

COMPOUND/COMPLEXSENTENCES HAVE TWO OR MORE MAIN CLAUSES AND AT LEAST ONE SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

I AM GOING TO THE STORE ON FRIDAY, WHICH IS A LOYAL SHOPPER DAY, AND I WANT YOU TO GO WITH ME.

MAIN CLAUSE = I’M GOING TO THE STORE ON FRIDAY,

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE = WHICH IS A LOYAL SHOPPER DAY,

MAIN CLAUSE = I WANT YOU TO GO WITH ME

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS PREPOSITIONS/

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT BEGINS WITH A PREPOSITION AND ENDS WITH A NOUN OR PRONOUN, WHICH IS CALLED THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

COMMON PREPOSITIONS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msikBBfCbnY

I DROVE OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS TO GET TO THE MALL.

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS USE OF COMMAS

COMMAS ARE USED TO SEPARATE TWO EQUAL ELEMENTS OR TO SET OFF AN ELEMENT

A CHAIR, A TABLE, A LAMP, AND A SOFA WERE THE ROOM’S ONLY FURNISHINGS.

WELL, TURN YOUR PAPER IN TOMORROW.

WE CAN’T GO OUTSIDE, HOWEVER, WE CAN PLAY A GAME.

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS USE OF

SEMICOLONS

USE A SEMICOLON TO SEPARATE MAIN CLAUSES

USE A SEMICOLON TO SEPARATE ITEMS IN A SERIES WHEN ONE OR MORE OF THE ITEMS ALREADY CONTAIN COMMAS

NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT IN THE ACCIDENT; ONE MAN SUFFERED A BROKEN FINGER.

IN MATTERS OF STYLE, SWIM WITH THE CURRENT; IN MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE, STAND LIKE A ROCK. (THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1743-1826)

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS USE OF COLONS

USE A COLON TO INTRODUCE LISTS, EXPECIALLY AFTER STATEMENTS THAT USE WORDS SUCH AS THESE, THE FOLLOWING OR AS FOLLOWS

USE A COLON TO INTRODUCE MATERIAL THAT ILLUSTRATES, EXPLAINS, OR RESTATES THE PRECEDING MATERIAL

USE A COLON TO INTRODUCE A LONG OR FORMAL QUOTATION

HE REQUESTED THE FOLLOWING: A SCREWDRIVER, A WRENCH, AND A HAMMER.

I OFTEN WISH MY PARENTS HAD MORE THAN ONE CHILD: THEY WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT ME. (A COMPLETE SENTENCE FOLLOWING A COLON IS CAPITALIZED)

IN THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, SHAKESPEARE’S KATHARINA STATES THE FOLLOWING:THY HUSBAND IS THY LORD, THY LIFE, THY KEEPER,THY HEAD, THY SOVERIGN; ONE THAT CARES FOR THEE,

GRAMMAR ELEMENTS INDEPENDENT

CLAUSES (COMPLETE SENTENCES)

AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE HAS A SUBJECT AND A PREDICATE AND EXPRESSES A COMPLETE THOUGHT.

ALSO CALLED A MAIN CLAUSE.

SHANNON BROKE HER GLASSES.

MY DAUGHTER, ALLISON, WROTE HER ESSAY IN CLASS.

EVERYBODY WHO BOUGHT A TICKET RECEIVED A FREE T-SHIRT.

WRITING STRUCTURESCHARACTER ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS OF ONE OR MORE MAIN CHARACTERS IN A BOOKSTUDY WHAT CHARACTER THINKS, SAYS AND DOES, AND WHAT OTHER CHARACTERS SAY OR THINK ABOUT THEMALWAYS USE QUOTES FROM THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR STATEMENTS

QUESTIONS TO ASK

WHAT ARE THE DOMINANT TRAITS OF THIS CHARACTER?

HOW DOES THE CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY INFLUENCE HIS/HER ACTIONS?

WHY DOES THE CHARACTER FEEL A CERTAIN WAY?

WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT DOES HE/SHE NEED TO OVERCOME PROBLEMS?

WHAT BAD HABITS DOES THIS CHARACTER HAVE?

WHAT GOOD QUALITIES DOES THIS CHARACTER HAVE?

WRITING STRUCTURESCOMPARE/CONTRAST

AN ESSAY, IN WHICH THE WRITER FOCUSES ON THE WAYS IN WHICH CERTAIN THINGS OR IDEAS—USUALLY TWO OF THEM—ARE SIMILAR TO (THIS IS THE COMPARISON) AND/OR DIFFERENT FROM (THIS IS THE CONTRAST) ONE ANOTHER.

MAKING A VENN DIAGRAM CAN HELP YOU QUICKLY COMPARE AND CONTRAST TWO OR MORE THINGS OR IDEAS.

THE THESIS OF YOUR COMPARISON/CONTRAST PAPER IS VERY IMPORTANT: IT HELPS YOU CREATE A FOCUSED ARGUMENT AND GIVES YOUR READER GUIDANCE.

USE AN OUTLINE TO ORGANIZE YOUR POINTS.

ALWAYS USE QUOTES FROM THE TEXTS YOU ARE REFERRING TO IN YOUR ESSAY.