To Kill a Mockingbird Exam Review
Review Exam To Kill a Mockingbird Exam Review for To Kill a Mockingbird Remember it s a sin to kill a mockingbird. That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. Your father s right, she said. Mockingbirds don t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy but sing their hearts out for us. That s why it s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Tom Robinson 1. As the mockingbird provides happiness to people through its song, Tom provides happiness through selfless and kind acts. Identify two specific acts of selfless kindness by Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird. 2. Tom, like a mockingbird, is an innocent who has been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. Identify two ways in which Tom has been injured or destroyed unjustly. 3. What is the evil that destroys Tom s innocence?
Review Exam To Kill a Mockingbird Exam Review for To Kill a Mockingbird Remember it s a sin to kill a mockingbird. That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. Your father s right, she said. Mockingbirds don t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy but sing their hearts out for us. That s why it s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Boo Radley 1. As the mockingbird provides happiness to people through its song, Boo provides happiness through selfless and kind acts. Identify two specific acts of selfless kindness by Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird. 2. Boo, like a mockingbird, is an innocent who has been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. Identify two ways in which Boo has been injured or destroyed unjustly. 3. What is the evil that destroys Boo s innocence?
Review Exam To Kill a Mockingbird Exam Review for To Kill a Mockingbird Remember it s a sin to kill a mockingbird. That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. Your father s right, she said. Mockingbirds don t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy but sing their hearts out for us. That s why it s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Jem Finch 1. As the mockingbird provides happiness to people through its song, Jem provides happiness through selfless and kind acts. Identify two specific acts of selfless kindness by Jem Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. 2. Jem, like a mockingbird, is an innocent who has been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. Identify two ways in which Jem has been injured or destroyed unjustly. 3. What is the evil that destroys Jem s innocence?
Review Exam To Kill a Mockingbird Exam Review for To Kill a Mockingbird Remember it s a sin to kill a mockingbird. That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. Your father s right, she said. Mockingbirds don t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy but sing their hearts out for us. That s why it s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Dolphus Raymond 1. As the mockingbird provides happiness to people through its song, Dolphus provides happiness through selfless and kind acts. Identify two specific acts of selfless kindness by Dolphus Raymond in To Kill a Mockingbird. 2. Dolphus, like a mockingbird, is an innocent who has been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. Identify two ways in which Dolphus has been injured or destroyed unjustly. 3. What is the evil that destroys Dolphus s innocence?
Review Exam To Kill a Mockingbird Questions Exam Review Questions for To Kill a Mockingbird Write in full sentences. You may work in pairs ONLY (no larger groups). 1. What are the two themes of this novel? 2. The three main characters are Scout, Jem, and Atticus. For each character, do a character sketch including personality traits and beliefs. Find a piece of evidence from the text to support each personality trait and belief. 3. Describe Dill. What kind of character is he? Why is he included in this novel? 4. Compare Dill to Scout and Jem. 5. Dill changes and matures throughout the course of the novel. Explain what kind of person he is at the beginning of the novel and compare this to the kind of person he is at the end of the novel. Why does he change? Use specific examples from the text to support your opinion. 6. Describe Miss Maudie. Why is she important to the novel? 7. How does Miss Maudie affect Scout and Jem? 8. Boo Radley is one of the most unique characters in this novel. Compare the children s description of him in the beginning of the novel to what we learn he is really like in the final chapters of the novel. Use specific references from the novel to support your opinion. 9. Describe Mayella Ewell. Is she a good guy or a bad guy? Explain. 10. Are the Ewells a helpless case? Do you think they can change? Why? Use evidence from the text to support your answers. 11. Create a character sketch of Bob Ewell. Is he an effective character? Why? 12. Who is Dolphus Raymond? What is his purpose in the novel? 13. Does Dolphus Raymond teach Jem and Scout anything? If so, what? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer. 14. Calpurnia is a very predominant figure throughout the novel. Create a character sketch of Calpurnia. 15. Calpurnia teaches Scout many lessons throughout the novel. Explain three things that she teaches Scout. Are these lessons important for Scout? Use examples from the text to support your answers. 16. Calpurnia teaches Jem many lessons throughout the novel. Explain three things that she teaches Jem. Are these lessons important for Jem? Use examples from the text to support your answers. 17. Coming of age implies education, in both the scholastic sense, as well as the social sense. A. Identify five life lessons that Scout learns throughout the novel. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer. B. How does Scout respond to learning these life lessons? Is she disillusioned? C. Identify five life lessons that Jem learns throughout the novel. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer. D. How does Jem respond to learning these life lessons? Is he disillusioned? 18. What do you think is the most important message in this novel? Write a well-structured formal paragraph to support your argument.
Romeo and Juliet Exam Review
Review Exam Romeo and Juliet Quotations Format of quotation questions You will have to write in full sentences about 2 out of 3 quotations. If you write about more quotations, only your first 2 answers will be marked. To prepare for this part of the exam, as part of each answer, you will have to identify and explain the effectiveness of a literary device that Shakespeare uses in the quotation. Therefore, you should make sure you can identify the following literary devices : Simile Oxymoron Pun Metaphor Alliteration Double entendre Personification Imagery Symbolism Allusion Rhyme Irony and dramatic irony Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Foreshadowing N.B. This list of literary devices will not appear on the exam. Example of a quotation question: Quotation A Tybalt: What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues and thee. Question: How does this quotation illustrate Tybalt s character? (2 marks) Answer: Tybalt s aggressive nature is immediately established when he first appears in the play. He rejects Benvolio s attempts to prevent a street brawl and restarts the riot. Question: Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs. (1 mark) Answer: Question: Answer: Alliteration. The words hate and hell should be underlined (Note: this answer does not have to be a full sentence). Explain why this literary device is effective. (2 marks) Tybalt s use of alliteration adds emphasis to his hostile words.
Review Exam Romeo and Juliet Quotations Quotation B Juliet: I ll look to like, if looking liking move. But no more deep will I endart mine eye Than your consent gives strength to make it fly. Write about the significance of this quotation in the development of Juliet s character (2 marks): Quotation C Prince: On pain of torture, throw your mistempered weapons to the ground, And hear the sentence of your movèd prince. Identify a major topic of the play and explain how this quotation helps develop this theme (2 marks). Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks):
Review Exam Romeo and Juliet Quotations Quotation D Romeo: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. Write about the significance of this quotation as an illustration of Romeo s character (2 marks): Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks): Quotation E Juliet: What s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet. Identify a major topic of the play and explain how this quotation helps develop this theme (2 marks).
Review Exam Romeo and Juliet Quotations Quotation F Mercutio: Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk? Write about the significance of this quotation as an illustration of Mercutio s character (2 marks): Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks): Quotation G Juliet: Oh happy dagger! Identify a major topic of the play and explain how this quotation helps develop this theme (2 marks): Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks):
Review Exam Romeo and Juliet Quotations Quotation H Juliet: Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth, Lies fest ring in his shroud; where, as they say, At some hours in the night spirits resort Alack, alack, is it not like that I, So early waking what with loathsome smells, And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught, Environed with all these hideous fears, And madly play with my forefathers joints, As with a club, dash out my desperate brains? Write about the significance of this quotation in the development of Juliet s character (2 marks): Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks):
Media Unit Exam Review
Review Exam Media Unit Goodwin s Criteria for Music Video Analysis Answering the following questions fully will demonstrate understanding of Goodwin s music video analysis. 1. List as many genre characteristics as you can think of for the following music genres: alternative, country, electronica, hip hop, metal, pop, R&B, rock. 2. What do genre characteristics suggest about the genre, and about the artist? 3. How are the relationship between lyrics and visuals different from the relationship between music and visuals? 4. What does it mean for the lyrics and visuals of a music video to be A. illustrative B. amplifying C. contradicting? 5. What does it mean for the music and visuals of a music video to be A. illustrative B. amplifying C. contradicting? 6. Why do the demands of the record label require lots of close-ups of the artist? 7. How is establishing a motif or visual style in music videos beneficial for an artist? 8. What can the frequent reference to the notion of looking be symbolic of? 9. What is the impact of the voyeuristic treatment of the female body on A. females B. males C. society? 10. What literary device would be attributed to intertextual reference? 11. Why are intertextual references used in music videos? 12. How is the use of intertextual references an advantage for artists in their music videos?
Review Exam Media Unit Videos Viewed or Referred to in Class by Teacher Art Form 2Pac - Changes Green Day - 21 Guns Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends OK Go - End Love OK Go - White Knuckles P!nk - Raise Your Glass Demands of the Record Label Beyoncé - Single Ladies Justin Timberlake - Sexy Back Intertextuality Beyoncé - Single Ladies < Empire G - The Sign of Leo Geri Halliwell - It s Raining Men < Flashdance, Fame Madonna - Material Girl < Marilyn Monroe in Diamonds Are a Girl s Best Friend The Killers - Mr. Brightside < Moulin Rouge Nickelback - Rockstar < Where the Hell Is Matt (YouTube 2008) Lyrics and Visuals Illustrative: Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl Amplifies: Soul Asylum - Runaway Train Contradictory: Carol Wood & Timothy Mitchum - Let It Be from the Across the Universe soundtrack Race Michael Jackson - Black or White Sexism and Gender Roles Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl Violence Eminem - Love the Way You Lie feat. Rihanna Voyeurism Miley Cyrus - Can t Be Tamed