The Eagle’s Nest

English IV Final Study Guide – 1/09

Study the life and works of the following:

Charlotte Bronte                      William Golding

T.S. Eliot                                      Jonathan Swift

William Wordsworth             William Blake

Sir Author Conon Doyle         Jean Jacques Rousseau

Study the following works and their authors:

The Naming of Cats                                                 The Rocking Horse Winner

The Lady of Shallot                                                  Ulysses

Araby                                                                           Do Not Go Gently into that Good Night

A Brave New World                                                 David Copperfield

Robinson Crusoe                                                      Oymandias

Gulliver’s Travels                                                    My Last Duchess

Know the meanings:

couplet

ode

form

sound devices (name examples)

stream of consciousness

Misc.

 The Victorian period is called the age of what literary form?

Who is considered by many to be the greatest poet of the 20^th century?

“How do I love thee…” was written by which poet?

LEG – Know your book, and the author, major characters, setting, and plot line of the other five.

TKMB – IDENTIFY CHARACTERS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Spends summers with an aunt, who lives next door to the Finch family.

A recluse who never emerges from his home.

A black man who stands accused of rape.

A lawyer and an extremely upright person. 

Works as the Finch family’s cook and housekeeper.

Evil, ignorant man who lives in a shack with his nine motherless children.

Woman who falsely accuses Tom Robinson of rape. 

Starts first grade shortly after the start of the story. 

He is quieter and more reserved than his sister, Jean Louise.

He has an active imagination and is the one who pushes to explore the old house on the block.

MORE TKMB:

What is the name of the town where the fictional story takes place?

He comes to lunch at the Finch house, but Scout is rude to him.

He was a talented marksman who during the story shot a rabid dog in the street.

He leaves gifts inside a hallow tree for the children.

Who lead a lynch mob the night before Tom’s trial, but because of Scout’s words he broke it up?

What reason does Mr. Radley give for sealing the tree’s hole with cement?

What was Dill’s real name?

Why did Atticus tell the children not to kill a mockingbird?

Why did the guards kill Tom Robinson?

In which decade was the novel published?

Parts of Speech (KNOW MEANING AND EXAMPLES)

Noun                 Personal Pronoun                    Action Verb             Linking Verb            Adjective                         Adverb         Preposition            Coordinating Conjunction            Interjection

STORY ELEMENTS (CHECK POWERPOINT)

first person POV        third person (limited omission) POV             third person (omniscient) POV    objective POV           theme        symbol        tone         dramatic Irony         situational Irony     hyperbole             realism            romanticism                    foreshadowing         flashback          protagonist                  flat character                       simile                          metaphor