Grade 11 English - Exam Review

“Out, Out!” Tone(s)

indifference

“Out, Out!” Theme(s)

death

indifference to suffering

“Out, Out!” Poem Format

blank verse

“1958” Tone(s)

condescending

hopeless

“1958” Theme(s)

conformity

“1958” Poem Format

year poem

“Sympathy” Tone(s)

uplifting

“Sympathy” theme(s)

oppression

“Sympathy” poem format

extended metaphor

“Ars Poetica” tone(s)

reverent

thoughtful

“Ars Poetica” theme(s)

importance of poetry

“Ars Poetica” poem format

imagist

Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?

a friend of Gatsby’s who is involved in gambling, illegal alcohol sales, and other mysterious dealings

What makes Tom so angry at lunch in chapter 7?

he realizes that Gatsby and Daisy have feelings for each other

What did Daisy promise Gatsby before he left for war?

Daisy promised Gatsby she would wait for him to come back

When Nick meets Gatsby’s father, what does his father show him?

Gatsby’s father shows Nick a book with (young) Gatsby’s schedule + to-do lists (Gatsby was disciplined from a young age) as well as a cracked and dirty photograph of Gatsby’s house

Where do Malcolm and Donalbain flee after Duncan’s murder?

Malcolm flees to England

Donalbain flees to Ireland

How is Lady Macbeth presented at the beginning of the play? Think of adjectives to describe her.

As perceived by others:

• hospitable

• warm

• gracious

As perceived by the readers:

• cruel

• vicious

• savage

What is comic relief?

a character used to introduce light entertainment in between tragic scenes

e.g. the porter serves as comedic relief after macbeth comes back from killing duncan

How does Macbeth die and who kills him in the end?

Macduff kills Macbeth with a sword

Why does Macbeth continue to kill others after the murder of Duncan?

to cover up his involvement in duncan’s death and to ensure his position as king

‘I spoke to her,’ he muttered, after a long silence. ‘I told her she might fool me but she couldn’t fool God. I took her to the window’ - with an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned with his face pressed against it - ‘and I said “God knows what you’ve been doing, everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me, but you can’t fool God!”’

Standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night.

‘God sees everything,’ repeated Wilson

‘That’s an advertisement,’ Michaelis assured him. Something made him turn away from the window and look back into the room. But Wilson stood there a long time, his face close to the window pane, nodding into the twilight.

a. speaker of the quotation

b. the person being spoken to

c. a literary device

d. explain the dramatic significance (plot, theme, character)

a. Wilson/Michaelis

b. Wilson/Michaelis

c. symbol: referring to the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg as God watching over the moral decay of society

d. George views the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg as the eyes of God, and that Myrtle will be judged for her actions, even though she has deceived him

it also reveals George’s emotional devastation, as he presses himself up against the window as if he is trapped (both physically and mentally)

“Fit to govern? No, not to live. O nation miserable! With an untitl’d tyrant, bloody-sceptr’d, when shalt thou see thy wholesome days again, since that the truest issue of thy throne by his own interdiction stands accurs’d and does blaspheme his breed? Thy royal father was a most sainted king; the queen that bore thee, oft’ner upon her knees than on her feet, died every day she lived. Fare thee well, these evils thou repeat’st upon thyself hath banish’d me from Scotland. O my breast, thy hope ends here.”

a. speaker of the quotation

b. the person being spoken to

c. a literary device

d. explain the dramatic significance (plot, theme, character)

a. Macduff

b. Malcolm

c. personification: “O nation miserable!”

d. demonstrates Macduff’s loyalty to Scotland; Malcolm tells Macduff that he has many immoral qualities and is not fit to rule (thinking that Macduff could be a traitor and on Macbeth’s side), but Macduff proves him wrong by proclaiming his devastation for their nation.

“Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One, two. Why then ‘tis time to do’t. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?”

a. speaker of the quotation

b. the person being spoken to

c. a literary device

d. explain the dramatic significance (plot, theme, character)

a. Lady Macbeth

b. Doctor & Gentlewoman

c. repetition: “out”

d. motif: sleep - serves to reveal a characters deepest desires and thoughts (in Lady Macbeth’s case she reveals that she feels guilty for Duncan’s murder, though originally she thought nothing of it)

Thesis for Essay (American Dream as a theme + importance to character development)

american dream → catalyst for character development

Gatsby + Nick

Topic Sentence Gatsby

rapidly accumulates wealth to achieve his goal

uses illicit means

transforming himself from hardworking man → uses shortcuts to achieve dreams

Gatsby Paragraph Quote 1

“For over a year he had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam-digger and a salmon-fisher.”

• over a year

• along south shore of Lake Superior

• clam-digger, salmon-fisher

Gatsby Paragraph Quote 2

“He looked…—as if he had ‘killed a man.’ …It passed, and he began to talk excitedly to Daisy, denying everything, defending his name against accusations that had not been made.”

• looked as if he had ‘killed a man’

• talk excitedly to Daisy

• denying everything

• defending his name against no accusations

Topic Sentence Nick

surrounded by people consumed by the corrupt nature of the American Dream

undergoes change in mindset: hopeful, optimistic → harsh judgements

Nick Paragraph Quote 1

“Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.”

Nick Paragraph Quote 2

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness”