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Exam Overview

• Format: Mainly five-point questions with one or two ten-point questions mixed in and a final essay.

• Essay Topic: Related to Shakespeare's King Lear.

Key Concepts to Study

• Character Development: Understand how a character's perspective is formed.

• Stream of Consciousness: Define this literary technique and its impact on the reader.

• Role of Contrast: Understand how contrast functions in literature, specifically in The Hours by Michael Cunningham.

• Narrator's Perspective: Discuss how a narrator's perspective influences text interpretation.

• Unreliable Narrator: Know characteristics of an unreliable narrator and its effect on interpretation.

• Archetypes: Define archetype, name one character archetype and one plot archetype, and discuss their characteristics.

• Thesis Statement: Understand the qualities of a well-written thesis—defensible, scalable, complex, and deliverable.

Scoring Components

• Rubric Breakdown:

  • 1 point for Thesis statement.

  • 4 points for Evidence and Commentary.

  • 1 point for Substitution.

Literary Terms to Know

• Subordinating and Coordinating Conjunctions: Define and distinguish between them.

• Punctuation Forms: Understand the significance of red light, yellow light, and green light.

Test Logistics

• Test Dates: March 18 and March 19, 2023 (Tuesday for students).

• Format: Online exam.

• Essays:

  • First Essay: Analyzing Edith Wharton’s The Lamp of Psyche focusing on Delia's complex character.

  • Second Essay: Analyze the role of unreliable narrators in works of fiction.

    • Choose from a provided list or select another work to avoid competition.

Suggested Readings

• The Story of an Hour

• The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Progress Check Assignments

• Due Date: March 21, 2023.

• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ): 27 questions from four different texts.

• FRQs: Two essays analyzing provided excerpts and unreliable narrators.