The exam will consist of four units: Poetry, The Giver, Twelfth Night, and a short story.

Poetry:

Be familiar with these ten elements of poetry:

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• simile
• imagery
• hyperbole
• personification
• allegory

You should be able to identify the elements as you examine some poems that will be provided. You should also be able to identify the following types of poetry:

• couplet 
• Free verse
• Sonnet
• Diamante
• Cinquain
• Haiku
• Limerick

The Giver:

Be familiar with the chronological events of The Giver.  To help you study, go through each chapter and make a brief summary of what happens.

Twelfth Night:

Be familiar with the chronological events of Twelfth Night.  To help you study, go through each Act and make a brief summary of what happens.

Short Story:

You will be asked to read a short story and then you will be asked to provide the six elements of a short story and  comment on those six elements in the short story,

Remember:  The June exam is not designed to lower your mark, but to raise it.  With the information given above, you should be able to perform very well on this exam.

God bless and have a great summer!

Mrs. P.

Six Parts to a Short Story

Protagonist/main character = Tom

Antagonist/opposing character or force = yellow paper

First complicating incident/first indication of the conflict/when the suspense begins = when Tom opens the window and the yellow paper flies out

Climax/suspense released = when Tom gets back through the window

Denouement/wrap up of the final comments and ideas of the happenings = when Tom gets inside with the paper only to see if fly outside again, & this time he just laughs

Theme/lesson learned or moral of the story = live life to its fullest each day