Literature

=Literature= multiple choice and short answers

Sunflower (honors)* Lord of the Flies* Easter Seals Project Hotel Rwanda
 * Second Semester TEXTS**

Poetry Unit--you will have a short poem on your final exam. You will be asked to answer questions relating to content and theme for the poem. "Eating Poetry" "This is Just to Say"

Regulars "To an Athlete Dying Young" (Housman) "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (Wordsworth) "Problems with Hurricanes" (Cruz) "Anniversary of my Death" (Merwin)

other works are works eligible for consideration on the final essay.
 * works that will be assessed in a mult. choice format on exam

FINAL ESSAY: Consider the nature of mankind. Is man essentially evil or essentially good. Support with evidence from at least three of the "texts" of the year.

FROM MIDTERM Essay on Unbowed--Consider a theme in the book. Support your statement of theme with specific details from the book. You will have to demonstrate both your understanding of theme AND your ability to cite specific, relevant facts from the readings.

//Rainman// //House on Mango Street// //Dreaming in Cuban// //Unbowed//

Author Conflict Setting Themes Literary Devices Simile Metaphor Personification Allusion Synesthesia

Literary Terms Magic Realism (Dreaming) Synesthesia (Mango and Dreaming) Synecdoche (Mango) Anecdote (Mango and Dreaming) Vignette Non-Linear Plot lines (Dreaming) Fiction vs Non-Fiction Memoir Biography Autobiography