Semester 1 Final Exam Study Guide

Understand and be able to apply the following terms:
origin myth
oral tradition
exploration narrative
sermon
Puritan plain style
slave narrative
Great Awakening
Aphorism
Mood
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Theme
Free verse
Characterization
Fireside Poet
Psychological Thriller
Puritan Lifestyle
Anti-transcendentalist

Know the important works and claims to fame for the following authors:
Walt Whitman
Jonathan Edwards
Washington Irving
Langston Hughes
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry David Thoreau
Edgar Allen Poe
Emily Dickinson
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Know the main characteristics, major authors, and major works of the following periods:
Enlightenment
Romantic
Transcendentalism

Know the main details about these characters and places from Huck Finn
Jim
Huckleberry Finn
Pap
Sally Phelps
Silas Phelps
The Duke and King
The Revival
Tom Sawyer
Col. Sherburn
Boggs
Mary Jane
Peter Wilkes
Widow Douglas
Dr. Robinson
The Grangerfords
Judge Thatcher
Mrs. Loftus
Buck Grangerford
Cairo
Miss Watson
The raft
The Royal Nonesuch
Pap’s cabin
St. Petersburg

Identify the following parts of speech:
Noun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
Gerund
Pronoun (an antecedent)
Proposition

Apply the following grammar concepts:
Subject/verb agreement
Past/present tense
Comparative form


Know the following vocabulary:
unalienable
loath
pensive
ominous
craven
blithe
tumultuous

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