Final Exam Review

Literature of the Middle Ages
• The Decameron
• The Canterbury Tales
• “The Tale of the Falcon” & “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
o Written by
o What work are they a part of?
o Plot, characters
• What and whom is the poem “Chevrefoil” about?

Literary Terms

• antagonist
• couplets
• extended metaphor
• foreshadowing
• frame story
• metaphor
• personification
• pun
• simile
• tone (attitude)
• tragic hero
• tragic flaw


Tragedy and William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Othello

• Settings
• What is happening when Caesar first enters the play?
• “Beware the ides of March!” Who says it? What does he mean?
• What happens when Antony offers Caesar the crown?
• What finally convinces Brutus to join the conspirators?
• Why does Calpurnia urge Caesar to stay home rather than appear at the Senate?
• Why does Caesar ignore Calpurnia’s warnings?
• Who is Artemidorus and what does he do?
• Why does Brutus say they killed Caesar?
• What does Antony tell the crowd in his funeral oration? How does the crowd respond?
• Who forms the 2nd triumvirate?
• What happens to Portia?
• What appears at Brutus’s bedside in camp?
• What happens that causes Cassius to commit suicide?
• What does Antony call Brutus “the noblest Roman of them all”?
• Othello
• Iago
• Desdemona
• Michael Cassio
• Brabantio
• Which of Cassio’s weaknesses does Iago exploit?
• Who is Brabantio?
• Who called jealousy the “green-eyed monster”?
• What “poison” does Iago pour into Othello’s ear?
• What is Othello’s tragic flaw?

Vocabulary
 Accoutered – dressed for battle
 Alacrity – cheerful readiness
 Bestial – like a beast; primal; monster-like
 Castigate - punish
 Construed - interpret
 Discern – discriminate
 Edify – to build up, establish, strengthen a person,
 fickle – easily changeable
 garner – gather, deposit, get, collect,
 laconic – using few words, concise, brief. Rudely using few words
 mitigate – to lessen, soften
 paradox – seemingly contradictory statement that is actually true. It is puzzling. Like a riddle
 perdition – state of spiritual loss or ruin; damnation
 portentous – ominous, foreboding
 ruminate – to ponder, to think about, to “chew on”
 surfeit – an excessive amount
 usurp – to seize power; to take power by force
 verve – enthusiasm, vigor, spirit

MLA FORMAT AND PLAGIARISM
--How are the following formatted:
a. Publication titles
b. Website titles
c. Books
d. Webpage titles
e. Article titles
f. Publication dates
g. Date accessed




--Know what qualifies something as plagiarism.
--Answer questions using a sample works cited page.
--Know how to format parenthetical citations correctly. (Here is a Quia quiz students were directed to after completing a handout using on parenthetical citations: http://www.quia.com/quiz/1760788.html)
Check out these links. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/ (click on additional links at the bottom of this webpage). Here are some (entertaining) videos about plagiarism: http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/

Julius Caesar Additional Review

Try answering questions on these quizzes that pertain to Acts I & II.

Gradesaver Quiz
SparkNotes Quiz
CliffsNotes Quiz

Don't forget about this video:


Here is another brief video of the conspirator's making plans at Brutus'.

Julius Caesar Vocabulary Practice

1. The preacher made his way to the pulpit when it was time to give the sermon.


2. The people of Rome are fickle. One day they were on Pompey’s side; a few days later they were cheering for Caesar.


3. Calpurnia had a dream that Decius construed in a way get Caesar to go to the Capitol rather than stay home like Calpurnia wanted.


4. Cassius and Caesar were accoutered when they were swimming in the Tiber. Why would this make swimming difficult?


5. Calpurnia believed that her dream and the wicked occurrences of the night were portentous signs that foreshadowing something bad happening to her husband.


6. When creating a word web, all words in the web will appertain to each other.

CINQUAINS - line 1 is filled in with a vocabulary word. Line 5 should be filled in with a synonym of the vocabulary word or a word that sums up the word.
#1
cogitation
mental, thoughtful
thinking, pondering, wondering
it’s in my head
5_________________

#2
omen
scary, evil
warning, foreshadowing, threatening
sign of the future
5_________________

#3
affability
friendly, well-liked
giving, caring, understanding
he’s easy to approach
5_________________
#4
augurer
wise, psychic
interpreting, construing, knowing
we found no heart
5_________________

#5
emulation
jealous, green-eyed
coveting, wanting, desiring
wanting to be him
5_________________

#6
ambition
determined, driven
striving, motivating, obsessing
the ladder of success
5_________________

Julius Caesar Act I and II Test Review

Julius Caesar Acts I and II Test Review

Vocabulary
Pre-Reading :ambition, pulpit, triumvirate, fickle
Act I: construe, cogitations, accoutered, entreat, fain, mettle, prodigies, portentous
Act II: augmented, visage, affability, ingrafted, augurers (augur), appertain, emulation

Shakespeare/Julius Caesar-related Questions
(1) Shakespearean Characters: Puck, Hamlet, Yorick
(2) Terms: anachronism, define, give example
(3) First triumvirate

Act I
(4) Why are Marullus and Flavius angry in Act I, Scene i?
(5) What is happening as Caesar enters the play? What has just happened?
(6) How does Caesar react to the Soothsayer’s warning to “Beware the Ides of March”?
(7) What 2 stories does Cassius tell that characterize Caesar as weak?
(8) How will Cassius get Brutus to join the conspiracy?
(9) Cassius says:

Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves that we are underlings.

What does Cassius mean? Paraphrase these lines.

(10) What is the difference between how Cassius feels about Caesar and how Brutus feels about Caesar?
(11) Why does Cassius want Brutus to join the conspiracy?
(12) What do the violent storm and other unnatural events suggest/symbolize/foreshadow?
(13) What wondrous things has Casca seen on this night?
(14) What reason does Cassius give for the terrible storm?
(15) What will the Senate do the next day?
(16) Why does Casca want Brutus to join their cause?
Act II
(17) Who is Brutus talking about in his soliloquy at the beginning of Act II?
(18) Even though they are friends, why doesn’t Brutus want Caesar to become king?
(19) Why does Brutus compare Caesar to a serpent’s egg? What’s the point? What is he saying about Caesar?
(20) Why does Metellus Cimber think Cicero should join the conspiracy?
(21) Why is Brutus against Cicero joining them?
(22) Why is Brutus against killing Mark Antony?
(23) What does Brutus tell Portia when she asks him what is wrong?
(24) Why does Portia deserve to know what is wrong with Brutus?
(25) Why does Caesar first decide to stay home instead of go to the Senate?
(26) Describe Calpurnia’s dream
(27) Who dies “many times before their death”?
(28) Calpurnia says, “When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze for the death of princes.” What does she mean? Paraphrase.
(29) Why does Caesar finally decide to go to the Senate meeting?
(30) When he arrives to take Caesar to the Senate, how is Decius characterized? What kind of person is he?
(31) What does Artemidorus try to do?

Watch this video for clarification of events that occur in Act I and II.

Shakespeare YouTube Videos

JC Part 1


JC Part 2


JC Part 3


Antony's Funeral Oration

Julius Caesar Vocabulary #1

(To be assigned at a later date)
Click on the words below to see their definitions.
Pre-reading vocabulary
triumvirate
fickle

Act I
construe
cogitation
accoutered
entreat
fain
mettle
prodigies (A portentous sign or event; an omen. )
portentous

Act II
augmented
visage
affability
ingrafted
augurers: augur
appertain
emulation

Preparing to Turn in the Paper

This is what your heading and header should look like. (2nd and 6th period's date should be "22 April 2009" since that is the day the paper is due. 3rd period's date should be "23 April 2009")

Preparing the Final Draft

1. Give your paper a title that reflects your thesis. (Don’t be too vague)
2. Un-highlight all highlighted sentences if you haven’t done this yet.
3. Double check the following:
   □ 1” margins all around
   □ 12 point Times New Roman, black font (There should be no bolded or underlined text. Make sure the header’s font is correct.)
   □ Double-spacing (no more; no less)
   □ Paragraphs are properly indented
   □ MLA heading (see heading on this handout)
   □ MLA header (see header on this handout)
   □ Correct title, centered, after the heading (see title on this handout)
   □ Parenthetical citations match Works Cited entries
   □ Works Cited entries are in alphabetical order
   □ Website and publication titles are italicized
   □ Webpage and article titles are in quotation marks
   □ Other parts of the works cited entries are formatted correctly (dates, punctuation, etc.)


4. Check the word count, 500-700 words: highlight your introduction through conclusion. Go to the “tools” menu and click “word count.” (Your paper should be between 2 and 3 pages, not including the works cited page. 4 page is too much.)
5. Is your paper 5-7 paragraphs?
6. Direct Quotes: You must have at least 3 short quotes (less than 3 lines) and no more than 5 quotes. There should be no long quotes (more than 3 lines)
7. Thesis statement should be an opinion.
8. Cited information in paragraphs should come from more than one source.
9. All sources must be parenthetically cited in your paper.

Turning in Your Note Cards

Note cards are due with your final draft and folder. Put them in a ziplock or rubber band. (These will not be available to you; you must bring your own.) If your note cards are not held together by ziplock or rubber band, they will not be accepted. Note cards (minimum of 50) are worth a quiz grade.

Preparing the 3-Prong Folder (This folder is worth 1 quiz grade.)

Right Pocket: Put the following in order with (1) on top.
(1) Annotated Bibliography Practice
(2) What I Already Know (Part A), What I Want to Find Out (Part B).
(3) 7 Research Questions (narrowed down from Part B above)
(4) Source card handout (with 6 rectangles)
(5) “How to Create Bibliography / Works Cited Entries”
(6) Annotated Bibliography & corrections
(7) Outline brainstorming
(8) Copies of your 6 sources

Left Pocket: Put revised and edited rough drafts with Rough Draft #1 on top. (These drafts make up one major grade. You should have revision and editing marks on all drafts Rough Draft #4 and any subsequent drafts include a works cited page.)
(1) Rough Draft #1
(2) Rough Draft #2 (If you didn’t need to revise for first/second-person point of view, make a note on Rough Draft 2. You will not lose points for having 3 drafts.)
(3) Rough Draft #3
(4) Rough Draft #4
(5) Any additional drafts.

Prongs: Research paper handouts (14 of them) in the order they were received and any work you did for the paper that is not in the right or left pocket.

(1) The paper assignment (lime green sheet)
(2) Calendar
(3) Source packet (yellow)
(4) Article: “Many Americans Vexed by Spelling”
(5) Article: “Telling Their Stories” (about museum curators)
(6) Annotated Bibliography Instructions (with example)
(7) Note card handout (PowerPoint slide handout)
(8) 3 revision handouts
a. Revision Instructions
b. Highlighting text & finding 1st/2nd person point of view instructions
c. Peer Revision Handout,
(9) 3 editing handouts
a. Editing instructions
b. Transition words
c. Preparing the Works Cited Page
(10) Preparing the Final Draft instructions (this handout)