Fri. Dec. 6 Test Prep

Today, I gave you some information on the exams you will have next week. The essay exam is on Monday, and the Multiple choice, comprehension exam is on Tuesday. I then gave you a half an hour to work in groups to review the texts. The notes I provided on the board are as follows:

Tests Next Week

 

Essay will have to do with the commonalities between the texts we have studied:

 

“The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross

“The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross

“A Field of Wheat” by Sinclair Ross

“Sisters” by P.K. Page

“1956: The Ambition of the Eldest Son” by Dale Zieroth

 

Choice between three questions:

1.      Commonalities of Canadian themes in two texts

2.      How setting impacts two of the texts

3.      How relationships impact two of the texts

 

If you want a great mark, include quotations as part of your evidence!!!!

 

The Multiple Choice Exam (Tuesday)

 

·         Three texts (two poems; one short story)

·         Active reading (as much as time will allow)

·         Process of elimination on questions

·         All stylistic devices and how to apply them

·         Parallelism, tone, irony,