SECOND NINE-WEEKS EXAM

REVIEW

Kuczek-GHS-English II-2012

THANKSGIVING A PERSONAL HISTORY

Where does the character spend her first Thanksgivings?

How does she feel about her time there? What do we learn about her family members

from that experience? Looking back how does she feel about those

Thanksgivings? What does the word hypocritical mean? How is the speaker hypocritical? Where does the speaker spend her teenage

years at Thanksgiving? What about her adult years? What do we learn from this selection?

US AND THEM What is a satire? What holiday does this story revolve

around? Who are the Tomkeys? How are they Tomkeys different? Why does the narrator pity the

neighbors? What do the Tomkeys do that is

inexcusable? What does the narrator do with his

candy? What does his behavior tell us?

MATRIMONY WITH A PROPER STRANGER What is an arranged marriage? What is the difference between an

arranged marriage and a love marriage? How is social life in the U.S.A. and India

different? How does this contribute to arranged

marriages in the U.S.A.? Are all arranged marriages forced?

AN INDIAN FATHER’S PLEA What is Lake’s argument in this letter? To whom is the letter written? How do

they view WindWolf? What are ethos, pathos and logos? What concession/refutation does Lake

make? What are some facts that Lake uses to

prove his point? How does WindWolf change through this

experience? What is Lake’s call-to-action?

TERMS YOU NEED TO KNOW! Internal Conflict External Conflict Theme Imagery Tone Analogy Diction Repetition Stanza Connotation

TEST DATES A day: Next Class-December 6th

B day: Next Class-December 5th

Know the answers to these questions and you will be doing well

STARTING NOW The essay is worth a large chunk of your

test grade. We are going to start it during this class period. If you finish it during this class then that is one less thing you have to do on the test. There will be no talking. This is a testing environment. You may ask for help!

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