STUDY+GUIDE

Tercero de Bachillerato AMERICAN SCHOOL OF QUITO NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SECTIONS = STUDY GUIDE – 2nd QUIMESTER EXAMS =

Name of teacher: ____________Philip Dixon________

Grade: _______12th grade / Tercero de Bachillerato____ Parallel: ___A,B,D,E,I_________

Subject: ______________Language and Literature____________________


 * Topics/Concepts: **

The Visit

Macbeth

Literature in Context

Social Media

Literary Analysis

SAT vocabulary words


 * Exam Format: **


 * Part 1 ** Vocab. and Textual analysis terms (15%)
 * Part 2 ** Multiple Choice Questions based on Macbeth and the Visit (15%)
 * Part 3 ** Short response questions based Theme and Irony(30%)
 * Part 4 ** Short response – Lit. analysis – similar to paper 2 (40%)


 * Resources: **

Macbeth, The Visit

Class notes

http://langlitquito.wikispaces.com/

Observations: We will review the topics and go over the types of questions prior to the examination. Be sure you come to class with all your materials (notes, texts, past assignments).

2013 2nd Qumester Exam Study Guide

Directions: This study guide this will be a “Project grade” for the 3rd parcial.

This assignment will be collected, with your work printed and stapled to this guide OR your answers copy/pasted into the body of an email sent to pdixon@fcaq.k12.**ec BEFORE Wednesday, May 29th at 12pm** to receive full credit.

If you email the assignment make the subject “asunto” read: **Section(12D).Name(Dixon).Studyguide**

ALL sections must be complete – follow the directions below.

Vocabulary 15% Macbeth and The Visit 15% Theme, Irony 30% Lit. Analysis 40%
 * __4 Parts__**

Directions**:** On separate paper WRITE short definitions or one word synonyms for these words and review with a partner (45 minutes – **15 points**) The exam will have 30 of these words in matching format
 * __Vocabulary__**

avarice impoverish absurdist theater arbitrate seminal enigma temperament avant-garde drama

broil unseamed

rapt corporal

wanton beguile chalice adage

quell

palpable

unbend procrastination slump contingent rigor recind colloquial Arab Spring British Riots Propaganda ecstasy arbitrate transpose

teems ecstasy

bias allegory diction syntax allusion direct characterization indirect characterization imagery metaphor verbal irony dramatic irony theme ethics audience purpose motif genre style paradox iambic pentameter tragedy tragic hero

Directions: Copy/ paste and Answer these questions in short responses or note format – no sentences required. (45 minutes **– 15 points**) The multiple Choice questions on the exam will be based on these questions
 * __Macbeth and The Visit__**

Act I 1. Describe the setting. 2. What elements of this act reveal that it is part of the genre of the absurd? 3. Gullen is purposefully not a real town. What effect does that have on the reader? 4. How is Claire´s body artificial and what does this represent about her character? 5. What is Claire´s offer to the town? Act II 1. How does Ill react to Claire´s offer? 2. How does the town progress in their plan to kill Ill? 3. Explain the moral and psychological division that the town is going though. What does Ill try to do? 4. What does the Priest tell Ill to do when he flings himself on him in Act 2, Scene 2? (from Act II, Scene II) Act III Why does Claire say "The World turned me into a whore. I shall turn the world into a brothel"?
 * __The Visit__**
 * Are these elements absurd? Why or Why not? Choose ONE element and explain. Claire, Ill, setting, "sedan car", emer. brake, trees as men and men as trees, the policeman and "the pair", justice.
 * If Ill is willing to submit to the decision made by the town, why does he refuse to kill himself?
 * Does Claire's lifestyle make her happy?
 * Why do the townspeople always identify their values as "Western?"
 * How is the name Guellen significant?

2. To whom was Claire's shortest marriage? (from Act III, Scene I)

3. Where did Claire have the two eunuchs shipped to in Act 3, Scene 3? (from Act III, Scene III)

Postscript:

1. What does the author claim must not be overlooked in the character of Claire?

2. What does the author write gives rise to speech in the postscript?

4. What does the author state that Ill ultimately receives in the end of the play?

I,1 How do the witches function in the play?
 * __MACBETH__**:

witches = "weird sisters" "wyrd" = fate (Old English) I,2 How does Macbeth´s status change?

I, 3 Explain the witches prophecies.

What do Macbeth and Banquo talk about at the end of this scene?

I, 4 One sentence summary: Duncan tells Macbeth he is Thane of Cawdor and reflects on Banquo's valor.

I, 5 Describe Lady Macbeth's character - with evidence

I, 6 Who escorts Duncan into Mac's castle?

I, 7 How do LM and M plan to murder Duncan - specifically!

II, 1 Describe Macbeth's hallucination.

II, 2 How does Lady Macbeth take control in this scene?

II, 3 What is a porter? What is the purpose of this comic interlude with the drunken porter ?

II, 4 Why do Duncan´s sons decide to leave Scotland?

III, 1 What prophecy does Banquo recall at the opening of the scene? Macbeth hires murderers to do what?

III, 2 Why does Macbeth have scorpions in his mind?

III, 3 How do the murders go down?

III, 4 How many times does the Ghost of Banquo appear to Macbeth at the banquet and how does Macbeth react?

III, 5 What does Macbeth hope to learn from the weird sisters?

III, 6 Why has Macduff left for England?

IV, 1 What do the three apparitions say to Macbeth and how does he react?

IV, 2 Describe Lady Macduff and her son. How does this lively, intimate exchange affect our response to the brutal killing with which the scene ends?

IV, 3 Why does Malcolm at first suspect Macduff of treachery?

V, 1 Which murders does Lady Macbeth refer to in the sleepwalking scene?

V, 2 Who is gathered near Dunsinane? What do they decide to do?

V, 3 What news does Seyton bring to Macbeth?

V, 4 What plan does Malcolm propose to conceal the soldiers?

Who leads the rebellion against Macbeth?

Directions: For the following quotes do TWO things: 1. Label each one as verbal irony or dramatic irony and write a brief explanation of why **– 2 sentences** 2. Write about the significance of the quote and to which **theme** or **motif** it relates to in the play – **2 sentences**
 * __Theme and Irony__** 45 min. – **30 points**

On the exam there will be 6 of these quotes

The Visit

1. “Would you like to meet my seventh husband, Alfred? Tobacco Plantations. We’re very happily married.” Claire, Act I

2. “Yes, I brought a coffin with me. I may need it. Roby, Toby, off we go!” Claire, Act I

3. Act II – in a bar: “MAN ONE: ‘Mornin’ It’ll be a hot day.

MAN TWO: Very fine and warm for the time of year.

ILL: Extraordinary custom this morning. Not a soul for as long as you like and then suddenly these past few days they’re flocking in.”

4. “You are your own Hell. You are older than I am, and you think you know people, but in the end one only knows oneself. Because you once betrayed a young girl for money, many years ago, do you believe the people will betray you now for money? You impute your own nature to others….” Priest, Act II

5. “But you must see how fond we are of you…The whole town’s brought you to the station. The whole town! The whole town!” Schoolmaster, Mayor, and ALL, Act II

6. “One endowment, and every inhabitant of this little town has suddenly become a well-to-do citizen. It must constitute one of the greatest social experiments of the age. The public here are gasping for breath, there’s a deathly silence. O, they’re awestruck…” Radio Commentator, Act III

7. Schoolmaster: O people of Guellen! Such is the bitter truth! We have connived at injustice! I am of course fully aware of the material possibilities inherent for all of us in a million. Nor am I blind to the fact that poverty is the root of much evil, nay, of great hardship. And yet, and yet: we are not moved by the money (huge applause): we are not moved by ambitious thoughts of prosperity and good living, and luxury: we are moved by this matter of justice and the problem of how to apply it." p. 91

8. "First Reporter: What's going on here? (The knot of men opens, loosed. The men assemble quietly in background. Only Doctor remains, kneeling beside a corpse over which is spread, as if in a hotel, a chequered table-cloth. Doctor stands, puts away stethoscope.) Doctor: Heart attack. (Silence.) Mayor: Died of joy. First Reporter: Died of joy. Second Reporter: Life writes the most beautiful stories." p. 97

Macbeth

9. In Act I, Scene iii, the witches told Macbeth, “All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter.”

10. “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” - Macbeth Act II, Scene ii

“A little water clears us of this deed.” Lady Macbeth, Act II, Scene ii

“Out, damned stop! out I say!” and continued with, “What, will these hands ne’er be clean?” Lady Macbeth, Act V How is Lady Macbeth´s change ironic?

11. “This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses.” Duncan Act I, Scene vii as he walks into Macbeth´s castle...

12. "See, see, our honour'd hostess! The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, Which still we thank as love. […] Fair and noble hostess, We are your guest to-night." Duncan Act I, Scene vi

13. “Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood; Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it!” Lady Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5

14. “How it did grieve Macbeth! Did he not straight in pious rage the two delinquents tear, that were the slaves of drink and thralls of sleep? Was not that nobly done?” Lennox, about Macbeth – explaining how Macbeth responded to Duncan´s murder by killing his two guards

15. “She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5

16. “For brave Macbeth —well he deserves that name — Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valour's minion carved out his passage Till he faced the slave; Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, And fix'd his head upon our battlements.” a Captian describing Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 2)

Directions: Write a 2-3 paragraph analysis of The Visit or Macbeth responding to one of these questions:
 * __Lit. Analysis__** (40 points **30 min)**
 * 1) Works of literature can teach us something that may not have been originally intended. To what extent have you found this to be true in one of the works studied this Quimester?
 * 2) Show how belief or faith is represented in one of the works studied this Quimester and discuss this aspect might be interpreted or understood in different historical, cultural or social contexts.
 * 3) Why are the works you studied considered “literary” texts? Indentify and discuss some of the features that make one of the texts you studied literary.
 * 4) context – historical, cultural or social – can have an influence on the way literary works are written or received. Discuss with reference to The Visit or Macbeth.
 * 5) Literary works often show men and women struggling to resolve problems and not succeeding very well. To what degree do you find this to be true in The Visit or Macbeth?

You will be graded with this rubric:

Use at least TWO lit. terms correctly (point of view, setting, characterization, structure, style) + 8 points Use at least 2 direct quotes effectively + 8 points State your main idea clearly + 8 points Contextual info referenced + 8 points Use transitions + 4 points Use a new word + 4 points Punctuation ERROR (capitalize names, titles/ abbreviations OK: **Act One, Scene One = I,1**) – 4 points USE of RIP words: - 4 points SVA/VT error- – 4 points Missing title /heading – 4 points use of passive voice – 4 points
 * MINUS 4 points for each ** :

Explanation for Criteria A,B, C, and D:

8 points = Information is clear and complete, quotes are not just “dropped” in, but rather fit into your own writing, clearly biased, some historical, cultural or social context is given 6-7 points = Information is somewhat clear and complete, quotes are not just “dropped” in, but rather fit into your own writing, biased, little historical, cultural or social context is given 4-5 points = Information is somewhat not clear or complete, quotes are “dropped” in, argument unclear, no historical, cultural or social context is given 1-3 points = criteria above is not met