FINAL EXAM REVIEW—AMERICAN LIT 112B
Vocabulary: For each word you should be familiar with the definition, synonyms, antonyms, and
be able to use in a sentence.
Unit 9
abate
astute
avarice
culpable
pretentious
Unit 10
accrue
covert
fortuitous
imperious
procrastinate
sedentary
Unit 11
censurable
corroborate
disseminate
inculcate
palpable
satiate
Unit 13
blatant
disconsolate
impassive
inauspicious
opportune
prolific
Unit 14
amenable
berate
deplete
extraneous
obdurate
supplicate
Unit 15
adamant
curtail
deference
impromptu
requisite
thwart
Unit 12
absolve
deleterious
implicit
ostentatious
paragon
redundant
Literary Periods—Give three characteristics of each literary period.
Anti-Transcendentalism
Realism
Naturalism
Modernism
Anti-Transcendentalism
“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe (handout)
--Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe p.312
-Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
“What Redburn Saw in Launcelot’s Hay” by Herman Melville (handout)
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
“The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne p. 272
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
Realism
“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin p. 628
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce p. 480
--Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
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Naturalism
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London p. 596
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
Modernism
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter p. 834
—Setting, Characters, Plot, Theme
Research Paper
Explain/define the following terms:
thesis
outline
introduction
body paragraphs
conclusion
parenthetical documentation
lead-in
rough draft
paraphrasing
works cited page
Poetry Terms—Define the following terms and be able to recognize in poetry.
personification
assonance
imagery
lyric poem
parallelism
tone
simile
alliteration
consonance
free verse
narrative poem
rhythm
speaker
refrain
Exam Format
Approximately 125 Scantron questions and Critical Reading
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