The Egyptian American International School
Grade 11 English Literature Semester Exam Study Guide 2015/16
The information in this document will help to prepare you for the exam. Make sure you read the text, review notes, worksheets,
homework, and old quizzes and tests. Good Luck J
The duration of the exam is 2 hours.
English Literature exam will cover the following content:
• Section 1: Vocabulary
This section will include a mixture of multiple choice questions tackling synonyms or antonyms, as well as sentence
completion and true or false.
• Section II: Literacy Skills
This section will include multiple choice questions, short answers, and an essay question all related to the selections and
stories that are included in the study guide.
Section III: Reading Skills
This section will be an unseen comprehension(s) to assess the students’ understanding and acquisition of the different
reading skills introduced throughout the semester.
There will be a bonus on the exam not to exceed 5% and will address higher order thinking.
Lesson Title
+ Genre
Reading Skills
Vocabulary Words
Resources to study
from
Understanding the importance of dauntless, sagacious, avatar, defiance,
the setting, Allegory, Symbolism contagion, grotesque, arabesque, brazier,
The InterActive Reader
The Masque of the
Using contextual clues,
Plus
piquancy, august, novel, profuse,
Red Death
Analyzing and evaluating
Worksheets
voluptuous,
delirious,
hale,
lighthearted,
By: Edgar Allen Poe
character, Drawing Conclusions,
Quizzes, Notes
and termination
Making Inferences, Judgments,
and Predicting
The End of
Understanding Cause and Effect
The InterActive Reader
lumber, hoist, swampy, second-growth,
Something
Making Inferences & Prediction
Plus
feed, strike, break water, sprinkle,
By: Ernest
Drawing Conclusions
Worksheets
ventral fin, and reel
Hemingway
Understanding symbols
Quizzes, Notes
Cause and Effect
absolve, immortal palms, nonconformist, The InterActive Reader
Self Reliance
Inference, Prediction
suffrage, askance, constitution,
Plus
By: Ralph Waldo
Foreshadowing
inconsistency, importune, loth,
Worksheets
Emerson
Clarification
hobgoblin, divines
Quizzes, Notes
Cause and Effect
The InterActive Reader
Dr. Heidegger's
venerable, verge, stigma, tremulous,
Inference, Prediction
Plus
Experiment
decrepit, exhilaration, deferential,
Foreshadowing
Worksheets
By: Nathaniel
obscure, mendicant,
Clarification
Quizzes
Hawthorne
exultingly, efface, transient
Drawing Conclusions
Notes
Cause and Effect
censorship, mausoleum , parlor, hearth,
The Novel
Inference, Prediction
salamander, hypnotized, brainwashed,
Warm ups – CW and
Fahrenheit 451
Foreshadowing
illumination, proclivity, jargon, simpleHW Assignments
By: Ray Bradbury
Character analysis
minded, rational, intellectual, tinkerer,
Notes
Drawing Conclusions
incinerator, pagan,
How to Study for the Literature Exam:
Reading skills : Students should be able to use the different reading skills acquired to answer questions on an unseen reading
comprehension.
Literary Skills: Students should be able to answer questions pertaining to major themes linked to the different selections through
multiple choice, short answer and essay questions.
They should have background information on each author and be prepared to compare their writing styles and viewpoints.
Vocabulary: Students should be able to:
• Identify the meaning of the words through context.
• Use the words to complete sentences.
• Use the words in proper sentences.