The Human Condition – Unit Test study guide (100 points in Reading Category) Poetry Terms to know – most of these are not new but you may see them on cold readings on the test: Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, etc.) Tone mood Author’s purpose Diction (connotation/ denotation) *With most of these the questions will be asked in the context of a passage or other text. For example, asking about the diction in a certain sentence, the analysis of a line(s) in a poem, the attitude (tone) of an author, the mood of a passage, what do the lines suggest, etc. Just like the ones we have done in class) More specifics: ATSS, Part 4 – 15 questions Imagery passages (similar to voice lessons we practice in class) – 5 questions Passages from the Declaration of the Rights of the Child – 6 questions Short passages from Solzhenitsyn and Wiesel speeches – 2 questions Dulce et decorum est – 6 questions Poems (3 new poems with multiple questions each – similar to voice lessons we practice in class) – 15 questions
The Human Condition – Unit Test study guide (100 points in Reading Category) Poetry Terms to know – most of these are not new but you may see them on cold readings on the test: Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, etc.) Tone mood Author’s purpose Diction (connotation/ denotation) *With most of these the questions will be asked in the context of a passage or other text. For example, asking about the diction in a certain sentence, the analysis of a line(s) in a poem, the attitude (tone) of an author, the mood of a passage, what do the lines suggest, etc. Just like the ones we have done in class) More specifics: ATSS, Part 4 – 15 questions Imagery passages (similar to voice lessons we practice in class) – 5 questions Passages from the Declaration of the Rights of the Child – 6 questions Short passages from Solzhenitsyn and Wiesel speeches – 2 questions Dulce et decorum est – 6 questions Poems (3 new poems with multiple questions each – similar to voice lessons we practice in class) – 15 questions
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