Friday 13 December 2013

Study Guide

Students should 

1) Be able to list and discuss the differences between Romanticism and Realism (reread 517-523).
2) Be able to discuss a theme from "Song of Myself" backed up with specifics from the text, and explain how the form of the poem fits the theme.
3) Be able to analysis the imagery of one of the following Dickinson poems: "Because I could not stop for Death", "My life closed twice before its close-", or "I heard a Fly buzz when I died-".  What do the images mean, what theme do they reinforce?
4) Be able to discuss Lincoln's purpose in "The Gettysburg Address" and his "Second Inaugural Address".  Give a summary of the "Emancipation Proclamation" and how its form reinforces it idea.
5) Huckleberry Finn (chapters 1-8).  Relate a main theme to these chapters and give specifics to explain the theme.  Be able to answer the study questions related to chapters 1-8.  Summarize episodes 1 and 2.    

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