Study Guide

11^th Grade Study Guide

Be familiar with all of the following stories/journals.  How do they connect to one-another?  The test will not have any surprises.  What we covered in class will be covered on the test.  Yes, you need to be familiar with all the vocabulary (from units 1-8).

Literary terms/words

Myth

Tone

Maxim

Psychological effects of slavery

Natural and artificial aristocracy

Personal narrative

Race/racial identity

Paternalism

Themes

Man vs. nature

Individualism

Culture clash

Reading/Journals

Thoreau: from Walden and Civil Disobedience

Read pages 374-381.  There will be a quiz on Monday.

Journal 25: Nature and Self-Reliance by Emerson

Pages 364-367. Answer all of the following questions.  NATURE: What does nature bring to man? How?  How does nature "wear the colors of the spirit?"  SELF-RELIANCE: What does he dislike about society?  What does he promote about the individual?

Journal 24: Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Read pages 332-344.Give one quote to demonstrate Starbuck's opinion of Ahab. Explain.  Give another quote to describe Ahab's view on the world.  Why do you think the quote demonstrates Ahab's view on the world?  How does Ahab compare himself to the ship and the mast?  How does the story conclude?  Do you agree or disagree with a the conclusion.  Give one quote to support your argument.

Journal 23: The Civil War

Why was slavery such a big issue?  Why did Lincoln decide to go to war?  What were a few things you learned from the packet?  Give one or two quotes and explain them.

Journal 22: The Divine Purpose of Slavery Packet

How has the legitimacy of Christianity and the Bible been used to promote paternalistic attitudes towards slaves and the divine purpose of slavery?  Give at least 3 quotes from the packet to support your reasoning. 1 page journal.

Journal 21: The Fall of the House of Usher by Poe

Read the rest of the story, pages 299-308.  Then answer the following question with 3/4 page journal.  Describe Roderick's fantasy world/mental state with quotes from the story.  What are some details about the horror of the house?  What are the negative effects of isolation?  Give at least 3 quotes.

Journal 20: Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving

Read pages 454-460 (end of story).  Then write a one page journal on the change in Rip's life. What is different?  What is his response?  How does this story show cultural shifts and development?  Use at least 3 quotes from the story. 

Journal 19: Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving

Read pages 448-454 (the end of the third complete paragraph it says..., "and he fell into a deep sleep.") Then write a one page journal on Rip's demeanor.  How does he react to the people in his town?  Describe his relationship with his wife?  What kind of person is he?  Use at least 3 quotes from the story.

Journal 18: Due Friday Oct 19th William Apess

Read An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man page 477-482.  Cite at least three explainations or arguments that Apess makes to advocate equal treatment for white people and Native American people. How can this be applied to society today? 

Journal 17: Longfellow

Read pages 250-252 "A Psalm of Life" and "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" by Longfellow. Then answer the personal response question on page 255.Do we leave "Footprints on the sands of time" or does death erase all traces of our lives?  In a brief paper, contrast the views presented in the two poems. With which viewpoint do you agree? Why?

Journal 16: The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving

Read pages 236-245.  Journal question:  Do you think Tom Walker's exchange with the Devil was lucrative (spiritually and financially)?  Why?  What was Walker's greatest flaw?

Journal 15: Briton Hammon Narrative

Read pages 419-424.  How did transatlantic trade (of slaves, servants, guns, etc.) impact Hammon's life?  What conclusions can you draw about Hammon? Who did he identify himself with culturally and socially?  Use at least 2 examples.

Journal 14 Jefferson

Read pages 342-349 (Letter to John Adams and Notes on the State of Virginia) in your packet.  Then answer the following questions 1. (Notes...Virginia) What is Jefferson's arguement against the aristocracy of the clergy? 2. (Letter...Adams)  Define a natural aristocracy and an artificial artistocracy? Explain the difference between the two.

Journal 13: Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence (read it).  What does it mean to be American according to Jefferson?  How did the declaration not apply to African Americans?

Journal 12: Racism

Why did racism form in the early colonies? 3/4 page journal

Journal 11: Wheatley Cont.

Read "To S.M....His Works," "To His Excellency General Washington," "To the Right...North America," and "To Maecenas" by Phillis Wheatley.  Also RE-read the first paragraph of the bio on page 366. Then chose two of her works of poetry and analyze how her African or Christian identity could have played a role on the overall tone and message of the poem.  Provide textual evidence (3 examples min.)

Journal 10: Phillis Wheatley

Read "On Being Brought from Africa to America, To the University of Cambridge, in New England, On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, and Thoughts on the Works of Providence" by Phillis Wheatley.  Also read the first paragraph of the bio on page 366. Then chose two of her works of poetry and analyze how her African identity could have played a role on the overall tone and message of the poem.  Provide textual evidence (3 examples min.)

Journal 9: Equiano

Read Olaudah Equiano's Narrative of the Life pages 351-360 and answer the following question.

What could be psychological affects of such an experience?  Give specific experiences of Equiano's.  What were negative and positive impacts of the slave trade?  (you define what negative/positive is).

Journal 8 Edwards

"Personal Narrative" by Johnathan Edwards.

Read the narrative and compare and contrast your faith with Edwards?

Journal 7: Franklin Savages of North America

After reading, write a 1 page journal on how Franklin compares Native American and European customs and culture.  What is Franklin's perspective?

Journal 6 Franklin

After reading The Way to Wealth and Remarks...North America by Benjamin Franklin pg 219-230.  Choose one of Franklin's maxims and critically disagree with it.  Maxims are general rules or principals that are held to be true.

Journal 5

Alvar Nunez Cabeza Vaca 29-36

Garcilaso de la vega 37-42

Read and answer the following questions:

1. What is the persepective of each explorer towards the place they were exploring/land?

2. How do Native American perspectives of life differ from the explorers.

Journal 4: August 10

HOMEWORK:  John Smith From General History of Virginia… From a description of New England…From New England’s Trials. Pg 44-59

How do Smith’s and Columbus’ attitude (tone) compare/differ?

Journal 3 Read Christopher Colombus "From Letter to Luis de Santangel Regarding the First Voyage. and From Letter to Ferdinand and Iswabella Regarding the Fourth Voyage.  pg 26-29

Journal 2 Read pgs 17-24 "The Iroquois Creation Story" and "Pima Stories of the Beginning of the World" and "The Story of the Creation."  Then answer in a 3/4 page journal... What is the tone of the story?  What specific words add to the tone? Explain your answer. 

Journal 1

 “The Earth on Turtle’s Back” by Caduto and Bruchac pg 22-23  

“When Grizzlies Walked Upright” Erdoes and Ortiz pg 24-25

“Navajo” Matthews pg 26-27

“The Iroquois Constitution” Parker pg 28-29

What tone do the authors have in respect to nature? How do the stories reflect their heritage, traditions, attitudes and beliefs?  How can you tell (use information from the text)? How do these creation stories differ from/relate to the Biblical creation story.

Unit 1

Approbation      assuage                                coalition               decadence          elicit       expostulate        hackneyed

Hiatus   innuendo            intercede            jaded    lurid       meritorious        petulant               prerogative

Provincial             simulate               transcend            umbrage              unctuous

Unit 2

Ameliorate         aplomb                 bombastic           callow                   drivel                     epitome               exhort

                Ex officio              infringe                                ingratiate             interloper            intrinsic                inveigh

Lassitude             millennium         occult                    permeate            precipitate          stringent              surmise

Unit 3

Abominate         acculturation    adventitious        ascribe  circuitous            commiserate   enjoin

expedite              expiate      ferment          inadvertent        nominal        noncommittal           peculate

proclivity              sangfroid             seditious              tenuous               vitriolic                  wheedle             

Unit 4 affable     aggrandize          amorphous         aura       contraband         erudite                 gossamer

Infer      inscrutable          insular   irrevocable         propensity          querulous           remonstrate

Repudiate           resilient                reverberate       scurrilous             sedulous              sleazy

Unit 5 amnesty autonomy           axiomatic             blazon   caveat   equitable             extricate              filch

Flout      fractious              precept                                salutary                                scathing               scourge                                sepulchral

Soporific              straitlaced           transient              unwieldy             vapid

Unit 6    anomalous          aspersion            bizarre  brusque               cajole    castigate              contrive

Demagogue       disabuse              ennui    fetter    heinous                                immutable          insurgent             megalomania                sinecure               surreptitious      transgress           transmute           vicarious

Unit 7 austere   beneficent          cadaverous         concoct                                crass      debase                 desecrate

Disconcert           grandiose            inconsequential                                infraction             mitigate               pillage

Prate     punctilious          redoubtable       reprove                                restitution           stalwart                vulnerable

Unit 8 acrimonious          bovine  consternation    corpulent            disavow               dispassionate

dissension           dissipate              expurgate           gauntlet               hypothetical       ignoble    Impugn intemperate   odium                perfidy                 relegate               squeamish  subservient                                susceptible