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
Natural and artificial aristocracy
Personal narrative
Race/racial identity
Paternalism
Individualism
Culture clash
Fantasy v. Reality
Grammar: Subject/Verb agreement and Pronouns
Review your notes concerning both subjects.
Reading/Journals
Journal 8 The Fall of the House of Usher
Read pages 297-302 (308) carefully (read until the end of the ballad). Then answer the following questions with a 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 and explain at least 2 quotes.
Journal 7: Longfellow
Longfellow "A Psalm of Life" and "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls"
Pages 250-251 and 253. After reading write a 3 stanza (12 line) poem about life from your perspective. (Do we leave footprints on the sand of time OR does death erase all traces of our lives?)
Story 8: 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?
Story 7: An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man by Apess
Read 477
Journal 6: Change
Journal 5 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 argument against the aristocracy of the clergy? 2. (Letter...Adams) Define a natural aristocracy and an artificial aristocracy? Explain the difference between the two.
Story 6:
"Personal Narrative" by Johnathan Edwards.
Read the narrative and compare and contrast your faith with Edwards?
Story 5: Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Read pages 448-460
Journal 4: 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 3: Franklin Savages of North America
After reading, write a 3/4 page journal on how Franklin compares Native American and European customs and culture. What is Franklin's perspective on the two cultures? Create a clear thesis and support your opinion with a minimum of three quotes from the text (which you analyze and explain).
Journal 2: Myth
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
