Saturday, September 25, 2010

OUTLINE FOR REVIEW for Short Story Unit Test

I. Plot, Character, Characterization, Details
- "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier
- "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
- "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
II. Literary Terms
- SIFT - Symbol, Imagery, Figurative Language, Tone, and Theme
- Mood
- Suspense
- Conflict - internal and extrenal
- Characterization
- Flashback- Allusion
III. Grammar
- Parts of Speech: noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection (Holt Mcdougal Literature textbook, p. R46-R47)
- Parts of a Sentence: subject (S), predicate/verb (AV or LV), direct object, indirect object, predicate adjective, predicate nominative, prepositional phrase (PREP PHR) (Holt McDougal Literature textbook, p. R48)
***S + V
***S + V + IO + DO
***S + LV + PA
***S + LV + PN
***Prep + Noun or Pronoun = prepositional phrase
IV. Vocabulary
- preclude, impunity, redress, connoisseur, implore, vintage, motley, surmount, vault, perceive, insufferable, catacombs, repose, distill, gesticulate, crypt, circumscribe, promiscuous, recess, termination, immolation, abscond, subside, and aperture

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