The Odyssey and Exam Review

The next few weeks before mid-term exams will be devoted to reading and discussing The Odyssey.

Exam Review is listed below:
Section I: Matching (20 Points)
This section will include literary terms; vocabulary terms; authors and their works; authors and their contributions to literature, drama and poetry; and literary movements. You should study your notes, handouts, and PowerPoint presentations. The following terms/people should be studied, as well as all of the other items found in your notes, handouts, and PowerPoints: Simile, Metaphor, Apostrophe, Assonance, Alliteration, Consonance, internal rhyme, Magical Realism, Xenia, Epic and Characteristics of an Epic, Epic Hero, Invocation to the Muse of Poetry, Epithet, Epic Similes, Formal Rhetoric, “In Medias Res,” Dramatic Irony, Theatron, Orchestra, Skene, Parados, Dionysus, Oracle, Strophe & Antistrophe, Tragedy, Greek Masks, Thespis, and Aeschylus.  
Section II: Short Essay (10 Points)
A. Review all of the background information on the authors you have been exposed to throughout the first semester. Review the time period in which each author lived and study the contributions these authors have made to literature, poetry, or drama. The authors we have studied include: Paulo Coelho, Homer, Sophocles, Yasmina Khadra, Erich Maria Remarque, and Daoud Hari.
B. Understand the significance of the titles of each of the works you have been exposed to throughout the first semester: The Alchemist, All Quiet on the Western Front, or The Swallows of Kabul/The Sirens of Baghdad/The Attack.  
Section III: Formal Essay (70 Points)
For this section, you will be creating a thesis statement and defending it based on the novels we have used during the second marking period: The Alchemist, Oedipus, Antigone, Minority Report, and The Odyssey. All formal thesis paper rules apply and MLA documentation formatting is to be followed. In order to be prepared for this section, please read David Ewing Duncan’s article “DNA as Destiny.”

*Helpful hints for studying: Review all notes, old tests and quizzes, logs and writing assignments. Refresh your memory of the main characters, settings, themes, topics of discussion, etc. for each work. The works we have covered during the first semester include the following: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Odyssey by Homer, Oedipus &Antigone by Sophocles, Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg, Yasmina Khadra novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, A Midnight Clear directed by Keith Gordon, and The Translator by Daoud Hari.