SENIORS--Tuesday Test

You will be tested on Tuesday on The Cask of Amontillado, The Portable Phonograph, The Stone Boy, and The Shawl (we will discuss this in class on Monday).

The test will include the notes that you were given on setting (types and uses of) and description (concrete details, connotative words, figures of speech, sensory images). You will be asked to demonstrate (through story examples) and apply your understanding of these elements of fiction and tools of the writer to the four above-mentioned stories. When citing story examples, it is always best to cite a MINIMUM of THREE EXAMPLES in order to prove your point. This is a minimum recommendation. Read through the notes posted on Studywiz to help you gather information. You're responsible for information on authors contained in these Studywiz notes.

More detailed questions will be asked on The Shawl in which I ask you to apply your knowledge of setting and description to writing about theme. With these questions you will be asked to think and make inferences based on evidence from the story. They will not be simple comprehension questions with simple answers.

On Studywiz I have posted a pdf. file of The Shawl that you may print out and use during the test. I have posted notes on The Shawl that you may study, but not use during the test.

Test format

1. Fill ins
2. true-false
3. short answers (many options, with some mandatory questions on The Shawl) Hint: know how setting is used in each of the four stories (irony, symbol, verisimilitude, atmosphere, shape character, organization??) and know how setting is created (concrete details, figures of speech, word connotations, sensory images).