British Lit II Midterm Review Associate Adjunct Professor Becky Villarreal Before beginning the exam, please email your instructor for the password. To access the exam, go to Blackboard and click the Assignments folder. The midterm is worth a maximum of 100 points or 20 percent of your grade. This exam will test your knowledge of the Romantics, Victorians, literary terms, MLA, grammar, punctuation, and the novels read so far. Give your instructor 48 hours before checking your final grade by accessing the Tools folder. If the midterm is submitted more than two weeks late, you will only be able to earn a maximum of 50 points. Be Most Familiar with the Following Works: William Wordsworth (1770-1850) "Strange fits of passion have I known"; "She Dwelt among the untrodden ways"; "Three years she grew" Click here for an analysis of Wordsworth's works George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) "She walks in beauty"; "When we two parted" Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) : "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Click here for analysis of "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" John Keats (1795-1821) "Ode on a Grecian Urn" Click here for an anaysis of Keats' poem Jane Austen (1775-1817); Sense and Sensibility Click here for an analysis of Austen's novel Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) ; Frankenstein Click here for an analysis of Shelley's novel Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) : "Ulysses" (audio) Click here for analysis Know the Definitions of the Following Terms Romanticism Realism Naturalism masculine and feminine rhyme Internal rhyme assonance and consonance iambic pentameter tetrameter Foot, Meter Blank verse, Free verse spondee, trochaic prosody Quatrain Refrain Sonnet Ode, Lyric Speaker, Narrator Epic poem   Prose Ballad Alliteration Stanza Onomatopoeia Incantation Repetition Theme and Central Idea Point of View Narration, Narrative Conflict Characterization Protagonist Antagonist Plot Symbol Simile and Metaphor Irony Personification The link below should be helpful: Literary Writing and Terms What Can You Expect to See on the Exam? Part I: Multiple choice and true false questions worth a total of 50 pts. You will have two attempts. Do not retake after first attempt with a score of 35 points or higher.   Part II: Two short essays (100+ word paragraphs) worth 25 pts. each (not available two weeks after the deadline). Points will be taken off for mechanics and documentation. Also, you must respond in your own words, using examples from the text--no research allowed. One question will be over one of the novels; the other question will be about the poetry or essays. Please copy and paste the questions into Word. Then, if you are booted, you can email me your answers. Created by Becky Villarreal Austin Community College 2008