Final Exam Review
Characters:
Be able to describe and identify the following characters:
Frankenstein:
Victor Frankenstein
Robert Walton
Henry Clerval
Elizabeth
William Frankenstein
Justine
The cottagers
“The Importance of Being Earnest”:
Algernon Moncrieff
Jack Worthing
Gwendolyn Fairfax
Lady Bracknell
Cecily Cardew
Terms:
Be able to define the following terms and apply to a poem/play/novel:
Alliteration
Tone
Theme
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Satire
Frame Story
Dilemma
Climax
Crisis
Dramatic Monologue
Foil
Period of Literature:
Be able to recognize and list characteristics for the following periods of literature:
1. Age of Reason
2. Romantic Period
3. Victorian Period
Poems:
Review the following poems (and be able to describe the tone and theme of each poem):
“My Heart Leaps Up” – by William Wordsworth
“Ozymandias” – by Percy Shelly
“Jabberwocky” – by Lewis Carrol
“To An Athlete Dying Young” – by A.E. Housman
Possible Essay/ Short Answer Questions:
1. Example of irony in “The Importance of Being Earnest”
2. Explain how “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a satire of upper class Victorian society
3. Analyze the theme and tone of one of the poems listed above
4. Describe Victor Frankenstein as a father figure
6. Explain Robert Walton’s choice to turn his ship around and return home at the end of Frankenstein
7. Describe Victor’s decision to create, and then destroy a female creature
