EXAM TIME & DATE: 7:00pm, Wednesday, April 28, 2021
MATERIALS:
1.A Canadian Writer’s Pocket Guide
2.5 Pieces of Prose: A modest proposal, Sunday at the park, Have all the heroes died, Where the world began, Liberties: Drill, Grill and Chill
3.13 Stories: A & P, The story of an hour, A Rose for Emily, Cathedral, Borders, Miss Brill, The storm, A clean, well-lighted place, A pair of tickets, The Chrysanthemums, Everyday use, Happy endings, The lottery
4.30 Poems: Out, out—, My last Duchess, My Papa’s waltz, The red wheelbarrow, Theme for English B, Batter my heart…, Jabberwocky, Fire and ice, Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day, Metaphors, Reapers, Stopping by woods…, To an athlete dying young, Naming of parts, Nothing gold can stay, Lady Lazarus, Drinking alone by moonlight, Simile
5 p.m./july/the city, Neighbors; Sampler, there are delicacies, On Mona’s smile, Bikini poem, CPR window, NEWFOUNDLAND, Rainbow, Dust of snow, The guitarist tuned up, The Canterbury tales - Prologue
5.1 Play:Trifles
6.Various lectures on reading and writing theories and practices
FORMAT:
There are altogether 10 mini-essay questions that require a minimum of 200 words each in the answers. They are all open-ended with some limited to some pieces of literature we have read and others to newly introduced material. However, they are all related in one way or another to settings, characters, characterizations, plots, conflicts, point of views, themes, and style of writing. To prepare for the exam, you need to be familiar with all the pieces marked, be able to synchronically compare and contrast things, be able to rewrite and re-imagine parts of pieces logically, and be able to apply different approaches to the reading of the marked pieces.
Rubrics for the Mini-essay Questions in the Final Exam
Criteria for a Good Answer:
Topic sentence–Three pieces of Support–Good Organization–Good Language Use–Logical Conclusion
0-4 point:
--The topic sentence is either missing or not clearly presented.
-- The three pieces of supporting evidence are either not all present or less relevant.
-- The organization of the support is messy or not logical.
-- The language used is not effective or too colloquial.
-- The concluding sentence is not evident or conclusive.
5-7 points:
-- The topic sentence is present, but not effective.
-- The three pieces of supporting evidence are present, but not relevant enough.
-- The organization of the support is fine, but not the best.
-- The language used is good, but still with laws.
-- The concluding sentence is evident, but not conclusive enough.
8-10 points:
-- The topic sentence is not only present, but also effective.
-- The three pieces of supporting evidence are not only present, but also relevant.
-- The organization of the support is not only good, but also logical.
-- The language used is not only good, but also elegant.
-- The concluding sentence is not only present, but also conclusive.