English 12 Final

This list is a general list... it includes a lot of branches from these major areas... examine your notes and quizzes thoroughly..  Remember- make learning active, not passive.

Final REVIEW:

1. Art of communication- types of communication, purpose, etc.

2. Purpose of education

3. Art of questioning- Why? How to? Bloom's Taxonomy

4. Narrative writing- show don't tell, dialogue, purpose, imagery 

5. Expository writing- what is it? When to do? Why do it?

6. 8 steps of writing- list, rationale, execution.. Lists, checklists, formulas, organization

7. Different writing scenario you will encounter in college.. how to explain it to others

8. Why we study literature?

9. Annotation. 

10. Cornell notes.

11. Difference between college writing and high school writing

12. Literary theory- origins, schools, questions, philosophy

13. Anglo-Saxon history, literature, Beowulf

14. Middle Ages history, literature, The Canterbury Tales

15. Renaissance history, literature, Hamlet 

16. Literary terms, poetry terms (applicable)

17. Diction, syntax, grammar (sentence diagramming)

18. Research practices- source evaluation, where to go, why do we do it?

19. Totem pole of academia 

20. Sonnets- form, origin, scansion

21. Characterization- definition, steps, motivation, execution