For the multiple choice section, be sure to know the following words and literary devices:
arduous
consonance
alliteration
onomatopoiea
paradox
allusion
hyperbole
metaphor
indifferent
ballad
sonnet
free verse
blank verse
To prepare for the paragraph section: Review.
1. Literary para. must-haves.
2. The template for a literary paragraph.
3. Re-read previous paragraphs. Where do you consistently lose marks?
4. Study your vocabulary list. Use accurate vocabulary and sentence variety. Use strong verbs.
5. Re-read the how-to-integrate quotes sheet. Make sure you use a lot of short quotations and integrate them well into the text. Change verb tenses in the original text to fit with your present tense paragraph.
6. Re-read all the work we did DURING the poetry unit. How do you read a poem? What is literal? What is figurative (metaphorical). What words are repeated. Where are the line breaks? What does the title imply? Etc.
7. It's grade 12. It's an exam. The literal answer will be in the poem somewhere. Find it!!
PREPARE SO YOU KNOW YOU ARE DOING YOUR BEST!
