English 11 Exam

Thursday, JUNE 18 at 1:30pm in the gym.

The English 11 Exam is on

You will have 2 hours to complete the exam.

Please arrive 15 minutes early with a pencil, eraser and water.

To study for your English 11 Final Exam, please prepare to do the following:
1. Define and identify in literature the terms and devices on the flip side of this sheet.
2. Be able to analyze structure, discuss and defend themes expressed in poetry. How does
structure help theme?
3. Be able to recognize and analyze the following in literature:
a. Character
b. Point of View
c. Setting

d. Imagery
e. Symbols
f. Plot

g. Conflict (internal /
external)
h. Irony (3 types)

STUDY TIPS

Choose a poem or short story and ask yourself questions using the terms
listed above.

Practice writing your answers or talk them out. Form a study group, throw
questions out there and choose the best answer.

View past English 10 and 12 provincial exams online at

https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams. Check the answer key as well.

A
active voice
alliteration
allusion
analogy
anaphora
antagonist
antithesis
argumentative
essay
aside
assonance
atmosphere
audience
autobiography
B
bias
biography
blank verse
C
caricature
case study
catastrophe
cause and effect
character
characterization
character foil
chorus
chronological
order
clich
climactic order
climax
colloquialism
colloquial
language
comedy
comic relief
compare and
contrast
comparison
conflict
connotation
consonance
contrast
couplet
D
denotation
dnouement
descriptive
essay
dialect
dialogue
diary
diction
dilemma
dissonance
drama

dramatic irony
dramatic
monologue
dramatic form
dynamic
character
E
editorial
emotional
appeal
epic
epiphany
euphemism
expert testimony
exposition
expository essay
extended
metaphor
external conflict
F
falling action
fantasy
figurative
language
first person point
of view
flashback
flat character
foil character
foreshadowing
form
formal essay
formal language
free verse
G
genre
graphic text
H
hero
historical
reference
hyperbole
I
iambic
pentameter
image
imagery
informal essay
informal
language
internal conflict
internal rhyme
irony
J
jargon
juxtaposition
L

limited
omniscient
point of view
literal language
lyric
M
metaphor
metre
monologue
mood
mystery
myth
N
narrative
narration
narrator
O
objective
(language tone
etc.)
objective point
of view
octave
omniscient point
of view
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
P
paradox
parallelism
parody
passive voice
pathos
personal essay
personification
persuasive
essay
persuasive
technique
plot
point of view
pro and con
argument
propaganda
protagonist
purpose
pun
R
refrain
repetition
research
resolution
rhetorical
question
rhyme
rhyme scheme
rhythm
rising action

round character
S
sarcasm
satire
setting
simile
slang
soliloquy
sonnet
speaker
stanza
static character
stereotype
stock /
stereotyped
character
style
stylistic
technique
subjective
(language tone
etc.)
surprise ending
suspense
symbol
symbolism
T
Theme
thesis
thesis statement
third person
point of view
tone
tragedy
U
understatement
V
Voice
W
Wit

NOTE: You must be able

to identify and explain
the effects of these
terms and devices. It is
not enough to explain
the metaphor; you must
explain how the
metaphor changes your
understanding of the
character, or how it
intensifies the conflict,
etc.