Hi. Here is what you need to know about the final. It is worth 10% of your semester grade, and has three parts to it: vocab exam, objective exam, and essay exam. The vocab exam will cover chapters 1-7, and is the least important of the three parts.
The objective exam is 50 questions long and covers the following topics that we covered in class, namely: The 10% Solution: basic info about literary elements - character, plot, setting, theme, narrators, irony, types of conflict found in stories; various reading strategies we practiced (schema, visualization, eye fixations); types of lead and conclusion techniques, as well as other writing techniques we studied (format, citing sources, etc.); and various story forms we studied (parable, bildungsroman, creation myth, etc.).
The essay exam consists of two possible prompts. Prepare for both - you will get one at random. I suggest bringing the books we read to class that day so you may cite from them in the essay, which is one of the requirements of the essay. The prompts, and the expectations for the essay, are listed below:
Essay: Respond to the following prompt:
Explain how several of the books we read this semester contain Taoist themes and principles.
OR
Explain “the core beliefs and personal philosophies” that guided the lives of several main characters we read about this semester, and explain how these beliefs guided the characters’ lives.
In your essay, be sure to do the following things:
1. Use one of the lead and conclusion techniques we have learned this semester and 2. identify them in your header.
2. Craft a compelling title.
4. Have a clear thesis statement.
5. Support that thesis statement with clear, specific examples from the text.
6. Cite at least one time, either in-text or blocked, in your essay, using page numbers.
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