ENG4U- E FINAL EXAMINATION- REVIEW

Use this document to help you revise/review all of the materials from the beginning of the course until the end. This will help you organize all of your study materials to ensure you do well on your final examination.

MARK BREAKDOWN: Knowledge & Understanding- 20 marks Thinking- 20 marks Communication- 10 marks Application- 20 marks Total- 70 marks

KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING Definitions of key terms (just like in midterm assessment). 10 of these terms will be on the exam. Each definition is worth 2 marks. 1. Thesis 2. Internal Conflict 3. Theme of Natural Order 4. Writing Process 5. Character Arc 6. Pathetic Fallacy 7. Bildungsroman 8. Theme of Ambiguity 9. Emotional Blackmail 10. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 11. Fat 12. Rhetoric 13. Love 14. Family 15. Revenge 16. Logos 17. The Tragic Hero 18. Ethos 19. Pathos 20. Byronic Hero

THINKING Passage Analysis: For this section of the exam, you will need to ANALYZE 4 passages in total from both William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (2 passages) and Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist (2 passages).

For each quotation passage, you must: (/1) Identify the speaker (/1) Identify the audience (person spoken to) (/1) Provide context (/2) Explain the relevance/significance.

COMMUNICATION Theme Analysis for both Santiago and Hamlet’s characters. You will have one of the following themes on the exam. 1. Love- kinds of love 2. Family- conflicts within family systems 3. Internal Conflict- dilemma with the self 4. Action/Inaction- to do or not to do something 5. Morality/Immorality- sense of what is good and what is bad.

APPLICATION **This is the hardest park of the exam** Application of both Hamlet and The Alchemist; use of 3 given premise points; use of details & examples from both texts to prove overall points. TASK: Examine the theme of DESTINY/FATE in both Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet using the given premise points below. Write one paragraph for each premise point AND use at least 2 key details from the texts (1 per character) as proofs to help prove your point. **Make sure you write an introductory paragraph with a clear and identifiable thesis statement.** **Use the following 3 premise points to frame your writing**

INTRODUCTION- Introduce topic, texts, authors, premises, thesis statement (5 marks )

PREMISE 1: Motivation in action — What motivated both Hamlet and Santiago? How did these motivations bring them their fates? Provide one detail for Hamlet and one for Santiago. (5 marks )

PREMISE 2: Support and Encouragement— What was the support system like for Hamlet and Santiago? Who understood them, helped them, guided them? Which is a healthier way of living/ managing conflict? How do their support/encouragement systems help with or create further problems that lead them to their fates? Provide one detail for Hamlet and one for Santiago. (5 marks )

PREMISE 3: Successful or Unsuccessful in their endeavour— Is Hamlet successful in what he wanted to do? Is Santiago successful in what he wanted to do? How do their fates end; tragically or happily? Why? What does one do correctly in order to secure a good and fulfilled fate, while the other a deadly and tragic one? Provide one detail for Hamlet and one for Santiago. (5 marks )

***YOU DO NOT NEED TO WRITE A CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH!***