The midterm has three parts: vocabulary, short answer, and passage identification/essay.
Vocabulary will come from the list below. You will be required to define the term and then provide an example of it.
Short answer questions will come directly from our class discussions. See the menu item above for discussion questions and recaps.
The passage identification questions will come from passages we have specifically discussed in class. You will have to identify the title and author of the story the passage came from. You will then write a short essay about why that passage is important for understanding the rest of the story. There will be two of these questions on the exam.
This is not an open book test. Be sure to bring a pencil and paper to write with/on.
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Vocabulary list:
Formalist close reading
Critical context
Print context
Cultural context
Realism
Postmodernism
Metafiction
Magical realism
Flash fiction
