12 Lit review

Which student snuck a reference to a certain notable Frenchman into their IO?

Your lit class was Mr. McCarthy's first time teaching all of the following EXCEPT...

Which book might be Mr. McCarthy's favorite?

Narration style: A main or side character tells the story

Which question would be best suited for a section-by-section or stanza-by-stanza response?

choose the text type that these choices would be most useful to discuss: balance of dialogue; gestures; stage directions

The most popular text for the IO this year was...

Which of the following texts uses first-person point of view?

Who makes Mr. McCarthy most nervous that they will do bodily harm to themselves or others in class?

Which student was most likely to derail the class with a long (and engaging!) story in response to the QOTD?

Which color button-down does Mr. McCarthy have the most of?

If the guiding question mentions one literary device, you should ONLY discuss that one

Who wrote out a word-for-word script in planning their io?

Which student was Mr. McCarthy's kids' favorite counselor?

choose the text type that these choices would be most useful to discuss: characterization, dramatic irony, props

Who most undersells their abilities?

It's recommended to use transition sentences at the start of paragraphs to make brief comparisons between texts

Which of the following texts uses a third-person omniscient point of view?

Which text does Mr. McCarthy like the least?

Which is NOT the subject of one of Szymborska's poems?

Which student was most likely to loudly state they didn't read a book?

choose the text type that these choices would be most useful to discuss: imagery; narrative voice; conflict

choose the text type that these choices would be most useful to discuss: sibilance, alliteration

choose the text type that these choices would be most useful to discuss: credibility; objective vs. subjective

Which student wrote a moving story about a tumbleweed?

All of the following texts present events out of sequence except:

Who makes unnervingly good eye contact?

Which text is not set in the 20th century?

As long as you answer the question, you don't have to compare and contrast the texts

Which is one of the suggested sequences for a paper 1 response?

It's a good idea to make a statement about the larger interpretation or meaning of a P1 passage

Narration style: Narrator only reveals the thoughts of one character, but does not use "I"

Unless it would be confusing to do so, you should alternate between paragraphs on one text and paragraphs on the other

What's a "big swing"?

Narration style: The "voice of God," narrator can reveal thoughts of any character; all-knowing narrator

Which of the following is a good synonym for "atmosphere"?

Narration style: Narrator shows scene without revealing any character's thoughts, seeing the world as if from a camera

Before going into detail about writer's choices, you should show your literal understanding of a passage

Who once wrote a paper 1 so lyrical it literally caused Mr. McCarthy's eyes to well up with tears?

choose the text type that these choices would be most useful to discuss: imagery; patterns of diction; enjambment