Study Notes

Study Notes11th Grade American Literature2nd Semester Final ExamWhat will be on the final?PeriodicalsInformational textHemingway and Old Man and the SeaThoreau and WaldenBach and Illusions, Adventures of a Reluctant MessiahAllegoryPERIODICALS - what to studyWhat is a periodical?What are the various types of periodicals?What is a press release?Whats the impact of the digital age?PERIODICALSThe word periodical is a generic term Refers to materials published in PERIODically DailyWeeklyMonthlyAll periodicals require readership to exist

PERIODICALSExamples of periodicals include:Magazines: glossy, colorful, interest drivenNewspapers: newsprint, more geographically, classifieds, obituariesTrade newsletters: printed newsletters, bulk mailedE-zines: electronically distributed, web-basedBlogs and vlogs: electronic, individually fundedScholastic journals: educationally focused/funded, printed text

Press Release: Written by anyoneCall to action Gets to the pointCovers: Who, what, when, where, why, and howPeriodicalsINFOMATIONAL TEXT - what to studyTypes of informational textTheir importanceInformational textLaw - IE: The Civil Rights Act and Miranda RightsBinding Agreements IE: marriage vows, wills Warnings IE: smoking labelsInstructional manuals - IE: car manualSafety tips IE: FFA instructions for flying

Informational TextWhy is informational text important?Governs societyPrevents mishaps or emergenciesInformsProtects against harm or deathIdentifies terms of contracts

HARLEM RENAISSANCE - what to studyWhat was it?When was it?What came from it?Artists, performers, and writers Know the works of Langston HughesHARLEM RENAISSANCE What was it?A great migration of blacksHarlem was one of the largest destinationsAn expression of freedom from slaveryEnormous cultural impact on the US

HARLEM RENAISSANCE When was it?Came decades after the Emancipation ProclamationStarted in 1919Ended in 1935It was over by WW2

HARLEM RENAISSANCE What came from it?Black artists, musicians, singers, and writersBlues: sad lyrics from past wrongsJazz: joyful lyrics of a hopeful futureArtistic roots of American art culture

HARLEM RENAISSANCE What came from it?Black artists, musicians, singers, and writersBlues: sad lyrics from past wrongsJazz: joyful lyrics of a hopeful futureArtistic roots of American art culture

HARLEM RENAISSANCE - Artists Aaron Douglas Archibald Motley

Palmer Hayden

HARLEM RENAISSANCE - Singers Billy Holiday: blues singer, Strange FruitElla Fitzgerald: Queen of Jazz, scat, How High the MoonLouis Armstrong: jazz, trumpeter, What a wonderful WorldDuke Ellington: big band, movies, Take the Train

HARLEM RENAISSANCE Langston Hughes Theme for English B: his experience at Columbia UniversityI Too: a response to Walt WhitmanThe Negro Speaks of Rivers: rivers connected to black historyYes Mam: narrative on values

Hemingway what to studyHemingways backgroundHis writing styleOld Man and the SeaHemingwayHis backgroundA newspaper manA combat reporterAvid fishermanLarge game hunterBattled depression and alcoholismCommitted suicide

HemingwayWriting styleWrote in a journalistic styleShort sentencesWas inspired by hunting and fishingIncludes his life value principalsHemingwayOld Man and the SeaSpiritualOvercoming something greater than yourselfBeing a friend; having a friendLosing someone you loveInspired by natureAbout living simplyFiction

Thoreau what to studyTranscendentalismThoreaus writing styleWalden

ThoreauTranscendentalism: it has two aspectsLife goes full circleNature teaches us everythingIt was inspired by Ralph Waldo EmersonIt only lasted about 25 yearsEmily Dickenson: transcendental poet

ThoreauThoreaus writing styleUses imageryIs inspired by natureLong descriptive sentencesGoes into great detail Uses alliteration (repetitive sounds)ThoreauWaldenSpiritual from a transcendentalist perspectiveMicro-living and living simplyA 2-year experiment Writes of his own experienceLearning from natureNon-fictionBach what to studyBachs backgroundBachs writing styleIllusions, Adventures of a Reluctant MessiahBachBachs backgroundPilot of small planesFlew for the militaryStill livingFamily manSurvived a plane crashBachWriting styleWrites fictionFind interesting perspective anglesIs inspired by flyingUses imageryBachIllusions, Adventures of a Reluctant MessiahIts all an illusionTells parables(illusions) within an illusionWrites himself into the novelSurvives the loss of a loved oneIncludes a journal, the story, and a manual FictionAllegoryAllegory: a story with hidden meaningTheodore Seuss Geisel was Dr. SeussWrote children stories Wrote political satireWrote allegoriesExamples of AllegoryYertle the Turtle about Hitler and communismThe Lorax about ecologyThe Wizard of Oz about the economy