The purpose of this study guide is not to indicate exactly what will be on the midterm exam. The ideas below (which we've discussed in class) are intended to help you to organize your studying and to think about the works we've read and studied so far this semester. Use these study guide ideas with 1.) your notes from class discussions and your own notes/ideas to think about the stories we have read along with 2.) your review of the stories. Don't forget the author bios, the study questions at the end of each story, and the critical introduction and notes for TIDM. Also, our Course Notes page has notes for some stories. All of these will give you helpful context and background about specific works.
The midterm will be based on works from the beginning of the semester through all of TIDM, chapters 1-19. (However, you can, if appropriate, discuss the entire novella.)
No notes or books will be used during the exam.
You should review your quizzes and write out practice responses to questions
you make up, e.g., What is a theme of the story . . . ? Be sure to
review your in-class card for "Shoeless Joe."
Question types:
- New: Identifications: You will identify an unmarked passage from a story: You will state the title and explain the passage's significance along with its relationship to the story as a whole. You should consider content and style. I will not give you short, obscure passages.
- Multiple choice, fill in the blank, true or false, or matching*
- Short Answer: Think of individual works as well as connections among works.*
*Like quiz questions.
Also, you will have some choices.
Time for midterm: 75 mins--the entire class period--for thinking,
writing, and reviewing. You will write the exam on notebook paper, so
bring several sheets to class.
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