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AWL Exam Study Guide Questions and
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Marjane Satrapi - Answers✓✓Born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran
Grew up in Tehran where she studied at the Lycée Français (French School) before leaving for
Vienna (Austria) and then going to Strasbourg (France) to study illustration
Published Persepolis in 2003
"This is the wise, funny, and poignant memoir of a young girl who comes of age in Iran and
whose family suffers after the 1979 Islamic Revolution" (Pearson, Bridging English). Memoir:
any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories
Marjane Satrapi - Answers✓✓Thinking about Point of View / Perspective
"Cadets in the 2006 class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point were required to read and
study Persepolis to acquire a richer knowledge of Iran than they might obtain from reading
analytical texts or newspaper accounts" (Pearson, Bridging English).
What is a BILDUNGSROMAN? - Answers✓✓A bildungsroman is a genre of novel that shows a
young protagonist's journey from childhood to adulthood (or immaturity to maturity), with a
focus on the trials and misfortunes that affect the character's growth.
From the German:
Bildung → "formation"
Roman → "novel"
"Coming-of-age novel"
"The Danger of a Single Story" ~ Chimamanda Adichie - Answers✓✓"The single story creates
stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they aren't true, but that they are
incomplete. They make one story become the only story."
Who was William Shakespeare? - Answers✓✓Born around 1564 and died in 1616
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Grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, a busy market town on the Avon River about 75 miles
northwest of London
Most likely went to the local grammar school, where he would have studied Latin and Greek as
well as English and world history
In 1582, when he was 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway and had 3 children with her,
including a set of twins
Revered as England's greatest writer
Shakespeare's plays and poetry are regarded as the finest works ever written in English
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The "Bard of Avon" - Answers✓✓English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist
Often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard")
Wrote 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 long narrative poems, and a few other verses
Shakespeare's Language - Answers✓✓When Shakespeare wrote his sonnets and plays, the
language he used was popular and would have been easily recognized by 17th century audiences
However, today we have a more difficult time comprehending the words Shakespeare used
What we must remember is that Shakespeare's words can easily be "translated" into modern
English, and once we become familiar with these words, it becomes easier to read and
understand the language, and then we are able to appreciate the story Shakespeare is trying to tell
The trick of reading Shakespeare's works is to try to get the idea or "gist" of what the characters
are saying, rather than trying to figure out what every single word means
Words, Words, Words - Answers✓✓Not only did Shakespeare use new words, but he also liked
to use them in clever ways and often in a strange order
Think about how Yoda speaks in the Star Wars movies
We understand exactly what he says even though the word order sounds mixed up in our ears
By reading and "translating" the following lines into modern English, see if you can figure out
what Shakespeare meant → *Remember that Shakespeare often rearranged wording or left out
words in a sentence to make the rhythm fit iambic pentameter...
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"Fear me not" "Saw you him today?"
"Why call you for a sword?" "Dost thou not laugh?"
What is iambic pentameter? - Answers✓✓Though Shakespeare sometimes writes in prose
(ordinary speech), he is most famous for his verse (poetry)
The most common form of verse he used was iambic pentameter, which means each line
contains 5 iambs, or a total of 10 syllables
An iamb is a unit of verse ("foot") consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed
syllable
Shakespeare also uses rhymes (end rhymes), both at the end of lines and within them (internal
rhyme)
Sometimes Shakespeare employs blank verse, which is unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic
pentameter
Elements of Drama - Answers✓✓Drama is narrative, or storytelling, written for performance
A drama is a play, a story written to be performed by actors on a stage or in a film
Acts → the basic units of organization in a drama
Scenes → what acts are divided into; may move the action to a new setting or time of day, it may
introduce new characters, or it may shift a play's mood
Playwright or Dramatist → author of play
Script → text of the story
Dialogue → the characters' spoken words
Stage Directions → instructions about how the play should be performed
Dramatic Effect → an illusion of reality produced when all the elements of drama combine in
performance
Theme → a deeper meaning or insight about life; revealed through dramatic effect
Forms of Drama - Answers✓✓The ancient Greeks, who developed drama as an organized
literary form, created two basic types of plays → tragedy and comedy
Tragedy → traces the downfall of the main character, often called the tragic hero
