English+II+Exam+(Harlem+Renaissance)

Part I: The Harlem Renaissance Project (Wiki)
You can access your page from the Table of Contents below. To begin to develop your page, click on the "edit this page" tab at the top. Good luck! (30 pts.)

**Part II: Close Reading**
Two pieces of writing will be selected from this collection for the exam. You will be asked to reread them and answer multiple choice questions that will assess your understanding of the writing in question as well as your ability to read more deeply for levels of meaning. An understanding of basic literary terms will help you in this section of the exam. (30 pts.)

You can practice for this part of the exam by reading the selections below and responding with your observations and ideas in the "Discussion" tab.

**Part III:** Vocabulary
You will be assessed on your understanding of the list of Vocabulary words on this wiki. (10 pts.)

Part IV: Essay
You will be asked to draw upon all of the writing skills you have developed this year in order write an organized, detailed, and well-reasoned argument based on your reading for this semester:[| Emerson's "Self-Reliance,"] [|Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,] Hurston's //Their Eyes Were Watching God//, and the works on this wiki project. You will receive your essay on //Their Eyes Were Watching God// and may use it to develop your essay as well. Feel free to use Internet sources to review the works we read earlier in the year so that you can refer to them precisely and specifically. Be prepared to address common editing and proofreading issues which have given you trouble in the past. (30 pts.)

Harlem_Renaissance_project.doc
 * Resources for your project:**

[|Basic Literary Terms: Poetry] [|Harlem Renaissance (Wikipedia)] [|Crash Course in Copyright] [|The Write Source: MLA Style (Documenting Internet Sources)]


 * Table of Contents**
 * Author || Literary Work || Genre || Student Creator ||
 * Langston Hughes || "Dream Variations" || Poetry || Chassidy ||
 * Claude McKay || "The Barrier" || Poetry || Marissa ||
 * James Weldon Johnson || "The Temptress" || Poetry || Michelle ||
 * Countee Cullen || "The Loss of Love" || Poetry || Rebecca ||
 * Langston Hughes || "Daybreak in Alabama" || Poetry || Marcos ||
 * Langston Hughes || Dreams || Poetry || Elber ||
 * Claude McKay || Flower of Love || Poetry || David ||
 * Langston Hughes || I, Too || Poetry || Tamar ||
 * Arne Bontemps || The Day-Breakers || Poetry || Andres ||
 * Langston Hughes || Life Is Fine || Poetry || Liza ||
 * Jean Toomer || People || Poetry || Lorena ||
 * Nella Larson || Quicksand || Novel || Betty ||
 * Claude McKay || If We Must Die || Poetry || James ||
 * Claude McKay || After the Winter || Poetry || Lucila ||
 * James Weldon Johnson || The Color Sergeant || Poetry || Alex ||
 * Jean Toomer || Blood Burning Moon' || Story || Genesis ||
 * Claude McKay || The Lynching || Poetry || Shomari ||
 * James Weldon Johnson || Go Down, Death || Poetry || Cesar ||
 * James Weldon Johnson || The Creation || Poetry || Brenda ||
 * Zora Neale Hurston || How It Feels to Be Colored Me || Essay || Sammy ||
 * Countee Cullen || 'Yet Do I Marvel' || Poetry || Nick ||
 * Countee Cullen || 'The Wise" || Poetry || Alejandra ||