Choose 5 out of 6 of the terms that I will take from the extensive list on the syllabus, provide a definition of the term, and give an example or apply it to a situation to support your definition (3-5 sentences).  (30 points)

II. Research

Answer five fact-based questions about research resources.  Some will be fill-in-the-blank; others will require a short answer.  These questions will test your knowledge of library resources and how to find information pertinent to literary research.  Use the handouts that the librarian gave you and notes from class discussion to study.  In particular, make sure you know the major databases that English majors use. (10 points)

III. Modes of Criticism

Identify which mode of criticism (mimetic, rhetorical/pragmatic, expressive, objective) would apply to particular critical statements or descriptions.  (10 points)

IV. Close Reading/Analysis of a Poem

Write an analysis of a poem that I provide in which you explain how an author uses poetic devices to develop a theme.  (35 points)

V. Critical Approaches

Choose one of the two critical approaches I list, and in a brief essay explain the critical perspective and how you would apply it to the poem from part IV.  How might you use one of them to write an essay about the poem from your close reading?  What issues should you attend to from that critical perspective?  What issues from the poem would be important for that type of critic? (15 points)