Next week, you will be tested on the Renaissance during two class periods (a portion of each period both days). On Tuesday, you will write about Milton and the test format will contain this:
Vocabulary section (5-10 words), a sample of writing from Milton that you will have to answer short answer and multiple choice questions on, a paragraph worth 10 marks.
On Wednesday, you will write about the other Renaissance works we studied. You will be asked short answer questions on the following topics:
1. "Whoso List to Hunt"
2. "Nymph and Shepherd"
3. Shakespearean sonnet question
4. Another Shakespearean sonnet question
5. "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning"
6. "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time"
We will spend Thursday reviewing for the test.
Finally, here are the vocabulary words you'll have to know for Tuesday's test on Milton:
- coy
- tarry
- obdurate
- ignominy
- satiate
- trepidation
- apostate
- lassitude
- perdition
- fetid
- impious
- incumbent
- vaunting
- adamantine
- seraphim
- cherubim
