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Literature and
Composition
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Table of Contents
Opening Week Handouts
Course Expectations………………….…………………….……………………........
Syllabus…………………………………………………….……………….………...
Summer Reading………………………………………..…………………………….
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AP Essay Practice
AP Essay Rubric………………………………………….…………………………..
2006 Free Response Prompt – Country Setting as Source of Values……….………..
2006 Free Response AP Rubric…………………………………………….………...
2006 Free Response Essay Samples – A, B, G, V, II, PP………………….…………
2006 Short Passage Prompt – Lady Windermere’s Fan…………………….………..
2006 Short Passage AP Rubric……………………………………………………….
2006 Short Passage Essay Samples – I, M, N, P, R, U, V, DD, JJ…………………...
2006 Poetry Essay Prompt – “Evening Hawk”………………………………………
2006 Poetry Essay AP Rubric………………………………………………………...
2006 Poetry Essay Samples – LLL, GGGG, L, P, BBB……………………………...
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Outside Novel Assignment: AP Short Form……………………………………..…………...
AP Short Form Examples – A……..…………………………………………..……………...
AP Short Form Examples – B…………………………………………………….…………..
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Philosophy Research Project Group Assignment………………………………….…………
Philosophy Research Project Rubric………………………………………………..………...
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Mythology
Greek
“The Ages of Man”………………………………………..………………….
“Zeus”……………………………………………………………...…………
“Herakles”………………………………………………………….…………
“Prometheus”……………………………………………………..…………..
“Pandora”…………………………………………………………..…………
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Roman
“Cupid and Psyche”……………………………………………..……………
Chinese
“The Creation of the Universe”…………………………………..…………...
Japanese
“The Creation of the Universe and Japan”…………………….……………...
German
“Doctor Faust”………………………………………………….……………..
Norse
“The Death of Balder”…………………………………………….…………...
Judeo-Christian
“Creation,” “The Garden of Eden,” “The Fall of Man,” ………….…………..
“The Murder of Abel,” “The Tower of Babel,”
“The Price of a Saviour,” “The Last Supper,” “Gethsemane,”
“The Trial of Jesus,” and “Condemnation”
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Jewish
“The Golem” ?..................................................................................................
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Greek Theater
Modern Definition of Drama………………………………………………………….
Greek Drama Terms…………………………………………………………………..
“Democracy and Tragedy”……………………………………………………………
“The Theatre”…………………………………………………………………………
“Who is the Tragic Figure?”………………………………………………………….
Oedipus the King – Group Scene Assignment………………………………………..
Oedipus the King – Group Scene Assignment Rubric………………………………..
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College Application Essays
The UC Personal Statement Worksheet………………………………………………
“Elements of Force”…………………………………………………………………..
Personal Statement Essay Examples………………………………………………….
Improving Sentence Style…………………………………………………………….
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Outside Novel Assignment: AP Long Form
Long Form Instructions……………………………………………………………….
Long Form Assignment…………………………………………………………….....
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The Tragedy of Hamlet
“The Great Chain of Being” – Quotations…………………………………………....
Hamlet – The First Page………………………………………………………………
Hamlet’s Act II, Scene ii Soliloquy…………………………………………………...
Act IV Close Analysis Group Assignment……………………………………………
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“The Balloonists” – Eula Biss…………………………………………………………………
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead – Motif Guide………………………………………
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Waiting for Godot – The Short Version……………………………………………………….
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Dante’s Inferno
Reading Schedule………………………………………………………………………
Allegory Practice……………………………………………………………………….
Circle 8 Group Project Assignment…………………………………………………….
Food for Thought……………………………………………………………………….
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Short Stories
“The Storm” – Kate Chopin…………………………………………………………….
“The Story of an Hour” – Kate Chopin…………………………………………………
“I Want a Wife” – Judy Brady…………………………………………………………..
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” – Katherine Ann Porter……………………………
“Cathedral” – Raymond Carver…………………………………………………………
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“The Chrysanthemums” – John Steinbeck………………………………………………
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Spring Syllabus (AP Crunch Time)……………………………………………………………..
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Pride and Prejudice
Reading Schedule………………………………………………………………………..
Tone Practice…………………………………………………………………………….
Quotations: Pages 1-18………………………………………………………………….
Excerpts from Sermons to Young Women – James Fordyce…………………………….
AP Short Passage Essay Practice………………………………………………………..
Essay Study Guide……………………………………………………………………….
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Poetry
Terms to Know for AP Poetry……………………………………………………………
Diction and Tone
“Dulce et Decorum Est” – author…………………………………………
“in Just” – e. e. cummings………………………………………………..
“The Man He Killed” – Thomas Hardy………………………………….
“Richard Cory” – Edwin Arlington Robinson……………………………
“I Know I’m Not Sufficiently Obscure” – Ray Durem…………………..
Imagery
“Meeting at Night” – Robert Browning……………………. ……………
“The Widow’s Lament in Springtime” – William Carlos Williamson…..
“Those Winter Sundays” – Robert Hayden………………………………
“I felt a Funeral in my Brain” – Emily Dickenson……………………….
“The One Girl at the Boys Party” – Sharon Olds………………………...
Metaphor and Symbol
“Metaphors” – Silvia Plath……………………………………………….
“It sifts from leaden sieves” – Emily Dickenson…………………………
Examples of Archetypes………………………………………………….
“To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time” – Robert Herrick……………
“The Chimney Sweeper” – William Blake……………………………….
Musical Devices
“That night when joy began” – W.H. Auden……………………………..
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (Excerpt) – Edgar Allan Poe………….
“God’s Grandeur” – Gerard Manley Hopkins…………………………….
Irony, Overstatement, Understatement, Paradox
“Much madness is sivinest aense” – Emily Dickenson…………………...
“Incident” Countee Cullen………………………………………………...
“One Perfect Rose” – Dorothy Parker…………………………………….
“Ozymandias” – Percy Bysshe Shelley……………………………………
“in the inner city” – Lucille Clifton……………………………………….
“The State” – Randall Farrell……………………………………………..
“Southern Cop” – Sterling A. Brown……………………………………..
Identification Practice……………………………………………………
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AP Review Material
Most Frequently Cited Books on the AP Exam 1970-2007…………………………….. 176
Titles From Free Response Questions…………………………………………………… 178
AP Free Response Prompts 1992-2005…………………………………………………. 185
Final Group Project: Analysis of Female Characters Assignment………………………………
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Senior Project Essay Example: MLA Format……………………………………………………
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