Year-Long Glossary Project Literary Devices and Terms
AP Lit and Comp 2015
Over the course of each semester you will be asked to complete a number of literary
device entries (typically one per week). In general, you will be able to select the device
that you wish to use; there are, however, several mainstay devices we will discuss in class
that you will be required to include.
I will provide a list of appropriate literary terms/devices. Your examples may come from
any of the works assigned, or that we read in class, or the novel you have chosen for your
outside reading.
You may choose to write, in ink, in a composition book, or you may type, using MLA
rules/formatting ---which will be checked regularly, and receive a cumulative grade at the
end of each semester. The “function” section of this project is authentic, student
composition.
Ultimately, you will submit all entries to Ms. Allari (turnitin, Moodle, or the ePortfolio--more information at a later date); note: though the term will come from outside sources,
the application section will not – plagiarism will not be tolerated.
Format
Term:
Example:
Function:
Definition of the literary device selected
Quotation, followed by source, including author, title,
page/line number
Author’s purpose in employing this device at this point
in the work. How does this particular device enhance what
the writer seeks to convey? You may comment on theme,
character, setting, or whatever else is important in
explaining how the device functions in this particular
instance. (As you are AP students, I know that you would
like parameters--- this commentary should be in-depth,
original, and focused....*). I expect at least 2 CB pages for
each entry, or one pages entry per term if you use your iPad
or MSW (one page).
I will recommend some online sources, but if you wish to purchase a handbook for terms,
consider Penguin’s Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, NTC’s Dictionary
of Literary Terms, or The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. You may also
use the links on my Bulletin Board.; I also have many links on my HW page in
Resources.
A GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS.
PIEDMONT AP LIST
WHEELER
BEDFORD’S QUIZLET
BEDFORD’S ST MARTINS
WW NORTON LIT WEB
WW NORTON LIT FLASHCARDS
Your first set of LIT GLOSS entries will be from our first five readings:
1. Nabokov or your Summer Reading;
2. Mark Twain
3. Elizabeth Gaskell
4. Sandra Cisneros
5. Seamus Heaney