pre -AP semester exam essay question

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Mid-Term Essay Portion

The nature of conflict is one of the unifying elements of literature, whether prose or poetry, fiction or nonfiction. Using your independent read and either Anthem , To Kill a Mockingbird , or

The Crucible think about conflicts that the characters have in common. Think about your dualities and thematic ideas--what do these works say about human beings and human nature.

Then choose a conflict that two works share, create a theme, and then a thesis which addresses that central conflict that these works share. Next, show how the theme is reflected in both these works. Your 2-3 body paragraphs will be comprised of the ways in which these works develop their shared theme. The organization will be a point-by-point style: central conflicts?, protagonists?, antagonists?, settings? irony?, Support, support- show --don’t just tell. You will be able to use your outline on the exam.

Mid-Term Essay Portion

The nature of conflict is one of the unifying elements of literature, whether prose or poetry, fiction or nonfiction. Using your independent read and either Anthem , To Kill a Mockingbird , or

The Crucible think about conflicts that the characters have in common. Think about your dualities and thematic ideas--what do these works say about human beings and human nature.

Then choose a conflict that two works share, create a theme, and then a thesis which addresses that central conflict that these works share. Next, show how the theme is reflected in both these works. Your 2-3 body paragraphs will be comprised of the ways in which these works develop their shared theme. The organization will be a point-by-point style: central conflicts?, protagonists?, antagonists?, settings? irony?, Support, support- show --don’t just tell. You will be able to use your outline on the exam.

Mid-Term Essay Portion

The nature of conflict is one of the unifying elements of literature, whether prose or poetry, fiction or nonfiction. Using one your independent read and either Anthem , To Kill a

Mockingbird , or The Crucible think about conflicts that the characters have in common. Think about your dualities and thematic ideas--what do these works say about human beings and human nature. Then choose a conflict that two works share, create a theme, and then a thesis which addresses that central conflict that these works share. Next, show how the theme is reflected in both these works. Your 2-3 body paragraphs will be comprised of the ways in which these works develop their shared theme. The organization will be a point-by-point style: central conflicts?, protagonists?, antagonists?, settings? irony?, and so on? Support, support- show --don’t just tell.

You will be able to use your outline on the exam.

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