AP Literature & Composition

Description

For a year, participate in an AP upscale dining experience in the AP Literature and Composition course. Students act as food critics of exquisite literary cuisine. Menu items include reading, analyzing, writing, rewriting, and discussing creations by the master chefs, renowned authors. With intensive concentration on composition skills and on authors' narrative techniques, this dining experience equips students with recipes for success in college, in a career and the AP exam. 

Major Topics and Concepts

Semester 1

Composition—analysis essay—comparison/ contrast or symbolism
Identification/ explanation of literary terms
Research—mythological and Biblical allusions
Identification of authors
Plagiarism
AP Exam expectations
Identification of poetic terms
Composition—AP® essay (diagnostic) 
Heroism
Poetry Analysis—characterization
Comparison/ contrast—poetry and novel—imagery, alliteration
Poetry Analysis—theme, tone, mood, allusion, metaphor, allegory
Short Story Analysis—irony
Epic Poetry
Composition—resumes, analysis, comparison/ contrast, AP® essay, style emulation
Poetry Analysis—imagery, symbolism
Research Process
Short Story Analysis—diction, imagery, tone, mood, suspense
Short Story Analysis—plot, theme, setting, characterization, point of view
Characteristics of Romanticism
Concept of Bibliotherapy
Listening skills
Composition—college essay, analysis, letter to editor, AP® essay
Poetry Analysis—lyric poetry, odes, elegies, sonnets, iambic pentameter
Metaphysical poetry
Poetry Analysis—paradox, repetition, imagery, allusion
Short Story Analysis—comparison/ contrast, characterization, setting, theme, tone, mood, plot, point of view
Characteristics of Romanticism
Composition—AP® essay, literary analysis, creative writing, poetry rebuttal, persuasive letter writing, art connection
Novel analysis—theme, motif, setting, structure, social and psychological issues
Peer Editing 

Semester 2

Definition of family, “family values” 
Poetry analysis—mood, tone, imagery, repetition, metaphor, simile, allusion, song lyrics
Novel analysis—social issues, theme, point of view
Research Skills
Composition—analysis of tone, definition, comparison/contrast, reader's journal, personal reflective response, poetic response
Drama—Shakespeare—language, theme, syntax, characterization, soliloquy, tragedy, text and film, quotation analysis
Evaluation of Oral Presentation
Soliloquy recitation
Poetry analysis--odes
Composition—description, literary analysis, creative response, AP® essay
Poetry analysis—irony, imagery, personification, figurative language, rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, comparison/ contrast
Satire, elements of satire
Drama—comedy and farce, comedic devices
Composition—literary analysis, poetry analysis, AP® essay
Theme
Composition—Poetry Analysis—poetic elements—TOASTTT
Major Work: Students select novel or play for project
Composition—MLA Works Cited Page