Summer Home Learning
Summer Home Learning - Incoming 12th Graders
English Language Arts:
Assignment for Students in Honors English 4 (You may select either book)
1. Purchase or obtain the book, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. The
book is credited for being one of the first science fiction novels;
Shelley’s Frankenstein shows the consequences of man’s neverending desire for scientific discovery. The novel deals with big
ideas like birth and creation, rebellion and moral isolation,
technology, and an unjust society.
2. Assignment: As you read Frankenstein, contemplate the questions
listed below. Select one of the questions and write an essay based
on the question you select. As you write your essay, make sure
that you cite specific evidence and examples from the text and
provide the page number where you found the information.
• Should there be limits to scientific inquiry?
• What's the relationship between human rationality and
human emotion?
• What's the role of the individual in relation to society, or to the family?
Alternate Book Selection for Students in Honors English 4
1. Purchase or obtain the book, The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
The novel is the story of a man in New York who feels that he is
“invisible”—not physically but because others refuse to see him.
The novel addresses the struggle for civil rights and the freedom
of expression. Often cited on AP Literature Exams, Ellison’s novel
is innovative for its style that is greatly influenced by the Jazz Age.
2. Assignment: As you read Frankenstein, contemplate the questions
listed below. Select one of the questions and write an essay based
on the question you select. As you write your essay, cite specific
evidence and examples from the text and provide the page
number where you found the information.
• How does one discover his/her identity?
• How should people respond to justice/injustice?
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What is the problem with labels? How do labels affect one’s self-perception? How
do labels affect other’s perceptions? (Throughout the novel, he's mistaken for a
reverend, a pimp, a gambler, a fink, a unionist, a "Southern Negro," a "New York
Negro," a rapist, a lover, a doctor, and a good singer.)
Assignment for Students in AP Literature and Composition (You may select either book)
1. Purchase or obtain the book, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. The
book is credited for being one of the first science fiction novels;
Shelley’s Frankenstein shows the consequences of man’s neverending desire for scientific discovery. The novel deals with big
ideas like birth and creation, rebellion and moral isolation,
technology, and an unjust society.
2. Assignment: As you read Frankenstein, contemplate the questions
listed below. Select one of the questions and write an essay based
on the question you select. As you write your essay, make sure
that you cite specific evidence and examples from the text and
provide the page number where you found the information.
• Should there be limits to scientific inquiry?
• What's the relationship between human rationality and
human emotion?
• What's the role of the individual in relation to society, or to the family?
Alternate Book Selection for Students in AP Literature and Composition
1. Purchase or obtain the book, The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
The novel is the story of a man in New York who feels that he is
“invisible”—not physically but because others refuse to see him.
The novel addresses the struggle for civil rights and the freedom
of expression. Often cited on AP Literature Exams, Ellison’s novel
is innovative for its style that is greatly influenced by the Jazz Age.
2. Assignment: As you read Frankenstein, contemplate the questions
listed below. Select one of the questions and write an essay based
on the question you select. As you write your essay, cite specific
evidence and examples from the text and provide the page
number where you found the information.
• How does one discover his/her identity?
• How should people respond to justice/injustice?
• What is the problem with labels? How do labels affect one’s self-perception? How
do labels affect other’s perceptions? (Throughout the novel, he's mistaken for a
reverend, a pimp, a gambler, a fink, a unionist, a "Southern Negro," a "New York
Negro," a rapist, a lover, a doctor, and a good singer.)
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Summer Assignment for All Students in AP Literature and Composition
1. Much of your success in AP Literature and Composition will be dependent on your
knowledge of figurative language and poetic devices.
2. Assignment: Rhetorical Devices Index Cards - Create an index card (digital or paper) for
each of the terms on the list (attached). Your index card should contain:
Front: figurative language or poetic device
Back: definition and an example of the device (you can find the example or
create it)
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Rhetorical Devices Index Cards:
Directions: Create flashcards for the terms listed below. On the front, the word should be clearly
written. On the back, include the definition and an example of the rhetorical device.
Rhetorical Devices
1. Allegory
2. Allusion (Biblical, Greek, Roman)
3. Analogy
4. Anaphora
5. Anecdote
6. Antithesis
7. Aphorism
8. Apostrophe
9. Asyndeton
10. Colloquialism
11. Complex
12. Compound sentence
13. Compound-complex sentence
14. Connotation
15. Cumulative/loose sentence
16. Denotation
17. Dialect
18. Diction
19. Digression
20. Ellipsis
21. Emphatic punctuation
22. Ethos
23. Euphemism
24. Fallacies
25. Figurative language
26. Hyperbole
27. Imagery
28. Inverted order of a sentence
29. Irony
30. Juxtaposition
31. Litotes
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Metaphor
Mood
Motif
Natural order of a sentence
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Paradox
Parallel structure
Parallelism
Pathos
Periodic sentence
Personification
Point of view
Polysyndeton
Repetition
Rhetorical fragment
Sarcasm
Satire
Shift
Simile
Simple sentence
Style
Subordinate clauses
Syllogism
Symbol
Synecdoche
Syntax
Telegraphic sentence
Theme
Tone
Understatement
Voice
Modes of Discourse:
Define each method of discourse and list a set of examples of the kinds of texts that would use this
method of writing.
5. Description
1. Cause and Effect
6. Exemplification
2. Classification
7. Narration
3. Compare and Contrast
8. Process Analysis
4. Definition
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