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course,sumlnerreadingis a prerequisitefor the class. You
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n'ill be requiredto readthe followingtextsand courpletethe attacheduote card
'fhere
over theseworks in
will also be essaysatid qLrrzzes
over each.
assigrrment
AdvancedPlacementEnglishIV at the begiruringof the schoolyear.
Ilalph Ellison
Emiiy Bronte
ChristopherMarlowe
InvisibleMan
WutheringHeighls
Doctor Faustus
prior to the first day of school. All
Yt'runecclto havereadand completedall assignrnents
with
the essaysand qurzzesgiven
of
class
r,i,ill
collected
on
the
dsv
be
ntrtecarcls
first
tu'o weeks.
tlulingthe 1-rrst
* Il'notecardsare not submittedon the first duy, you will be imrnediatelytransferredinto
rhc regularE,nglishIV class. Signingup for AP EnglishIV meansthat you understand
anclagreeto thesetermsandconditions.
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\\'hat happensto rlake the authorr,vritethis work? Also includewhateverelsehe/shehaswritten.Typically,this is
(l to2 cards).
a biogra p h i c acla rdo n tl tea u th o rw i th a bi t of extendedresearch
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I il. ' r ' a rr[' eri o d ,C o u n trvC a rd s
I ir is c ards h o u l di n c l u d ep l a c i n gth e w o rk i n the ri ght countryandthe ri ght l i teraryperi od.W hatw ereth egener al
literarr,nrovelnents
of the tirne (realisrrr,
naturalism,etc.)?Defineand comrnenton them and how this fits or
does r r 'ftl t th e ti rn ep e ri o di n q u e s ti o n(1 to 2 cards).
3.
S et t ingC a rd s
Thesecardsfocuson time, placeand the significance
of theseto the work of literature.Talk aboutthe custorrsof
areaand cultureandtheir significance(l to 2 cards).
4.
Cards
Characters
alongwith DETAILS of each.The main characters
l.ist the rnajorcltaracters
shouldhavea cardof his/herown.
to revealdescriptions
UseqLrotes
of him/her.Be sureto includeall TRAITS, good and bad (3 to 4 cards).
5.
'l'herne(s)
Cards
l tf th e w o rk , y o u s h o u ldhavedi scoveredthe
I n r r . r urr e s e a rc o
nraj ortheme(s)
of the book.(Thi scanbe d oneon t lie
c or nputear s rv e l l a so th e rl i te ra ryrb s o u rces).
A fter i denti fyi ngeachthenre,expl ai nhow i t i s devel oped- br ief ly( l
t o 2 c ard s ).
6.
Lit er ar yD e v i c e sw i th th e W o rk C a rd s
Any,particularliterat'ytechniquesusedincludingsyrnbolisrn,
allusions,metaphors,etc.You canget severalclues
as y olrd o y o u r re a d i n go f c ri ti c a le s s a ys(1 to2 cards).
7.
Cr it ic alE s s a y so n th e W o rk C a rd s
'['his
shouldincludea sumlnaryof two criticalarticleson the work includingcitationsas to where(bookandpage
nurnbers)you readthe article.Pleaseno "l thoughtthat book was the greatestever written" typesof articles.You
needsorneDEEP infonnationhereplease.Especiallygood criticalessayswould be thoseon themesand
techniques
of rvriting.(HINT: If you do thesecardsfirst, it will helpyou with your othercards---1to 2 cards).
8.
e a rd s
S ignif ic a nPt a s s a gC
Explainits significance
Choosea passagefrornthe book that "struck"you as memorableor outstanding.
to the
therneor rrrainideaof the book. Also, tell the pagenumber(s)thatthe passageis found on in the work of literature
(lto2cards).
LiterarvElements
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5.
e a n o rk of l i terature
to an earl i erhi stori calevenor w ork of l i tcratLrr.e .
a l l u s i o n :a re l -e re n ci n
d i c ti o n :th e s e l e c ti o na n d u s a geof uords i n rvri ti ngor speaki ng
k F o u rfo rtn so f d i c ti on:
o Fornral-conrnronin booksand lofty (high level)conversations.
.
l n fo rrn a l -fo u n d i n re l axed.but pol i te,conversati on
and w ri ti ngs.
.
C o l l o q u i a l -e v e ry d ay'
usagei n parti cul arareas:not readi l yaccepted
uni versal l y.
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s y m b o l :s o rrre th i nogr s o rn e o ne
thatstandsfor sonrethi ng
el sei n a w orl <of l i terature,
w l i i l e sti ll an object
o r a c h a ra c teurs e di n a w o rk o f l i terature.
therne:the main thoughtexpressed
by a r.vorkof literature.In otherrvords,what sortof life-lesson
does
this rvorkteachthe reader?
tone: the way that an authorexpresses
his/herideas,You will uselots of adjectives(descriptive
rvords)to
this aboutthe author.
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s ew poi nt;l i mi tedto onl y hi si heri ndi vi dualact ions,
th o u g h tso, r fe e l i n g s.
3'upersonomniscient-"all-knowing"narrator;told fi'ornthe viewpointof beingon the outside
looking in, knowing all of the characters'
actions,thoughts,and feelings.
l. satire: literaturetliat usesridiculeto bringout the disapprovalof its readers;sometimes
usedin comedy.
8. h1'perbole:deliberateexaggeration,
overstatement.
9. oxyrnoron:a combinationof opposites;
usingcontradictory
termstogether.
10. parody: a compositionthat irnitatesthe styleof anothercompositionnornlallyfor comiceffect.
thatInayseemabsurdthatcanactual l ybe true.
I l. p a ra d o x :a p h ra s eo r s ta te rn ent
12. s u s p e n s ek:e e p sy o u re a d i n gto fi nd out more;on the edgeof your seat.
13. fo re s h a d o rv i n ga:n i n d i c a ti o ni n l i terature
of w hat i s goi ngto happeni n the future,usual l ya ba devent .
14. c o n fl i c t:a s tru g g l eb e tw e e ntw o or moreopposi ngforcesi n a w ork of l i terature.
o Internalconflict-takes placewithin a character;
a difficult decisionor mixed feelings(nianvs.
sel0.
o Externalconflict-occurs betweentwo or morecharacters
or forceswithin a world of literature
(rn a nv s . rn a n .Il ta nv s . nature,tnanvs. soci ety)
15. c h a ra c te rs c: a rryo u t tl i e a c ti o nof a pi eceof l i terature.
.
Directcharacterization-directly
tells the readeraboutthe character'slooksand personality
o Indirectcharacterization--reveals
personalityof the characterthrougha pliysicaldescriptionof
hirn/her.
o Roundcharacters-fully developedcharacters;
seemlike real people.
o Flat characters-appearto haveonly one or two superficialcharactertrait(s);you don't know
much aboutthem frorn the reading,
o Staticcharacters-do not changethroughoutthe courseof the story.
.
and sometirneslearnas a result of the eventsin the story.
Dynamic chzu'acters-change
16. i ro n y : a c o n tra sbt e tw e e nrv h ati s andw hatw i l l be.
17. th e me :a n i d e ao r a n i n s i g h ti n t o l i fe thati s reveal ed.
18. i n ra g e ry :rv o rdo r p h ra s e sw, h i ch pai nta rnentalpi cturefor the reader.
(si ght,sound,smel l ,t ast e,and
w hi chrefl ectsthe fi ve senses
19. s e n s o ryl a n g u a g e :i rn a g e ryu s i ngl anguage,
to u c h ).
20. m e ta p h o r:a c o rn p a ri s oonf tw o unl i kethi ngsby sayi ngone i s the other.
of two unlikethingsusingthe wordslike or as in the cornparison.
21. silnile: a cornparison
.
*t Y ou rn i g h t u s el i te ra ry e l e me n tso th er than these.H ow ever,theseare the suggested
el ements.