Quarter 1:
Welcome and Class Overview (sign up for AP CLASSROOM)
AP Literature Skills to be mastered this year:
-Explain the function of character (16–20% of multiple-choice section)
-Explain the function of setting (3–6%)
-Explain the function of plot and structure (6–20%)
-Explain the function of the point of view: narrator or speaker (21–26%)
-Explain the function of figurative language: word choice, imagery, and symbols (10–13%)
-Explain the function of comparison/contrast (10–13%)
-Develop textually substantiated arguments about interpretations of part or all of a text (10–13%)
3 FRQ Essays: Analyze one poem, one prose passage, and one novel or play. Autobiographical Poems (WIF/WIG) to be shared with class
Literary Terms and Biblical Allusions
AP Sample Passage
Textbook Chapters 1 and 2
The College Essay Boot Camp
Literary Criticism: Formalism Historical, Biographical, Feminist, Marxist, Mythic, Psychological and Archetypal (Fiction and Poetry)
Drama: Death of a Salesman and A Raisin in the Sun
Extra Credit