AP English Practice Test Materials
AP Students,
Best of luck on the AP English Literature and Composition test! For any of you who want extra material to use as review, here it is:
AP Practice Test – Multiple Choice
Items in Classroom Area: AP English
American Dialects Quiz
AP Seniors,
Visit the following link if you wish to take the survey/quiz over different dialects of American English.
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/
A Doll’s House Essay
AP Seniors,
Below is your prompt for the essay on A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. The essay is due on Friday, April 27.
Compose an essay of 3-5 paragraphs in which you establish A Doll’s House as a feminist play. You should consider elements of the play such as the language, character development, historical context, etc. Refer to your handout on feminist criticism to guide the process of writing your essay.
Extra Credit for A Doll House/Pygmalion
AP Students,
In order to earn extra credit toward your AP Practice Test category, you have the option to complete the following assignment(s) for extra credit. Each assignment will be worth 3 points (subject to change).
For A Doll House and/or Pygmalion, you must find at least 10 words that you would deem to be Advanced Placement worthy. For each of the 10+ words, you must write the word, the passage from the text where the word is used, and also the contextual definition of the word (the connotation).
These will be due one day after the completion of the reading.
For A Doll House, words will be due on Tuesday, April 24.
For Pygmalion, words will likely be due on Wednesday, May 2.
AP Poetry Essay Prompt
AP Seniors,
Below is your prompt to use with the Robert Frost poems distributed in class (“The Most of It” and “Choose Something Like a Star”):
Read the poems by Robert Frost carefully. Then, choosing only one, discuss how the style (diction, selection of detail), poetic devices, imagery, and/or structure reveal the author’s attitude toward the subject (the tone).
Robert Frost Poetry Selections (click to access the poems if you have lost them)
Senior Research Paper – Outline
Seniors,
Click on the link below to access the document on how to format your outline, which is due Friday, February 24.
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