A Good List of Literary Terms, Devices and Techniques

Per DR's request!  We'll practice these next semester.

AP Literary Terms

Halftime Survey

Please take this survey by Monday, January 21.  I will use your responses to tailor next semester's curriculum.

Halftime Survey

Rhyme Schemes

Here is a good guide to rhyme schemes:

Language Is A Virus

I will post more as I find them!

Claim Hall of Fame

A claim and a thesis are synonyms.  Whichever word you use, this is the main argument of your essay.

A successful claim:

1.  CLEARLY answers the prompt.
2.  Provides a SPECIFIC answer to the prompt. (Example:  "Hamlet is characterized as a character" is vague.  Instead, try: "Hamlet is characterized as a sensitive and melancholy man.")
3.  When possible, make your claim COMPLEX.  This does not necessarily mean brilliant.  It means that it explains more than one aspect of your subject.  (Example:  "Hamlet is a depressive character" is not a complex claim.  "Hamlet is more caring than others in Denmark, but because he cares he is also often driven to hate others for their cruelty" is better.)

I will use the space below to post our best claims.

The setting at the beach was languorous and seductive and it illuminated Edna's true loneliness and longing for love.

Edna's naivete and the romantic setting leaves her vulnerable to Robert's situation.

Ibsen uses literary elements such as dialogue, diction, stage direction, and imagery to display Nora’s dramatic and manipulative actions as well as Torvald’s fight for dominance in their relationship.

Winter Break Homework

1.  Read through Chapter 16 in The Awakening.

2.  Go to this link and do the multiple choice on pages 58 to 61 and the poetry essay on page 71.

AP Literature Course Description

The Awakening Chapter II Homework

Due Tuesday 12/11

Read Chapter II and answer these questions:

1. How does Chopin use details to characterize Robert?

2. How does Chopin use evidence to characterize Edna?

3. Make a prediction about their relationship. Use evidence to back up your prediction.

Ms. Dame's Henry VIII Essay

Take a look at my essay on Cardinal Wolsey.  Pay attention to how evidence is integrated.  Do I go in order?  If not, how do I organize the information?

My Essay  (Click the link then press the Download button in the upper right corner.)