Advanced Placement Composition and Literature Summer Syllabus: Instructors: W W

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1 Hlletos University Avne Plement Composition n Literture Summer Syllus: Instrutors: Kren Hll Beth Seletos W W Room 723 (lue) Room 724 (lue) kmhll@pso.k12.fl.us seletos@pso.k12.fl.us Plese feel free to ontt either of us shoul you hve ny questions or onerns regring summer work. Avne Plement Composition n Literture is senior English ourse tught t ollege level with the ontent, pprohes n expettions ommensurte with n exeeingly iffiult ollege English ourse. In the spring, stuents will tke the Avne Plement Exm in literture n reeive ollege reit for sores of 3, 4, or 5, epening on the requirements of the iniviul olleges. This is ourse tht nlyzes how n uthor mkes mening; it els in elements of style nlysis in novels, rms, n poetry. It is lso omposition ourse---mening we will work iligently to hone your writing skills. Summriztion is thing of the pst; it is expete tht you unerstn the text. Stuents must ring eition, enthusism, n sholrly umen to ll their efforts in lss so tht we my ll lern from one nother through vrious pprohes. We re ll lerners, n s suh eh of us will hve voie. The ourse work is exeeingly emning n the worklo is hevy. You signe on for this ourse literlly euse you wnte to e hllenge, n you will e. We look forwr to ompnying you on our literry journey. Plese note: In this ourse, you my not use your ell phone to re novels; you my purhse or hek out the texts in hr opy or you my use reing evie Kinle, et. Summer Assignments How to Re Literture Like Professor (revise eition) y Thoms C. Foster ISBN-10: (e sure you re purhsing the revise eition) Amzon link: Due: Mony, Aug. 13, 2018 y 8:30.m. (See ssignment etils elow) Hlletos University Literry Terms See the tthe list of terms for whih you will e responsile. You will nee to oth know the efinition n e le to ientify them in literry exmples. Test: Mony, Aug. 20, 2018 The Gret Gtsy y F. Sott Fitzgerl If you i not re the text s junior, plese o so n e prepre to nlyze n write on the text eginning Tuesy, Aug. 21, Hint: wthing one of the film versions will not reple reing. Let Me Die in his Footsteps y Lori Roy Amzon link: Do NOT re uring summer, ut hve in lss rey to use on Tuesy, Sept. 4,

2 Hlletos University Summer Projet: How to Re Literture Like Professor By Thoms C. Foster Diretions: You will rete PowerPoint or Keynote presenttion highlighting ten hpters of the ook. We hve selete five tht you must use (see elow), ut the other five re your hoie. Oh, n i we mention tht you nee to use the revise eition?? (ISBN-10: ) Your presenttion will inlue: 1. The title of the hpter; must-use hpters: 14: Yes, She s Christ Figure, Too 19: Geogrphy Mtters 20:.So Does Seson 21: Mrke for Gretness 26: Is He Serious? An Other Ironies 2. The min ie of the hpter in your wors 3. One exmple from literture or film not lrey mentione in the text, n omplete explntion of how the exmple reltes to the hpter 4. Inlue piture of the ook or film tht you re referening 5. Sve your projet in PDF formt n emil to us t the resses liste ove. 6. Emil your projet to either Mrs. Hll or Mrs. Seletos or shre with us on Goggle Dos, using our emils liste ove. Rememer to give us permission to eit. This is ue Mony, August 13 y 8:30.m. n lte projets will not e epte, so plese pln oringly. WORDS OF ADVICE: We re well wre tht there re online resoures ville for HTRLLAP. You my fin yourself tempte to utilize these "stuy tools" s shortut. We strongly vise you ginst this pln, s ny prt of your projet tht is plgirize from n online soure or from nother stuent will ern zero on the entire ssignment (e vise tht we will gre ll projets together, so plgirism will e ught regrless of the teher to whih you re ssigne.) Keep in min tht n Internet serh is esy for us, too. We re well wre of the helper wesites on whih stuents often rely. Avoi Gresver, Sprknotes, n others. Plese re the ook. Do your own projet. Lern something--- we ll e referening these hpters throughout the yer. * Trgi Tle: Two yers go, one stuent lle nother y or two efore shool egn n si she ws relly in jm, not hving time to finish the ssignment, n the other stuent felt sorry for her n shre the ssignment. The trgey of this tle is tht they oth (even the stuent who tully i the ssignment) erne zero. If you n mke the time to o the work, so n they; on t give wy your intelletul property! Literry Terms Diretions: Stuy eh of the following terms n e prepre for efinition test on Mony, August 20. miseriorim: An ppel to the uiene s sympthy; n ttempt to persue nother, using hr- luk story rther thn logi or reson. An exmple woul e, not ompleting your homework n then telling me tht you h fight with your signifint other, n tht you re so stresse out from the pressures of your senior yer, tht you simply oul not onentrte. llegory: An expression, y mens of symoli fitionl hrters n tions, of truths out humn onut n experiene. llitertion: The repetition of ente onsonnt souns t the eginning of wors tht re lose to eh other, usully to rete n effet, rhythm, or emphsis. llusion: A referene in literture or in rt to previous literture, history, mythology, pop ulture/ urrent events, or the Bile. 2

3 miguity: Qulity of eing intentionlly unler. Events or situtions tht re miguous n e interprete in more thn one wy. This evie is espeilly enefiil in poetry, s it tens to gre the work with the rihness n epth of multiple menings. nhronism: An element in story tht is out of its time frme; sometimes use to rete humorous or jrring effet. Bewre: This n lso our euse of reless or poor reserh on the uthor s prts. niplosis: Repeting lst wor of luse t eginning of next luse. (When I give, I give of myself) neote: A short, often personl story use to emphsize point, to evelop hrter or theme, or to injet humor. nteeent: The wor or phrse to whih pronoun refers. It often preees pronoun in prose (ut not neessrily in poetry). This grmmr question ppers repetely in AP multiple-hoie questions. ntilimx: An often isppointing, suen en to n intense sitution. Mny ritis onsier Jim s pture n resue in The Aventures of Hukleerry Finn n exmple of n ntilimx. ntihero: A protgonist who rries the tion of the literry piee ut oes not emoy the lssi hrteristis of ourge, strength, n noility. Holen Culfiel in The Cther in the Rye, Yossrin in Cth-22, n Meursult in The Strnger re onsiere to e ntiheroes. ntithesis: A onept tht is iretly oppose to previously presente ie. npest (npesti): metril foot onsisting of two short or unstresse syllles followe y one long or stresse syllle. nphor: Repetition of wor or phrse t the eginning of suessive luses. nthropomorphism: Giving humn qulity, emotion or mition to non-humn ojet or eing. Differs from personifition in tht the non-humn ojets ts like humn rther thn simply eing given the trit. All singing/ning Disney nimls re exmples. phorism: A terse sttement tht expresses generl truth or morl priniple; sometimes onsiere folk prover. postrophe: A rhetoril figure of iret ress to person, ojet, or strt entity. (O Deth, spre me!) potheosis: Elevting someone to the level of go. Helen of Troy is onsiere the potheosis of euty. rhetype: A hrter, sitution, or symol tht is fmilir to people from ll ultures euse it ours frequently in literture, myth, religion, or folklore. (inlues hrters, situtions & symols) sie: A short speeh or remrk me y n tor to the uiene rther thn to the other hrters, who o not her him or her. Shkespere s hrters often shre their thoughts with us in this wy. ssonne: The repete use of vowel soun. Ex: How now rown ow? Twie five miles in mzy motion. syneton: A rhetoril term for writing style tht omits onjuntions etween wors, phrses, or luses. Poets use syneton to quiken the pe of the line. ttitue: The uthor s feelings towr the topi he or she is writing out. Attitue, often use interhngely with tone, is usully revele through wor hoie. In her novel, To Kill Mokingir, Hrper Lee uses n innoent n unje hil nrrtor to express her own ttitue towr prejuie. In Lim O Flherty s The Sniper, the nrrtor s ojetivity n miguity in referring to the men s rothers unersore the uthor s ttitue towr the horror of ivil wr. ue: A poem or song out lovers who must leve one nother in the erly hours of the morning. Hrk, hrk, the lrk t heven s gte sings, An Phoeus gins rise, His stees to wter t those springs On hlie flowers tht lies; An winking Mry- us egin To ope their golen eyes:; With everything tht pretty is, My ly sweet, rise: Arise, rise! (Cymeline, Shkespere) ll: A folk song or poem psse own orlly tht tells story whih my e erive from n tul inient or from legen or folklore. Usully ompose in four-line stnzs (qutrins) with the rhyme sheme. Blls often ontin refrin. lnk verse: Unrhyme poetry of imi pentmeter (five feet of two syllles eh- unstresse n stresse); fvore tehnique of Shkespere. When honour s t the stke. How stn I then, Tht hve fther kill, mother stin... (Hmlet, Shkespere) 3

4 ilungsromn: A novel whose prinipl sujet is the morl, psyhologil, n intelletul evelopment of usully youthful min hrter. (ex. Gret Expettions or Hrry Potter) ophony: Hrsh, isornt souns, unplesnt to the er; the soun of nils srthing lkor is ophonous. Cophony is use y poets for effet. Notie ll the ophonous souns in these two lines: sq, st, k, ft, t, k, s, h. rpe iem: Ltin for seize the y ; frequent in 16th- n 17th entury ourt poetry. Expresses the ie tht you only go roun one; refers to the moern sying tht life is not ress rehersl. Gther ye roseus while ye my Ol time is still -flying; An this sme flower tht smiles toy Tomorrow will e ying. (Roert Herrik, To the Virgins, to Mke Muh of Time ) thrsis: In his Poetis, Aristotle wrote tht trgey shoul rouse pity n fer in suh wy s to omplish thrsis of suh emotions in the uiene. The term refers to n emotionl lensing or feeling or relief. esur: (in moern verse) puse ner the mile of line; ny interruption or rek. hismus: The opposite of prllel onstrution; inverting the seon of two phrses tht woul otherwise e in prllel form. (prllel onstrution: I like the ie; I on t like its exeution. ; hismus: I like the ie; its exeution, I on t. ) olloquil: Of or relting to slng or regionl ilet, use in fmilir everyy onverstion. In writing, n informl style tht reflets the wy people spoke in istint time n/or ple. omi relief: Humor tht provies relese of tension n reks up more serious episoe. onsonne: Sme onsonnt soun in wors with ifferent vowel souns. tyl (tyli): metril foot onsisting of one stresse syllle followe y two unstresse syllles or (in Greek n Ltin) one long syllle followe y two short syllles. enouement: the outome or lrifition t the en of story or ply; the wining own from limx to ening. eus ex mhin: Literlly, when the gos intervene t story s en to resolve seemingly impossile onflit. Refers to n unlikely or improle oiniene; op-out ening. ition: The elierte hoie of style of lnguge for esire effet or tone. Wors hosen to hieve prtiulr effet tht is forml, informl, or olloquil. iti: A iti story, speeh, essy or ply is one in whih the uthor s primry purpose is to instrut, teh or morlize. istortion: An exggertion or strething of the truth to hieve esire effet. Gregor Sms wking up s lrge inset in Kfk s The Metmorphosis is istortion of relity. ynmi hrter: A literry or rmti hrter who unergoes n importnt inner hnge--in personlity or ttitue. enjmment: (in verse) The ontinution of sentene without puse eyon the en of line, ouplet, or stnz. epigrm: A short, lever poem with witty turn of thought. Oh, life is glorious yle of song A meley of extemporne; An love is thing tht n never go wrong; An I m Mrie of Romni. (Dorothy Prker, Comment ) epigrph: A rief quottion foun t the eginning of literry work, refletive of theme. Toni Morrison s Belove opens with the epigrph: Sixty million n more whih sys volumes out slvery. epiphny A suen flsh of insight. A strtling isovery n/or pperne; rmti reliztion. epistolry novel: A novel in letter form written y one or more of the hrters. The novelist n use this tehnique to present vrying first-person points of view n oes not nee nrrtor. epistrophe: Repetition of wors t the en of line, phrse, or luse. epithet: An ientifying expression, like the polo plyer for Tom Buhnn (lso works for ples, ojets) euphemism: Sustitution of n inoffensive wor or phrse for nother tht woul e hrsh, offensive, or emrrssing. He psse on rther thn he ie. A ishwsher lling herself utensil mintenne teh. euphony: The qulity of plesnt or hrmonious soun of wor or group of wors s n intene effet. flly: A mistken elief, espeilly one se on unsoun rgument. (Ex. the notion tht the mer never lies is flly fre: A kin of omey tht epens on exggerte or improle situtions, physil issters, n sexul innueno to muse the uiene. Mny sitution omeies on television toy might e lle fres. figurtive lnguge: Unlike literl expression, figurtive lnguge uses figures of speeh suh s metphor, simile, metonymy, personifition, hyperole. 4

5 flt/stti hrter: Two-imensionl hrters who re reltively unomplite n o not hnge throughout the ourse of work. foil: A hrter whose ontrsting personl hrteristis rw ttention to enhne, or ontrst with those of the min hrter. A hrter who, y isplying opposite trits, emphsizes ertin spets of nother hrter. For exmple, Tylt serves s Romeo s foil. foot: group of syllles onstituting metril unit. In English poetry it onsists of stresse n unstresse syllles. foreshowing: Foreshowing hints t wht is to ome. It is sometimes notiele only in hinsight, ut usully it is ovious enough to set the reer wonering. free verse: Poetry tht oes not hve regulr rhythm or rhyme. On flt ro runs the well-trin runner, He is len n sinewy with musulr legs, He is thinly lothe, he lens forwr s he runs, With lightly lose fists n rms prtilly ris. (Wlt Whitmn, Leves of Grss) hmrti: A trgi (ftl) flw. heroi ouplet: In poetry, rhyme ouplet written in imi pentmeter (five feet, eh with one unstresse syllle followe y stresse syllle). The ookful lokhe, ignorntly re, With los of lerne lumer in his he. huris: Insolene, rrogne, or prie. In Greek trgey, the protgonist s huris is usully the trgi flw tht les to his or her ownfll. hyperole: An extreme exggertion for literry effet tht is not ment to e interprete literlly. imgery: Anything tht ffets or ppels to the reer s senses: sight, soun, touh, tste, or smell. im (imi): A metril foot onsisting of one short (or unstresse) syllle followe y one long (or stresse) syllle. imi pentmeter: A five-foot line me up of n unente followe y n ente syllle. It is the most ommon metri foot in English-lnguge poetry. When I hve fers tht I my ese to e Before my pen hs glene my teeming rin. (John Kets) in meis res: In literture, work tht egins in the mile of the story. interior (internl) monologue: A literry tehnique use in poetry n prose tht revels hrter s unspoken thoughts n feelings. An interior monologue my e presente iretly y the hrter, or through nrrtor. internl rhyme: A rhyme tht is within the line, rther thn t the en. The rhyming my lso e within two lines, ut gin, eh rhyming wor will e within its line, rther thn t the eginning or en. Within the Line: A nrrow fellow in the grss Osionlly ries. (Emily Dikinson, A Nrrow Fellow in the Grss ) Within two lines: We h gone k n forth ll night on the ferry. ws re n right n smelle like stle. (En St. Vinent Milly, Reuero) inversion: A swith in the norml wor orer, often use for emphsis or for rhyme sheme. (Think Yo will you! ) litotes: (lie-toe-tees) A figure of speeh onsisting of n unersttement in whih n ffirmtive is expresse y negting its opposite, s in This is no smll prolem. lyri poetry: Poetry tht expresses the writer's emotions, usully riefly n in stnzs or reognize forms. While nrrtive poetry, inluing epis, onvey story, the lyri rmtizes n emotionl effusion. meiosis: Unersttement, the opposite of exggertion: "I ws somewht worrie when the psyhopth rn towr me with hin sw." (i.e., I ws terrifie). Litotes (espeilly populr in Ol English poetry) is type of meiosis in whih the writer uses sttement in the negtive to rete the effet: "You know, Einstein is not mthemtiin." metmorphosis: A ril hnge in hrter, either physil or emotionl. meter: The rhythmil pttern of stresse n unstresse syllles in verse. metonymy: A figure of speeh tht reples the nme of something with wor or phrse losely ssoite with it; similr to syneohe (mny uthors o not istinguish etween the two). Ex.: the White House inste of the presient or the presieny ; rss to men militry offiers monologue: A long speeh me y one person, often monopolizing onverstion. nrrtive poem: A poem tht tells story. Noyes s The Highwymn; Longfellow s Pul Revere s Rie otve: An eight-line stnz; the first eight lines of sonnet, espeilly one struture s n Itlin or Petrrhn sonnet. oxymoron: A figure of speeh tht omines two ontritory wors, ple sie y sie: itter sweet, wise fool, living eth. 5

6 pen: hymn sung in nient Greee in invotion of or thnksgiving to eity; ny song of prise prle: A short story illustrting morl or religious lesson. prox: A sttement or sitution tht t first seems impossile or oxymoroni, ut whih solves itself n revels mening. prllelism: The repete use of the sme grmmtil struture in sentene or series of sentenes. This evie tens to emphsize wht is si n thus unersores the mening. Cn lso refer to two or more stories within literry work tht re tol simultneously n tht reinfore one nother. I me, I sw, I onquere. (Plutrh) proy: A omil imittion of serious piee with the intent of riiuling the uthor or his work. Alexner Pope s The Rpe of the Lok proies the epi poem. Epi poetry, espeilly the work of John Milton, whih fouse minly on Christin prles, ws prtiulrly populr t the time Pope wrote this piee. The Rpe of the Lok is out the foiles of 18th-entury high soiety- hrly tritionl epi mteril! pstorl: A poem, ply, or story tht elertes n ielizes the simple life of shephers n shepheresses. This highly onventionl form ws populr until the lte 18th entury. The term hs lso ome to refer to n rtisti work tht portrys rurl life in n iylli or ielisti wy. pthos: The qulity of literry work or pssge whih ppels to the reer s or viewer s emotions- espeilly pity, ompssion, n sympthy. Pthos is ifferent from the pity one feels for trgi hero in tht the ptheti figure seems to suffer through no fult of his or her own. perioi sentene: A sentene tht elivers its point t the en; usully onstrute s suorinte luse followe y min luse. ex. At the pino she prtie sles. point of view: Perspetive of the speker or nrrtor in literry work. As simple s this seems, unerstning from wht point of view the piee is written is vitl to effetive interprettion. Ex.: First person (I, me); Seon person (you); Thir person limite (he, they); Thir person omnisient (he, they & internl thoughts) polysyneton: repetition of onjuntions in lose suession (s in we hve ships n men n money). Poets use polysyneton to slow the pe of the line for emphsis prose: The orinry lnguge people use to express themselves; the opposite of poetry. pun: Humorous ply on wors tht hve severl menings or wors tht soun the sme ut hve ifferent menings. In Romeo n Juliet, Merutio s You will fin me grve mn refers oth to the seriousness of his wors n the ft tht he is ying. qutrin: A four-line stnz in poem. Spirit, tht me those heroes re To ie, n leve their hilren free, Bi Time n Nture gently spre The shft we rise to them n thee. (Rlph Wlo Emerson, Conor Hymn ) refrin: Repetition of line, stnz, or phrse. repetition: A wor or phrse use more thn one to emphsize n ie. rhetoril question: A question with n ovious nswer, so no one response is expete; use for emphsis or to mke point. (not well use in your essy!) stire: The use of humor to riiule n expose the shortomings n filings of soiety iniviuls, n institutions, often in the hope tht hnge n reform re possile. snsion: the proess of mesuring metril verse, this is, of mrking ente n unente syllles, iviing the lines into feet, ientifying the metril pttern, n noting signifint vritions from tht pttern --(it simply mens to tke the poem prt--nlyze) sestet: A six-line stnz of poetry; lso, the lst six lines of sonnet. But thy eternl summer shll not fe, Nor lose possession of tht fir thou ow st, Nor shll Deth rg thou wner st in his she, When in eternl lines to time thou grow st; So long s men n rethe, or eyes n see, So long lives this, n this gives life to thee. (Shkespere, sonnet XVII) shift (volt): In writing, movement from one thought or ie to nother; hnge; it s huge to ress the shift in poetry, ut on t worry, we ll prtie. slnt rhyme: A rhyme se on n imperfet or inomplete orresponene of en syllle souns. It ws not eth, for I stoo up, An ll the e lie own. It ws not night, for ll the ells Put out their tongues for noon. (Common in the work of Emily Dikinson, for instne:) 6

7 soliloquy: A rmti or literry form of isourse in whih hrter tlks to himself or herself or revels his or her thoughts without ressing listener. sonnet: English or Shkesperen: A fourteen-line poem in imi pentmeter. A Shkesperen sonnet is 4 qutrins followe y ouplet whih sums up or resolves the sitution esrie in the previous lines. EXAMPLE: (Bolfe syllles re ente, showing five feet per line.) Sonnet XCI Some glory in their irth, some in their skill, Some in their welth, some in their oy s fore; Some in their grments, though new- fngle ill; Some in their hwks n houns, some in their horse; An every humour hth his junt plesure, Wherein it fins joy ove the rest But these prtiulrs re not my mesure, All these I etter in one generl est. Thy love is etter thn high irth to me, Riher thn welth prouer thn grments ost, Of more elight thn hwks n horses e An, hving thee, of ll men s prie I ost. Wrethe in this lone, tht thou myst tke All this wy n me most wrethe mke. Rhyme Sheme e f e f g g sonnet: Itlin or Petrrhn: Fourteen line poem ivie into two prts, n 8-line otve n 6-line sestet. Sonnets from the Portuguese ----y Elizeth Brrett Browning The first time tht the sun rose on thine oth To love me, I looke forwr to the moon To slken ll those ons whih seeme too soon An quikly tie to mke lsting troth. Quik Loving herts, I thought, my quikly lothe; An, looking on myself, I seeme not one For suh mns love!- more like n out-of-tune Worn viol, goo singer woul e worth To spoil his song with n whih, snthe in hste, Is li own t the first ill-souning note. I i not wrong myself so, ut I ple A wrong on thee. for perfet strins my flot Neth mster-hns, from instruments efe- An gret souls, t one stroke, my o n ote. Rhyme Sheme stnz: A grouping of poeti lines; elierte rrngement of lines of poetry. stti hrter: A literry or rmti hrter who unergoes little or no inner hnge. strem of onsiousness: A phrse use y Willim Jmes in 1890 to esrie the unroken flow of thought n wreness of the wking min; in literry ontext use to esrie the nrrtive metho where novelists esrie unspoken thoughts n feelings. syllogism: A three-prt eutive rgument in whih onlusion is se on mjor premise n minor premise ("All men re mortl; Sortes is mn; therefore, Sortes is mortl.") symol: A onrete ojet, sene, or tion whih hs eeper signifine euse it is ssoite with something else often n importnt ie or theme in the work. synesthesi: (Greek- "pereiving together"): onfltion of two or more senses (lou olor). syneohe: A figure of speeh where one prt represents the entire ojet, or vie vers. ex. All hns on ek; len me your ers. syntx: The wy in whih wors, phrses, n sentenes re orere n onnete. teret: A three-line stnz exhiite in terz rim s well s in other poeti forms. 7

8 terz rim: An Itlin form of imi poetry hving sets of three lines, the mile line of eh set rhyming with the first n lst of the sueeing:. It ws invente y Dnte Alighieri, use in The Inferno theme (mening of the work s whole): The universl insight presente in work: ontrry to populr elief, the theme is NEVER simply one wor. In our lss, we ll this the moww (pronoune mow-wow ). tone: Refers to the uthor s ttitue towr the sujet, n often sets the moo of the piee. tongue in heek: Expressing thought in wy tht ppers to e sinere ut is tully joking. Ex: How o you like this neon owgirl outfit? I think I ll wer it to my jo interview tomorrow. trgi (ftl) flw: Tritionlly, efet in hero or heroine tht les to his or her ownfll. trnsition/segue: The mens to get from one portion of poem or story to nother; for instne, to nother setting, to nother hrter s viewpoint, to lter or erlier time perio. It is wy of smoothly onneting ifferent prts of work. Authors often use trnsitionl sentenes or phrses to hieve this. Trnsition phrses inlue the next y, therefter, n other phrses tht mrk the pssge of time. trohee (trohi): A foot onsisting of one long or stresse syllle followe y one short or unstresse syllle. zoomorphism: Attriuting niml qulities to go; mny Egyptin gos re zoomorphi. 8