Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature
An AP course in English Literature and Composition engages students in becoming skilled, critical readers of prose written in a variety of disciplines and rhetorical contexts and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a multiple purposes. Both writing and reading assignments should make students aware of interactions among the writer’s purpose(s), the audience’s expectation(s), and the subject and of the way generic conventions and language contribute to effectiveness in writing. Here is an excellent resource for general writing "rules of thumb" to apply to all essays in this course:http://http://personal.ashland.edu/~jmoser1/papers.html In this course, students will read a variety of literature genres, analyzing authors’ uses of literary elements from Old English (Beowulf) to the present. Following close analysis and discussion of texts, students will compose in a variety of forms including: narrative, explanatory, interpretive, and evaluative. They will write on a variety of subjects inspired by the literary cannon, from personal experiences to research on historical contexts of key pieces of “classic” texts. Students will be encouraged to place an emphasis on literary analysis including author’s purpose, style and intended audience. Imitation exercises (pastiche), power writing (topic development and story structure), collaborative writing, and in-class responses are some of the types of assignments students can expect throughout this course. In addition, students will read and write in a variety of prose styles to gain an understanding of the connections between interpretive skills in reading and in writing. |
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