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Summer 2017Due: first day of school,Wed. August 16(?), 2016

Summer Work Assignment

Again, congrats folks! Following is the summer work assignment for the English 12AP class. Before we start, I want to remind you of your agreement with us: The summer work is required. If you have questions during the summer, feel free to contact me by email (above—use my home email for quick responses in the summer).By signing in at the meeting today, you are acknowledging that you understand this requirement.It’s worth about 100 points, so if you don’t get it done, you’ll be in a deep hole!

The summer assignment: You will be doing three things over the summer

  1. Study the list of literary terms (see attached pages). You should know most of them by August so that we can start using them in our discussions of “works of literary merit”!
  1. Identify which literary device(s) the author used in each excerpt (see the attached pages). Copy the part of the quote that demonstrates the device and label what device it demonstrates.
  1. Read the Odyssey(the version translated by Robert Fitzgerald). I will order some copies of the book at Copperfield’s in Sebastopol. They cost approx $13. Ask for it under either “Analy English 12AP” or “Blackmer.” I will also hand out copies of Beowulf.

a) Justification: The Odyssey is not only one of the oldest works of literature (ca. 2800 yrs. old) in the “Western” world (Europe), but it is one of the most influential. Like wise, Beowulf is the oldest complete work in the English language (ca. 1200 yrs. old) still in existence, and therefore, it, too, is extremely influential. The themes, cultural values, and aesthetic elements in these epic poemsare echoed in all of Western literature since.

b) Assignment: Keep a separate reader response journal for each epic on these three aspects:

  • characterization of the main characters:Odysseus and Beowulfare imperfect men.Track how each one changes as he moves through his different roles: legendary hero; ship’s captain; king, father; husband; strategist; storyteller. Also note each one’s “flaw”—how his hubris manifests and what the consequences are.
  • setting: keep track of the purpose of each setting in the story. How does the setting contribute to the work as a whole?
  • Themes: what themes are present in each work? Trace these themes throughout each epic. Distinguish in some way (color code?) the themes so that you can clearly see which chapters (called “books” in the Odyssey) each one occurs in.

4. NOT REQUIRED: However, I highly recommend you read several of the following novels so that you are familiar with them. All are works considered by the College Board AP exam writers to be of significant literary merit that we will NOT have time to read during the school year.

  • Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
  • Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
  • Portrait of an Artist, James Joyce
  • Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
  • Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
  • The Turn of the Screw, Henry James

The first week of class, you will write anin-class essay analyzing the style of your author. You may use your journal and any notes you have written.

A Broad List of AP Literary Terms from the College Board

Drama

Act

Antagonist

Aside

Catastrophe

Catharsis

Character:

…..Dynamic

…..Flat

…..Round

…..Static

…..Stock

Climax

Comedy

Comic relief

Conflict

Crisis/Turning Point

Denouement

Dialogue

Epilogue

Exposition

Falling action

Farce

Foil

Hamartia

Hero

Hubris

Monologue

Prologue

Protagonist

Rising action

Scene

Soliloquy

Tragedy

Tragic flaw

Villain

Elements of Style

Atmosphere

Colloquial

Connotation

Denotation

Dialogue

Dialect

Diction

Epigram

Invective

Inversion

Irony

….Dramatic

….Situational

…..Verbal

Mimesis

Mood

Paradox

Pathos

Proverb

Pun

Sarcasm

Satire

Slang

Tone

Voice

Fiction

Anecdote

Anticlimax

Character

Flashback

Incident

Motivation

Prose

Stream-of-consciousness

Subplot

Theme

Verse

Magic Realism

Narrative voice

….First Person

….Second Person

….Third Person

….Omniscient/Unlimited

….Objective (impartial)

….Intrusive(biased omniscient)

….Limited (one character)

….Shifting (multiple chars.)

Figures of Speech

Allusion

Apostrophe

Euphemism

Hyperbole

Litotes

Merismus

Metaphor

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Simile

Symbol

Synecdoche

Understatement

Poetry

Alliteration

Anaphora

Assonance

Blank verse

Cacophony

Cadence

Caesura

Conceit

Connotation

Consonance

Controlling image

Couplet

Dirge

Dissonance

Dramatic monologue

Elegy

End-stopped line

Enjambment

Epic

Euphony

Foot

Free verse

Iamb

Image

Imagery

In medias res

Lyric

Measure

Meter

Octave

Ode

Pentameter

Persona

Quatrain

Refrain

Repetition

Rhyme

…..End

…..External

…..Feminine

…..Masculine

…..Internal

Scansion

Sestet

Sonnet

…..English

…..Italian

Stanza

Stress

Trochee

Volta

Syntax

Antithesis

Balanced sentence

Coherence

Complex sentence

Compound-complex sentence

Ellipsis

Inverted sentence

Loose sentence

Form

Allegory

Diary

Discourse

Argumentation

Description

Exposition

Essay

Formal

Humorous

Informal

Fable

Genre

Novella

Novel

Parable

Prose

Narration

SCORING CRITERIA

Assignment:English 12AP Summer Work

CRITERIA

The Great Epics: The Odyssey and Beowulf / Points Possible / Beowulf / Odyssey
A variety of quotes (10for each category and each epic) covering:
Characterization (+flaw)
Settings
Themes / 10
10
10
Responses:
Characterization—demonstrates your understanding of the complex development of Odysseus/Beowulf
Setting—explores the purpose of each setting and its connection to Odysseus/Beowulf and the themes
Themes—demonstrates understanding of the themes as well as their use in other, later works of lit. (showing the influence this epic has had on Western lit.) / 10
10
10
TOTAL: / 60 (ea.) / /60 / /60

COMMENTS: all entries should be grammatically correct, coherent, and in MLA format.