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Class Handouts...in REVERSE Chronological Order

For copies of last year's handouts, click here...

*Much of the following is thanks to my anonymous friends at the AP Listserv.  I should have been better in documenting my sources.

  1. Christmas Stuff

  2. somewhere i have never traveled

  3. Catch 22

  4. Invisible Man Discussion

  5. Invisible Man Criticism

  6. How do we figure out what the theme of a literary work is

  7. A&P + Worn Path Discussion

  8. A Reading of Shirley Jackson Lottery

  9. The Lottery Criticism

  10. The Lottery Criticism 2

  11. Miss Brill Discussion & Criticism

  12. Invisible Man Mid-Point Discussion

  13. Discussion of characterization in Everyday Use

  14. Everyday Use Critical Commentary

  15. How I Met My Husband Critical Analysis

  16. Hunters in the Snow Analysis

  17. Hunters in the Snow Analysis 2

  18. Invisible Man Background and Themes

  19. Summer Reading Package

  20. General Class Information
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    Standards & Benchmarks

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    Rubrics & Formats

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    Course Syllabus

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    AP Reading List

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    AP Open Questions for AP Essays

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    Graduate Qualities, TLP's and CES

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    Plagiarism Information for Students

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    MLA Style Presentation

  21. Helpful Resources for Analysis and Writing
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    Essay Samples - Blake and Scarlet Letter

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    Writing an Essay

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    Essay Grading Rubric

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    Literary Terms and Types

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    Avoiding Plot Summary in a Literature Essay

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    Information on Literary Structures and Devices - Thanks to B. McDaniel from AP Listserv!
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    Character

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    Diction or Tone

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    Imagery

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    Irony

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    Metaphor & Simile

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    Perspective

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    Plot

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    Setting

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    Symbolism

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    Syntax

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    The Art of Rhetoric

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    Theme

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    Tone Exercise

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    Tone Words

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    Using Quotations in Formal Analysis

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    Genres of Literary Criticisms (PDF)

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    Mnemonic Reminders

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    What AP Readers Long to See

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    Literary Terms

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    Description and Example of the Cornell Method of Note-Taking

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General Online Resources...in REVERSE Chronological Order

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Using Word's Reviewing Feature:  http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/comments.html

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AP Test Taking Tips and Information
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AP Test Taking Tips.

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AP Credit Policy for US Universities - Check here to see what AP score your universities require for giving credit.

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How to Prepare for AP English Examinations - from AP Central

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Test Taking Tips from another AP Class

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Another Page of Literary Terms

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Literary Resources on the Net

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AP Testing Reminders

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Study Habits & Test Anxiety: University of Buffalo Counseling Center

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Eau Gallie High School Advanced Placement - A GREAT AP page withs lots of information - check the links below specifically:
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Advanced Placement Essays: Helpful Hints

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This is how we ALL hope the AP test really looks like... - Check it out!!!

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The best place for both of us to go is AP Central, the main site for the AP exams published by ETS (the Educational Testing Service).  I use it A LOT; why shouldn't you?  Here you can find resources, old tests and much more to get you started.  You will have to register to get the most out of the site, however, but there are no strings attached.

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General Resources
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Online Symbolism Dictionary

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A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices

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A Glossary of Literary Criticism

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Dictionary of Symbolism

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Dictionary of Literary Terms

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Glossary Of Poetic Terms

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Colegio Bolivar Style Book

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Biblical and Mythological Allusions
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Crosswalk.com - Great Bible Site

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Bullfinch Mythology

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A History of the Trojan War

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A General Guide to Greek Mythology

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Reading Resources
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Outstanding Books for the College Bound Student - Annotated from American Library Association
Links for each of the major genres are at the bottom of the page

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The Top 100 Novels with Reviews

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Book Reviews

bullet 1984, Orwell (1, 2, 3)
bulletAdventures of Don Quixote, The Cervantes (1)
bulletAll the Pretty Horses, Mccarthy (1)
bulletAntigone, Sophocles (1)
bullet As You Like It, Shakesepare (1)
bullet Awakening, The, Chopin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
bulletBlack Boy, Wright (1)
bulletBluest Eye, The, Morrison (1, 2, 3, 4)
bulletCandide, Voltaire (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
bulletCatch 22, Heller (1, 2)
bulletCrucible, The, Miller (1, 2)
bulletCry, the Beloved Country, Paton (1)
bulletDeath of a Salesman, Miller (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
bulletDiary of Ann Frank, Frank (1)
bulletDivine Comedy, A, Dante (1)
bulletDoll's House, A, Ibsen (1, 2, 3)
bulletEnemy of the People, An, Ibsen (1)
bullet Ethan Frome, Wharton (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
bulletEquus, Shaffer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
bulletFall, The, Camus (1)
bulletFathers and Sons, Turgenev (1,2)
bullet Four Great Plays by Ibsen (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
bulletGirl with a Pearl Earing, Chevalier (1)
bullet Great Expectations, Dickens (1, 2)
bulletGreat Gatsby, The, Fitzgerald (1)
bulletHenry IV, Shakespeare (1)
bulletHigh Treason, Livingstone, Groden (1)
bulletHuckleberry Finn, Twain (1, 2, 3)
bulletImportance of Being Earnest, The, Wilde (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
bullet Invisible Man, Ellison (1, 2)
bullet Jane Eyre, Bronte (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
bullet Lady of the Camellias, The, Dumas (1)
bullet Last Tycoon, The, Fitzgerald (1)
bulletLesson Before Dying, A, Gaines (1, 2)
bullet Light in August, Faulkner (1, 2, 3)
bulletLolita, Nabakov (1, 2)
bullet Madame Bovary, Flaubert (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
bulletMedia, Euripides (1)
bullet Merchant of Venice, The, Shakespeare (1)
bulletMerry Go Round, Maugham (1)
bullet Metamorphosis, The, Kafka (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
bulletMidsummer Night's Dream, A, Shakespeare (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
bulletMoby Dick, Melville (1)
bulletMuch Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare (1, 2)
bulletMy Antonia, Cather (1)
bulletNathan's Run, Gilstrap (1)
bulletNo Exit, Sartre (1, 2, 3)
bullet Of Human Bondage, Maugham (1, 2)
bullet One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Kesey (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
bulletOpinions of a Clown, Boll (1)
bullet Othello, Shakespeare (1, 2)
bulletPersuasion, Austin (1)
bulletPlague, The, Camus (1, 2, 3, 4)
bullet Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A, Joyce (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
bulletPride and Prejudice, Austin (1, 2)
bulletRaisin in the Sun, A, Hansberry (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
bulletRespectful Prostitute, The, Sartre (1)
bulletRomeo and Juliet, Shakespeare (1)
bulletScrewtape Letter, The, Lewis (1)
bulletShipping News, The, Proulx (1, 2)
bulletStranger, The, Camus (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
bulletStreetcar Named Desire, A, Williams (1, 2)
bulletTale of Two Cities, A, Dickens (1)
bulletTaming of the Shrew, The, Shakespeare (1, 2, 3)
bulletTempest, The, Shakespeare (1, 2, 3)
bullet Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston (1, 2, 3, 4)
bulletThings Fall Apart, Achebe (1, 2)
bullet Things They Carried, The, O'Brian (1, 2, 3, 4, 5