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Exam Outline and sample questions
Mark the exam date on your calendar:
Thursday, May 8, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Starting Wed. Feb. 5th, you have an AP Lit class after school in order to write practice exam sections. Arrange for a ride home or plan to take the bus.
USSR: You will write an in-class essay on each book. One book per month is mandatory but you are welcome to read widely. See the AP book list. You need to read these books thoroughly and post-it note key scenes. If you can, buy the books so that you can write in them.
Feb: The Great Gatsby Focus: Setting, theme, The American Dream
March: 19th century novel: Choose Jane Eyre (social realism, bildungsroman, Victorian), Frankenstein (Gothic (horror and Romanticism), Great Expectations or David Copperfield(social realism, Victorian, bildungsroman), Tess of the d'Ubervilles,(Modernism, feminist, fate)
April:Drama: Othello, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, etc
May: Canadian novel or play
June: Memoir or poetry
You need to know a comedy well. Review The Importance of Being Earnest or Twelfth Night or A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Review from English Lit:
Know the themes and writers of each era studied.
Know all of the literary terms from last year.
Literary Terms from English Literature 12
English Lit 12 Reading List
