Saturday, December 18, 2010

Winter Recess December 17, 2010-January 9, 2011

Assignment One: Write an analysis paragraph of at least six-seven sentences for the prologue and each of Chapters One-Fifteen of Invisible Man. Incorporate into your writing the following literary terms (they must ALL be used):

READ FOR PURPOSE
(Please boldface the terms as you write the prose)

Abstract
Allusion
Analogy
Analysis
Anecdote
Argument
Audience
Cliché
Coherence
Colloquial Expression
Conclusion
Concrete
Connotation
Denotation
Diction
Dialect, Slang, Archaism, and Pretentious Diction
Effect
Periodic Sentence and Cumulative (Loose) Sentence; Interrupted and Balanced Sentence
Repetition
Euphemism
Evaluation
Evidence
Example
Exposition
Fallacy
Figure of Speech: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Understatement, Hyperbole, Paradox
Flashback
Imagery
Inference
Irony
Jargon
Narration
Parallelism
Paraphrase
Person
Persuasion
Point of View
Premise
Purpose

Assignment Two:
Access collegeboard.com and review pertinent information about AP Examination materials; find three colleges to which you may apply, use the drop down menu to determine if they accept AP Language scores, and if so write a brief description of what scores they accept and what those specific scores (3, 4, 5) mean in terms of curriculum and grading.