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The student will become a skilled reader of literature written in various periods, disciplines, and styles. The student will learn about elements of poetry and the novel such as language, style, and tone, as well as become immersed in a study of drama involving William Shakespeare's King Lear. In addition, the student will deepen understanding of language, structure, and style by composing a variety of written texts—both formal and informal—that use literary tools and structures to analyze, argue, and inform. This course effectively prepares the student for the AP English Literature and Composition exam by enabling reading, writing, and comprehension of complex texts, while developing further communication skills on a college level.  \nSemester A Outline  \n1. Course Overview  \n1. Getting Started in AP English Literature and Comp  \n▪ Analyze the structure and content of the AP English Literature and Composition course  \n▪ Identify course expectations and how to be successful in this course  \n▪ Identify the materials you will use  \n▪ Determine a plan for preparing for the AP Exam  \n2. Reading Critically Across Genres  \n1. Introducing Poetry  \n▪ Identify authors from different periods  \n▪ Describe the relationship between context and meaning in poetry  \n▪ Describe the meaning of a poem or a part of a poem  \n2. Introducing Short Fiction  \n▪ Define short story and prose  \n▪ Identify the parts of a narrative’s plot  \n▪ Identify examples of direct and indirect characterization in narrative texts  \n3. Analyzing Theme in Short Stories  \n▪ Describe the use of character types in a text  \n▪ Identify examples of irony in a narrative text  \n▪ Determine which details in a narrative text support a given theme  \n4. Introducing Drama  \n▪ Identify conventions of drama  \n▪ Analyze how conventions and language contribute to meaning in a play  \n5. Dialogue and Theme in Drama  \n▪ Describe characterization in a play or play excerpt  \n▪ Identify the use of irony in a drama  \n▪ Describe the development of theme in a dramatic text  \n▪ Analyze and compare themes in texts from various genres: poetry, drama, and short story  \n6. Introducing the Novel  \n▪ Define novel and novella  \n▪ Analyze the tone of a literary passage  \n▪ Describe the factors that determine the literary merit of a text  \n7. Unit Review  \n▪ Define genre and identify characteristics of poetry, drama, and fiction  \n▪ Differentiate between literary characteristics in specific genres of writing  \n▪ Analyze how textual details and stylistic features contribute to a text’s theme  \n▪ Identify qualities of canonized literature and explain their significance  \n8. 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Tone and Tone Shift  \n▪ Analyze how poets from different periods and cultures approach a similar topic with varying tone  \n▪ Identify a poem’s tone based on textual details  \n▪ Identify shifts in tone  \n4. Writing About Poetry  \n▪ Identify the details in a poem that help reveal its theme  \n▪ Write an extended, formal anal","cbCaic3s4xXK8pOP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic3s4xXK8pOP","pdf",247223,15,"English","# Course Overview\n## Getting Started in AP English Literature and Composition\n## Reading Critically Across Genres\n## Poetry: Language, Style, and Tone\n## Writing About Poetry\n## Writing and Revising: Portfolio\n## Unit Review\n## Unit Test","[{\"question\":\"What does Semester A focus on in AP English Literature and Composition?\",\"answer\":\"Semester A focuses on reading, interpreting, and analyzing imaginative texts, including poetry, short fiction, drama, and the novel, with emphasis on language, style, tone, and theme.\"},{\"question\":\"Which skills are taught for analyzing poetry?\",\"answer\":\"Students learn to analyze context and meaning, imagery and diction, tone and tone shifts, figurative language, allusions, voice, and irony, and then apply these ideas in writing and exam-style questions.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the course prepare students for the AP exam?\",\"answer\":\"The course builds exam readiness through structured unit reviews, unit tests, and practice answering multiple-choice and free-response questions that require textual analysis and effective composition.\"}]","AP English Literature and Composition - Semester A Summary - Outline | PDF",38]