History
This dictator ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961.
Trujillo
What time does the AP Exam start?
8am. You should be in your testing room at 7:45.
the associations or feeling that a word evokes
Connotation
"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend."
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
For Free-Response Question 1 & 2, is your thesis required to list literary devices to get the point?
NO
We first meet Shadrack in 1919 after he has returned from what war?
World War I
What date is the AP English Literature Exam?
Wednesday, May 8th.
A reference to history, literature, or another work.
Allusion
“Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.”
Sula by Toni Morrison
Prompt: The following excerpt is from Japanese-American writer Hisaye Yamamoto’s story “Morning Rain,” published in 1952. This passage depicts a family conversation. Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how Yamamoto uses literary elements and techniques to convey the ways in which the communication among Sadako, Mr. Endo, and Harry reveals their complex relationships.
Does the thesis below get the thesis point?
Thesis: Sadako, Mr. Endo, and Harry have a complex relationship that can be seen through their communication and figurative language.
No
Mary Shelley's age when she finished writing Frankenstein.
19
What should you bring with you on test day?
A pencil and pen with blue or black ink.
A poem of fourteen lines, often with a regular rhyme scheme and meter.
Sonnet
“But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.”
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Prompt: The following excerpt is from Japanese-American writer Hisaye Yamamoto’s story “Morning Rain,” published in 1952. This passage depicts a family conversation. Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how Yamamoto uses literary elements and techniques to convey the ways in which the communication among Sadako, Mr. Endo, and Harry reveals their complex relationships.
Does the thesis below get the thesis point?
Yamamoto reveals that although Sadako observes her father closely, the sparse communication between them and the challenged communication between Mr. Endo and her husband reveal the generational and cultural divide that prevents them from noticing basic facts about each other.
Yes
The artistic and intellectual movement from the late 18th through 19th centuries characterized by an emphasis on the natural world, emotions, and the individual.
Romanticism
The amount of time you have for each essay on Section II.
40 minutes.
The name of this literary device comes from the Latin word meaning "to transfer or carry over."
Metaphor
"I’m a riddle in nine syllables, /
An elephant, a ponderous house, /
A melon strolling on two tendrils."
"Metaphors" by Sylvia Plath
Prompt: The following excerpt is from C. E. Morgan’s novel All the Living, published in 2009. This passage describes a young girl’s experience moving away from her extended family in rural Appalachia. Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well-written essay analyze how Morgan uses literary elements and techniques to convey Aloma’s complex responses to her changing environment.
Does the thesis respond to the prompt?
Thesis: At home and at school, the author portrays Aloma as constantly restricted both literally and figuratively by the mountains that surround her, she seeks a life where the sun is free to shine directly at her, where she is unconstrained and can be someone other than the person she was born to be.
Yes