General
- How To Read Literature Like A Professor – A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor NOTES
- Summary of Literary Periods, Concepts, and Authors and ISMs – a Few Major Concepts, or “Isms”
- Mastering Difficult Vocabulary – WOD list from crash course book
- Yellow Pages – Everything you always wanted to know about AP English IV, but were afraid to ask! (2015-2016)
- AP Literature: Titles from Free Response Questions since 1971
- AP exam scoring worksheet
Poetry Project
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- Poetry Terms and Poetry Forms
- Poetic Devices
- Sonnet 130 & Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare
- Sonnet Study Essential Vocabulary
- Poetry Meter/Foot Explanation
- Romanticism: The Artistic Expression of Liberalism
- Transcendentalism Overview
- The Fireside Poets – America’s First Literary Stars
- Fireside Poets—American Romantic Poetry (From Elements of Literature)
- AP Literature Poetry Essay Prompts (1970–2011)
- List of Poetry Essay Questions
- Romanticism: A Movement Across the Arts
- Basic Elements of Poetry
- Essay Prompt: 1970 Poem “Elegy for Jane” (Theodore Roethke)
- AP English Literature and Composition 2013 Scoring Guidelines – Mary Oliver’s “The Black Walnut Tree”
- Sonnet Study Essential Vocabulary
- AP English Literature and Composition 2016 Scoring Guidelines – Richard Wilbur’s “Juggler” (College Board)
- Metaphysical Poetry Geometry & Geography
- Metaphysical Poet (Encyclopedia Brittanica)
- Poems choices for Metaphysical Poetry project
- Metaphysical Poetry Project
- Poems choices for Metaphysical Poetry project
AP Lit Exam
- An Exam Reader’s Advice on Writing (College Board)
- Varying Sentence Structure
- AP English Poetry Terms
- AP Literature Prose Essay Prompts AP Literature Prose Essay Prompts (1970–2015)
- Q2 girls and boys
- AP English Literature and Composition 2015 Free-Response Questions (College Board)
- AP English Literature and Composition 2015 Scoring Guidelines (College Board)
- AP English Literature and Composition 2015 Scoring Guidelines – with sample essay and grader’s commentary (College Board)
- AP English Literature Student Score Distributions, Global AP Exams 2015 (College Board)
- AP Literature Open re: Open-ended Prompts (1970-2016)
Senior College Application Essays
- College Essay Topics by School (2010)
- For a Standout College Essay, Applicants Fill Their Summers (NY Times Essay)
- 2016-2017 ApplyTexas Essay Prompts For U.S. Freshman and International Freshman Applications
- College Application Essay Rubric
- Top 15 Essay Tips from Admissions’ Readers
- Essay example #1 (Alex)
- Essay example #2 (Kirsten)
- Sentence Composing – 6 types of phrases/clauses
- Essays That Worked – Johns Hopkins essay examples and advice
Other Topics of Importance
- Recognizing and Writing about Tone
- Tone vs. Mood Venn Diagram
- 1st Six Weeks AP Multiple Choice Vocabulary
Literary Time Periods and Movements
- Literary Periods and Movements – Timeline
- Literary Periods, Movements, and History (The Literature Network)
- American Literary Movements Timeline
- The Norton Anthology of English Literature
- American Literary Movements
- Brit Lit video by Annika, Lainey, Ashley & Courtland
Allusions
- Literary allusions – 3 really long poems
- Albatross
- Bedlam
- Biblical allusions list
- Crocodile tears
- Faust
- Greek – Icarus and Dedalus questions
- Ivory tower
- Prometheus
- Sacred Cow
- Sirens
- Tantalus and Sisyphus
- The Fates
- Tower of Babel
- Video clips for teaching allusions
- Writing on the wall
Research Resources
- The Purdue OWL: Citation Chart
- Practical Research – Planning and Design
- Research Paper Topics to Explore
- AP Research Academic Paper – Sample Student Responses and Scoring Notes
- How to Choose a Project for Your AP Research Course (CollegeVine)
- AP Research Topics
- The Craft of Research
- Research in Other Contexts: “The Sports Misery Index”
- AP Research Academic Paper – Sample Student Responses and Scoring Commentary
- AP Research – Literature Review