2021 AP Literature

Daily Lessons and Notes for Skagway AP Literature Class

Monday, September 13, 2021

MONDAY

Today, I'd like to discuss the AP Poetry Question and then look at PART II of "The Waste Land".

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap14_frq_english_literature.pdf

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap14_english_literature_and_composition_q1.pdf

A thesis statement IS a statement that provides direction for the analysis of a theme or idea presented by a particular text. Therefore, in order to construct an effective thesis statement, you must first determine what a text is suggesting about an abstract concept (like greed, for example).

 

Your thesis statement will address an abstract concept PLUS the evaluation of that concept through a particular text.

 

"COMPLEX" - address more than one side of the issue or the contrasting views of the issue. A complex attitude could include a desire for something and yet a fear of it. 

HOMEWORK: REWRITE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT FOR THE AP POETRY ESSAY PROMPT

 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land

https://thewastelandtseliotela30nisbet.weebly.com/ii-a-game-of-chess.html

 

 

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