AP Lit & Comp

Second Semester Exam Study Guide

Vocabulary:
Matching—Study the drama vocabulary from your textbook.

Hamlet:
Review your reading journal to help you review for this portion.  I’ll give you quotes.  You’ll need to identify and explain them—who said it, what it’s referring to, and its significance to the overall meaning of the play. 

Poetics, either The Glass Menagerie, A Doll House, or Death of a Salesman and your 4th quarter novels (Tess, Dalloway, and 100 Years):
Long answer—Look over your notes and reading journals for these works.  I’ll ask long answer questions over these major pieces we read this semester.  Your answers will not require an entire essay, but you will need to answer in complete sentences and paragraph form.

AP Multiple Choice:
I’ll give you two sections of an AP exam (a brief drama piece and a longer prose section).  

AP Free-Response Essay:
I’ll give you one essay question for which you should allow yourself 40 minutes.  This will be an open question/statement about literature in general.  You should answer the question by writing an essay on the topic as it directly relates to a piece of literature (one from a provided list or, if you choose, another novel or play of “similar literary merit”).