AP English Literature (E, CC, AS, NCAA,UPC)

1.0 Credit

Grades 11-12

Fee:

Prerequisite: Admission by referral or application, required summer reading, & American Literature Honors.

Students in this class engage in careful reading and critical analysis of literature. Students read works from several genres and periods from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. Students will study advanced vocabulary, composition, rhetoric, and literary artistry. They will prepare for college and the Advanced Placement test in literature and composition given in the spring. Up to eight college credit hours can be earned. Students will learn advanced writing skills.

Course Catalog 2008-2009