Albert Einstein High School ADVANCED PLACEMENT LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENTS 2014 General Instructions: Carefully and closely read the attached essays. Following specific instructions given below complete the writing assignments by typing them on 8½ x 11 white paper. Do not place the work in a notebook or composition book. Have all the reading completed by the first day of school. The deadline for the assignment is the Friday of the first week of school. Work will not be accepted after the first week. Be prepared for timed writing and/or a test on these readings. Look up the meanings of any terms you do not recognize. Have a Assignment #1: “I Dream” Write a of allusion in this speech (see the attached guidelines for writing reader’s journal analyzing King’s use journals). Identify and explain AT LEAST THREE distinct allusions and discuss how they help to reader’s communicate message. King’s Assignment #2: The Declaration of Independence Write a journal analyzing Jefferson’s use of in this declaration. Identify Where Jefferson anaphora reader’s uses this device, explain the effects of its use, and discuss how it helps to communicate Jefferson’s message. Assignment a #3: “Ain’t I Woman?” Write a journal analyzing how Sojourner Truth uses syntax (hint: rhetorical questioning, exclamations, reader’s and imperative sentences are a start) and to communicate her message. diction/vernacular Assignment #4: Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Write a journal analyzing use of parallel structure, antithesis, and the juxtaposition of reader’s Kennedy’s contrasting concepts in this speech. Identify and explain one example of each and discuss how they help to communicate message. Kennedy’s Suggested resources: Strunk, William and E. B. White. The Elements of Style, 4th Edition. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000. Gordon, Karen Elizabeth. The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed. New York: Times Books, 1984.
Albert Einstein High School ADVANCED PLACEMENT LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENTS 2014 General Instructions: Carefully and closely read the attached essays. Following specific instructions given below complete the writing assignments by typing them on 8½ x 11 white paper. Do not place the work in a notebook or composition book. Have all the reading completed by the first day of school. The deadline for the assignment is the Friday of the first week of school. Work will not be accepted after the first week. Be prepared for timed writing and/or a test on these readings. Look up the meanings of any terms you do not recognize. Assignment #1: “I Have a Dream” Write a reader’s journal analyzing King’s use of allusion in this speech (see the attached guidelines for writing reader’s journals). Identify and explain AT LEAST THREE distinct allusions and discuss how they help to communicate King’s message. Assignment #2: The Declaration of Independence Write a reader’s journal analyzing Jefferson’s use of anaphora in this declaration. Identify Where Jefferson uses this device, explain the effects of its use, and discuss how it helps to communicate Jefferson’s message. Assignment #3: “Ain’t I a Woman?” Write a reader’s journal analyzing how Sojourner Truth uses syntax (hint: rhetorical questioning, exclamations, and imperative sentences are a start) and diction/vernacular to communicate her message. Assignment #4: Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Write a reader’s journal analyzing Kennedy’s use of parallel structure, antithesis, and the juxtaposition of contrasting concepts in this speech. Identify and explain one example of each and discuss how they help to communicate Kennedy’s message. Suggested resources: Strunk, William and E. B. White. The Elements of Style, 4th Edition. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000. Gordon, Karen Elizabeth. The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed. New York: Times Books, 1984.