Literature & composition : essential voices, essential skills for the AP course / Renee H. Shea, Robin Dissin Aufses, Lawrence Scanlon, Katherine E. Cordes, Carlos A. Escobar, Carol Jago. [print]

1 | Analyzing Short Fiction

SECTION 1 -- Edward P. Jones, The First Day

Elements of Fiction: Character -- Character Development -- Activity: Analyzing Character -- James Welch, from Fools Crow -- Setting-- Activity: Analyzing Setting -- Khaled Hosseini from The Kite Runner -- Plot-- Activity: Analyzing Plot-- Narrative Perspective and Point of View-- First-Person Point of View-- Second-Person Point of View-- Italo Calvino, from If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler-- Third-Person Point of View-- Katherine Mansfield, from Miss Brill-- Jane Austen, from Pride and Prejudice-- Activity: Analyzing Narrative Perspective and Point of View-- Louise Erdrich, from The Round House

Putting It All Together: Interpreting Major Elements of Fiction

Culminating Activity | Section 1

Interpreting Short Fiction: Defending a Claim with Evidence-- Lydia Davis, Blind Date --

SECTION 2: -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, from Americanah

Close Reading: Analyzing Literary Elements and Techniques-- Willa Cather, from My Antonia-- Diction-- Activity: Analyzing Diction-- F. Scott Fitzgerald, from The Great Gatsb

Figurative Language: -- Imagery -- Activity: Analyzing Figurative Language-- Lan Cao, from Monkey Bridge-- Syntax-- Activity: Analyzing Syntax-- Tommy Orange, from There There-- Tone and Mood-- Charles Dickens, from Bleak House-- Activity: Connecting Literary Elements and Techniques with Tone and Mood-- Zora Neale Hurston, from Their Eyes Were Watching God

From Reading to Writing: Crafting an AP® Prose Fiction Analysis Essay-- Jamaica Kincaid, Girl-- Preparing to Write: Annotating Short Fiction-- Activity: Annotating Short Fiction -- Developing a Thesis Statement -- Supporting Your Thesis -- Writing Topic Sentences -- Developing Claims with Evidence from the Text -- Activity: Writing a Body Paragraph -- Revising an AP® Prose Fiction Analysis Essay -- Analyzing a Sample AP® Prose Fiction Analysis Essay -- Selin Selcucker, “Girl” -- Activity: Providing Peer Feedback for Revision

Culminating Activity | Section 2

Crafting an AP® Prose Fiction Analysis Essay -- Edith Wharton, from The House of Mirth --

SECTION 3

Developing Sophistication in an AP® Prose Fiction Analysis -- Analyzing Complexities and Tensions within a Text -- Qualifying Your Argument

Culminating Activity | Section 3

Developing Sophistication in an AP® Prose Fiction Analysis Essay -- -- =505 0\ 2 | Analyzing Poetry

SECTION 1

Reading for Literal Meaning -- Seamus Heaney, Digging

Activity: Reading a Poem for Literal Meaning -- Christina Rossetti, Promises like Pie Crust

Considering the Speaker: Analyzing Contrasts -- Diction -- Juxtaposition, Antithesis, and Paradox Shifts

Activity: Analyzing Contrasts -- Lucille Clifton, Poem to My Yellow Coat -- Tone and Mood -- Irony

Activity: Analyzing Tone and Mood -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, My Heart and I

Reading for Detail -- A. E. Housman, To an Athlete Dying Young -- Figurative Language -- Symbol -- Imagery

Activity: Connecting Figurative Language to Meaning -- Peggy Robles-Alvarado, When I Became La Promesa -- Structure -- Poetic Syntax -- Meter -- Form

Activity: Connecting Form to Meaning -- Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, Sonnet -- Sound -- Rhyme

Activity: Connecting Sound to Meaning -- Marilyn Nelson, The Century Quilt

Putting it All Together: Connecting Poetic Elements of Style to Meaning -- Robert Herrick, Delight in Disorder

Culminating Activity | Section 1

Interpreting Major Elements of Poetry

Paisley Rekdal, Happiness --

SECTION 2

From Reading to Writing: Crafting an AP® Poetry Analysis Essay -- Maxine Kumin, Woodchucks -- Preparing to Write: Creating a Graphic Organizer -- Activity: Preparing to Write about Poetry -- Major Jackson, Mighty Pawns -- Developing a Thesis Statement -- Supporting Your Thesis -- Writing Topic Sentences -- Developing Claims with Evidence from the Text -- Documenting Sources -- Activity: Writing a Body Paragraph -- Revising an AP® Poetry Analysis Essay -- Analyzing a Sample AP® Poetry Analysis Essay -- Alyssa Pierangeli, “A Fall from Grace” -- Activity: Providing Peer Feedback for Revision

Culminating Activity | Section 2

Crafting an AP® Poetry Analysis Essay -- Major Jackson, Mighty Pawns --

SECTION 3

Developing Sophistication in an AP® Poetry Analysis -- Situating Your Interpretation in a Broader Context -- Qualifying Your Argument

Culminating Activity | Section 3

Developing Sophistication in an AP® Poetry Analysis -- --

3 | Analyzing Longer Fiction and Drama

SECTION 1

Literary Elements of Longer Fiction and Drama -- Character -- George Bernard Shaw, from Pygmalion -- William Shakespeare, from Richard III -- Activity: Analyzing Character in Longer Fiction and Drama Setting -- Henrik Ibsen, from A Doll’s House -- Historical Contexts -- Jesmyn Ward, from Salvage the Bones -- Social and Cultural Contexts -- Zee Edgell, from Beka Lamb

Activity: Analyzing Setting in Longer Fiction and Drama Plot -- Activity: Analyzing Plot in Longer Fiction and Drama -- Narrative Perspective and Point of View -- Stream of Consciousness -- James Joyce, from Ulysses -- Layered Points of View -- Suzanne Berne, from A Crime in the Neighborhood -- Emily Bronte, from Wuthering Heights -- Unreliable Narrators -- Kazuo Ishiguro, from Never Let Me Go -- Activity: Analyzing Narrative Perspective and Point of View in Full-Length Works -- Symbol -- Toni Morrison, from Song of Solomon -- Symbol and Allegory -- Stephen King, from The Gunslinger -- Activity: Analyzing Symbol in Longer Fiction and Drama

Putting It All Together: Interpreting Theme in Longer Fiction and Drama

Culminating Activity | Section 1

Interpreting Longer Fiction and Drama --

SECTION 2

From Reading to Writing: Crafting an AP® Literary Argument Essay -- Susan Glaspell, Trifles -- Preparing to Write an AP® Literary Argument: Analyzing Literary Elements -- Activity: Preparing to Write an AP® Literary Argument -- Developing a Thesis Statement -- Moving from Summary to Interpretation -- Connecting Literary Elements to Interpretation -- Activity: Revising Thesis Statements -- Supporting Your Thesis -- Writing Topic Sentences -- Supporting Your Interpretation -- Activity: Writing a Body Paragraph -- Revising an AP® Literary Argument Essay -- Analyzing a Sample AP® Literary Argument Essay -- Fabiana Martínez, “Susan Glaspell’s Trifles” -- Activity: Providing Peer Feedback for Revision

Culminating Activity | Section 2

Crafting an AP® Literary Argument Essay --

SECTION 3

Developing Sophistication in an AP® Literary Argument -- Developing Alternative Interpretations through Critical Lenses -- Psychological Perspective -- Cultural Criticism -- Gendered Perspectives -- Incorporating Alternative Interpretations into an Argument

Culminating Activity | Section 3

Developing Sophistication in an AP® Literary Argument -- --

4 | Identity & Culture

Chapter Introduction: AP® Unit 4 / Short Fiction II

Central Text Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies (short fiction)

Classic Text Ralph Ellison, Boy on a Train (short fiction)

Texts in Context: Ralph Ellison and the Influence of the Harlem Renaissance -- 1. Alain Locke, from The New Negro (nonfiction) -- 2. Countee Cullen, Heritage (poetry) -- 3. Zora Neale Hurston, Spunk (short fiction) -- 4. Langston Hughes, I look at the world (poetry) -- 5. Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series #3 (painting)

Short Fiction -- Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown -- Joyce Carol Oates, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? -- Nadine Gordimer, Homage -- Chimamada Ngozi Adichie, Apollo -- Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Belles Lettres -- Weike Wang, The Trip -- Sakinah Hofler, Erasure

Poetry -- John Milton, When I consider how my light is Spent -- TalkBack | Emma Lazarus, City Visions I -- Emily Dickinson, I’m Nobody! Who are you? -- Gwendolyn Brooks, We Real Cool -- Mahmoud Darwish, Identity Card -- Kamau Brathwaite, Ogun -- Natasha Trethewey, Southern History -- Natalie Diaz, The Facts of Art -- Molly Rose Quinn, Dolorosa -- Gregory Pardlo, Written by Himself -- Quan Barry, loose strife [Somebody says draw a map] -- Jose Olivarez, (citizen) (illegal) -- Alexis Aceves Garcia, AQUí HAY TODO MIJA

Chapter 4 AP® Multiple-Choice Practice -- Jhumpa Lahiri, from Interpreter of Maladies -- Ralph Ellison, from Boy on a Train

Suggestions for Writing: Identity & Culture -- --

5 | Love & Relationships

Chapter Introduction: AP® Unit 5 / Poetry II

Central Text Terrance Hayes, Wind in a Box (poetry)

Classic Text William Shakespeare, My love is as a fever, longing still (Sonnet 147) (poetry)

Texts in Context: William Shakespeare and the Sonnet Form -- 1. Edward Hirsch, My Own Acquaintance (nonfiction) -- 2. William Shakespeare, My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (poetry) -- 3. William Wordsworth, Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent’s Narrow Room (poetry) -- 4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Face of All the World (Sonnet 7) (poetry) -- 5. Claude McKay, America (poetry) -- 6. Marilyn Nelson, How I Discovered Poetry (poetry) -- 7. Julian Talamantez Brolaski, What to Say Upon Being Asked to Be Friends (poetry) -- 8. David Baker, Peril Sonnet (poetry) -- 9. Oliver de la Paz, Diaspora Sonnet 40 (poetry)

Short Fiction -- James Joyce, Araby -- William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily -- Maxine Clair, The Creation -- Kirsten Valdez Quade, Jubilee

Poetry -- Sir Thomas Wyatt, They flee from me -- Sir Philip Sidney, Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust -- John Donne, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning -- TalkBack | Adrienne Rich, A Valediction Forbidding Mourning -- The Flea -- Robert Herrick, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time -- Anne Bradstreet, To My Dear and Loving Husband -- Andrew Marvell, Mower’s Song -- Lord Byron, She Walks in Beauty -- John Keats, Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art -- Emily Dickinson, Wild Nights, Wild Nights -- T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -- Rainer Maria Rilke, Untitled [Do you still remember: falling stars] -- Edna St. Vincent Millay, Love is not all -- Frank O’Hara, Having a Coke with You -- Margaret Atwood, Siren Song -- Elizabeth Bishop, One Art -- Billy Collins, Weighing the Dog -- Dana Gioia, Summer Storm -- Major Jackson, Urban Renewal XVIII -- Ross Gay, Say It -- Warsan Shire, For Women Who Are Difficult to Love -- Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Chess -- Tracy K. Smith, Wade in the Water -- Chen Chen, I invite My Parents to a Dinner Party -- Amy Alvarez, How to Date a White Boy -- Denice Frohman, Lady Jordan

Chapter 5 AP® Multiple-Choice Practice -- Terrance Hayes, Wind in a Box -- William Shakespeare, My love is as a fever, longing still

Suggestions for Writing: Love & Relationships -- --

6 | Conformity & Rebellion

Chapter Introduction: AP® Unit 6 / Longer Fiction and Drama II

Central Text Nella Larsen, Passing (novel)

Classic Text William Shakespeare, Hamlet (drama)

Texts in Context: Hamlet and the Evolution of Character -- 1. Marjorie Garber, from Hamlet: The Matter of Character (nonfiction) -- 2. William Hazlitt, from Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays (nonfiction) -- 3. C. S. Lewis, from Hamlet: The Prince or the Poem? (nonfiction) -- 4. Zbigniew Herbert, Elegy of Fortinbras (poetry)

Short Fiction -- Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street -- Te-Ping Chen, Lulu

Poetry -- Alexander Pope, Sound and Sense -- Percy Bysshe Shelley, Song: To the Men of England -- Emily Dickinson, Much Madness is divinest Sense -- Constantine Cavafy, Waiting for the Barbarians -- Wallace Stevens, Emperor of Ice Cream -- Dylan Thomas, Do not go gentle into that good night -- Anne Sexton, Her Kind -- Allen Ginsberg, Is About -- Carol Ann Duffy, Penelope -- TalkBack | A. E. Stallings, The Wife of the Man of Many Wiles -- Harryette Mullen, We Are Not Responsible -- Robin Coste Lewis, Art & Craft -- Jamila Woods, Ghazal for White Hen Pantry -- Kristiana Rae Colon, a remix for remembrance -- Laura Da’, Passive Voice -- Nathalie Handal, Ways of Rebelling -- Taylor Johnson, Trans Is Against Nostalgia -- Jericho Brown, Crossing -- Elisa Gonzalez, Failed Essay on Privilege -- Danielle DeTiberius, The Artist Signs Her Masterpiece, Immodestly -- TalkBack | Carravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes (painting) & Artemesia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes (painting) --

Chapter 6 AP® Multiple-Choice Practice -- Nella Larsen, from Passing -- William Shakespeare, from Hamlet

Suggestions for Writing: Conformity & Rebellion -- --

7 | War & Peace

Chapter Introduction: AP® Unit 7 / Short Fiction III

Central Text Edwidge Danticat, The Book of the Dead (short fiction)

Classic Text Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried (short fiction)

Texts in Context: The Things They Carried and Voices of the Vietnam Conflict -- 1. Viet Thanh Nguyen, True War Stories (nonfiction) -- 2. Bao Ninh, Savage Winds (short fiction) -- 3. Quan Barry, Napalm (poetry) -- 4. Hai-Dang Phan, My Father’s “Norton Introduction to Literature,” Third Edition (1981) (poetry) -- 5. Paul Tran, East Mountain View (poetry) -- 6. Ann Le, Between Home and Here: Woman Soldier (collage)

Short Fiction -- Leo Tolstoy, After the Dance -- Cynthia Ozick, The Shawl -- Louise Erdrich, The Red Convertible -- Bharati Mukherjee, The Management of Grief -- Scholastique Mukasonga, Grief -- Jamil Jan Kochai, Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Poetry -- Richard Lovelace, To Lucasta, Going to the Wars -- TalkBack | Robert Graves, To Lucasta on Going to the War—for the Fourth Time -- Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn of the Republic -- Thomas Hardy, A Wife in London (December, 1899) -- Siegfried Sassoon, Lamentations -- Wilfred Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est -- TalkBack | Dunya Mikhail, The War Works Hard -- Anna Akhmatova, The First Long-Range Artillery Shell in Leningrad -- Henry Reed, Naming of Parts -- Wislawa Syzmborska, The Terrorist, He Watches -- Claribel Alegria, Not Yet -- Naomi Shihab Nye, For Mohammed Zeid of Gaza, Age 15 -- Brian Turner, Sadiq -- Jill McDonough, Twelve-Hour Shifts -- Amit Majmudar, True Believer -- Solmaz Sharif, Reaching Guantanamo -- Amorak Huey, We Were All Odysseus in those Days -- Nikky Finney, A New Day Dawns

Chapter 7 AP® Multiple-Choice Practice -- Edwidge Danticat, from The Book of the Dead -- Tim O’Brien, from The Things They Carried

Suggestions for Writing: War & Peace -- --

8 | Home & Family

Chapter introduction: AP® Unit 8 / Poetry III

Central Text Richard Blanco, Mother Country (poetry)

Classic Text Marianne Moore, The Steeple-Jack (Poetry)

Texts in Context: Marianne Moore and the Modernist Vision -- 1. T. S. Eliot, from Tradition and the Individual Talent (nonfiction) -- 2. Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose (poetry) -- 3. H. D., Sea Rose (poetry) -- 4. Amy Lowell, A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M. & The Emperor’s Garden (poetry) -- 5. Fernand Leger, La Ville (“The City”) (painting) -- 6. Virginia Woolf, from Mrs. Dalloway (fiction)

Short Fiction -- Tillie Olsen, I Stand Here Ironing -- Helena María Viramontes, The Moths -- Laura van den Berg, Lessons -- Rivers Solomon, Prudent Girls

Poetry -- Ben Jonson, On My First Son -- Anne Bradstreet, Before the Birth of One of Her Children -- William Wordsworth, We Are Seven -- Langston Hughes, Mother to Son -- Theodore Roethke, My Papa’s Waltz -- Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays -- TalkBack | Threa Almonstaser, A Mother’s Mouth Illuminated -- Richard Wilbur, The Writer -- Gladys Cardiff, Combing -- Mary Oliver, The Black Walnut Tree -- Ruth Stone, Pokeberries -- Marilyn Chin, Turtle Soup -- Li-Young Lee, The Hammock -- Mohja Kahf, My Grandmother Washes Her Feet in the Sink of the Bathroom at Sears -- Victoria Redel, Bedecked -- Heid Erdrich, Intimate Detail -- Rita Dove, Family Reunion -- Adrienne Su, Peaches -- Hafizah Geter, The Widower -- Ada Limon, The Raincoat -- Saeed Jones, A Stranger

Chapter 8 AP® Multiple-Choice Practice -- Richard Blanco, Mother Country -- Marianne Moore, The Steeple-Jack

Suggestions for Writing: Home & Family -- --

9 | Tradition & Progress

Chapter introduction: AP® Unit 9 / Longer Fiction and Drama III

Central Text August Wilson, Fences (drama)

Classic Text Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (novel)

Texts in Context: Frankenstein and the Ethics of Creation -- 1. Stephen Jay Gould, from The Monster’s Human Nature (nonfiction) -- 2. Brian Aldiss, Super-Toys Last All Summer Long (fiction) -- 3. Jon Turney, from Frankenstein’s Footsteps (nonfiction) -- 4. Janet Allinger, Frankenstein Drives a Tesla (illustration)

Short Fiction -- Flannery O’Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find -- Alice Walker, Everyday Use -- Naguib Mahfouz, Half a Day -- Hanif Kureishi, We’re Not Jews

Poetry -- Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard -- William Blake, London -- William Wordsworth, The World Is Too Much with Us -- TalkBack | Joy Harjo, For Calling the Spirit Back -- Walt Whitman, Mannahatta -- TalkBack | Carl Sandburg, Chicago -- Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach -- Gerard Manley Hopkins, God’s Grandeur -- Emily Dickinson, Crumbling is not an instant’s Act -- Robert Frost, Mending Wall -- William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming -- Czesław Miłosz, Dedication -- TalkBack | Matthew Olzmann, Letter Beginning with Two Lines by Czesław Miłosz -- Seamus Heaney, Bogland -- Yehuda Amichai, The Eve of Rosh Hashanah -- Frannie Choi, Gentrifier -- Rajiv Mohabir, Why Whales Are Back in New York City -- Terrance Hayes, Pseudacris Crucifer -- Juan Felipe Herrera, i want to speak of unity

Chapter 9 AP® Multiple-Choice Practice -- August Wilson, from Fences -- Mary Shelley, from Frankenstein

Suggestions for Writing: Tradition & Progress

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"Literature & Composition is designed specifically for the AP English Literature course. Its unique structure of skill-building opening chapters combined with an engaging thematic anthology provides flexibility for student learning. In this edition, the book fully aligns to the new AP Course and Exam Description. Chapters 1-3 cover the reading and writing skills key to success in the course and on the AP Exam. Chapters 4-9 are anthology chapters arranged by timeless themes, such as Identity and Culture, that help bring our readings to life. Each of these thematic chapters offers a wide variety of classic and contemporary writing - including fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, visual texts, and several full-length works - with guidance and support to help students think critically and write insightfully about great literature"--

Shea, R. H., Aufses, R. D., Scanlon, L., Cordes, K. E., Escobar, C., & Jago, C. (2022). Literature and composition: Essential Voices, Essential Skills for the AP® Course (3rd ed.). Bedford Books. APA - CHECK FORMATING BEFORE USE

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Renee H. Shea is a distinguished educator and author known for her work in AP English Language and Composition. With a career spanning several decades, Shea has contributed to the development of AP English curricula and teacher training. She has co-authored numerous educational texts, focusing on literature and composition, aiming to enhance the skills of high school students. Her expertise in blending critical analysis with accessible teaching methods has made her a respected figure in educational circles.

Robin Dissin Aufses has carved out a significant niche in the field of English education, particularly in AP Literature and Composition. Formerly an English department chair at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, New York, Aufses has a rich background in teaching and curriculum development. Her contributions to literature and composition textbooks are well-regarded for their depth of analysis and ability to engage students. Aufses is passionate about fostering a love for literature among students and helping them develop critical thinking and writing skills.

Lawrence Scanlon is an educator and author with a profound impact on AP English Literature and Composition. With years of teaching experience, Scanlon has dedicated his career to enhancing students' understanding of literature and the art of composition. His work often focuses on integrating literary theory with practical teaching strategies, providing valuable resources for both students and teachers. Scanlon's publications are celebrated for their insightful analyses and pedagogical effectiveness.

Katherine E. Cordes is an educator with a focus on English and literature studies. Her work in developing curriculum materials for AP courses has been influential in shaping the way literature is taught at the high school level. Cordes brings a practical approach to teaching, emphasizing skill development alongside literary appreciation. Her contributions to educational texts aim to prepare students for college-level coursework by developing their analytical and compositional abilities.

Carlos A. Escobar is recognized for his contributions to education, particularly in the realm of AP English and Composition. His approach combines a strong foundation in literary analysis with a focus on language skills development. Escobar's work on educational materials reflects his commitment to providing students with the tools they need to succeed in both AP exams and future academic endeavors. His expertise adds a unique perspective to the interdisciplinary approach of teaching literature and composition.

Carol Jago is an accomplished author and educator with extensive experience in the teaching of English and literature. Having served as president of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Jago's influence extends beyond the classroom to national educational policy and curriculum development. She is particularly noted for her advocacy of rigorous academic standards and her belief in the power of literature to transform lives. Jago's publications are essential resources for teachers seeking to inspire and educate their students at the highest levels.