The document outlines the summer reading and assignments for an Advanced Placement English III course. Students are instructed to read widely over the summer, including two assigned novels and a book on how to read literature. They must complete flashcards on literary terms, summarize chapters of the instructional book, annotate one novel, and participate in online discussions of the other novel. Completing the assignments is important as they will count significantly towards the students' first grading period.

1. Advanced Placement English III
2014-2015 Pre-requisite Assignments
Dear AP Student,
Welcome to Advanced Placement English III. Our reading and writing begins as soon as summer does. I
encourage you to read some good books and make time daily to read and think about them. Try to make
reading a part of your summer routine. I encourage you to read widely and frequently. Research and the
experience of former students shows that reading has a significant effect on classroom performance, grades in
all subjects, and standardized test scores. (Often a student’s reading score on the ACT equals the number of
books he or she read in the past year!) Through the year we will read six to seven books as a class, some of
which you will be asked to purchase, others of which I have on hand.
If you have not taken the ACT in the past year, please register for the September test. The registration for that
session closes in August. To register, log on to http://www.act.org. I encourage you to take the test early
because we will spend a great deal of time on ACT prep at the beginning of the year. I have found that the
students who have experienced the test do better in the preparatory sessions; thus, they are more able to
increase their scores.
You are required to complete four assignments over the summer. These assignments are due on the
first day of school. Because this is a college level course, no late work will be accepted. Each assignment
is outlined on the following pages. These assignments count as a SIGNIFICANT portion of your first nine
weeks grade. The literature is probably more challenging than most literature you have ever read before;
hence, you should not wait to the last minute to complete these assignments. Pacing yourself with these
assignments will lead to success!
Please sign up for Remind 101 if you have not already done so by texting @dietiiiap to (337)205-9536. If at
any time you need to contact me over the summer, please email me (swdieterich@lpssonline).
Enjoy your summer. I look forward to seeing you in August.
Sincerely,

2. Mrs. Spill Dieterich
Assignment #1 – Literary Elements
Log on to http://www.classblogmeister.com and follow the pathway to my classroom blog by clicking:
States of the U.S. Louisiana Spill Dieterich
When you arrive use the Literary Elements article to create flashcards for each of the literary terms by using 3 x 5 inch ruled index
cards. The term should be on the unruled side of the card. The definition and an example (when applicable) should be on the ruled
side of the card. Please number your cards and place them in numerical order in a Ziploc bag with your name on the bag. Begin
studying the literary elements as you will be tested on these terms on the first few days of school.
1. Allegory
2. Alliteration
3. Allusion
4. Anagram
5. Anapestic
6. Anaphora
7. Anecdote
8. Antagonist
9. Antithesis
10. Apostrophe (poetical term)
11. Approximate (near) rhyme
12. Archetype
13. Assonance
14. Asyndeton
15. Attitude
16. Ballad
17. Ballad stanza
18. Blank verse
19. Cacophony
20. Caesura
21. Caricature
22. Carpe diem
23. Colloquial
24. Conceit
25. Connotation
26. Consonance
27. Couplet
28. Dactylic
29. Denotation
30. Denouement
31. Dialect
32. Diction
33. Dramatic monologue
34. Elegy
35. End rhyme
36. Enjambment
37. Epic
38. Ethos
39. Euphony
40. Exposition
41. Extended metaphor
42. Fable
43. Falling action
44. Farce
45. Flashback
46. Foreshadowing
47. Formal diction
48. Free verse

3. 49. Genre
50. Hyperbole
51. Iambic
52. Imagery
53. In medias res
54. Informal diction
55. Internal rhyme
56. Irony
57. Jargon
58. Juxtaposition
59. Logos
60. Limited point of view
61. Litotes
62. Lyric
63. Metaphor
64. Meter
65. Metonymy
66. Mood
67. Motif
68. Narrative structure
69. Narrator
70. Occasional poem
71. Ode
72. Omniscient point of view
73. Onomatopoeia
74. Oxymoron
75. Parable
76. Paradox
77. Parallel structure
78. Parody
79. Pathos
80. Pentameter
81. Persona
82. Personification
83. Plot
84. Protagonist
85. Quatrain
86. Realism
87. Refrain
88. Rhetorical question
89. Rhyme scheme
90. Rhythm
91. Rising action
92. Sarcasm
93. Satire
94. Scansion
95. Sentimentality
96. Sestina
97. Setting
98. Shaped verse
99. Simile
100. Soliloquy
101. Sonnet
102. Speaker
103. Stanza
104. Stereotype
105. Stock character
106. Structure
107. Style
108. Symbolism
109. Synecdoche
110. Syntax
111. Theme
112. Tone
113. Tragedy
114. Trochaic
115. Villanelle
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4. eAssignment #2 – Nonfiction How to Read Literature Like a
Professor, Thomas Foster
Obtain a copy this book early, and read it before you begin the next two assignments. Keep a journal as you read
this book. There are 27 chapters; you should write a brief summary recording the main idea and literary works
cited in each of these. Write in complete sentences. Not only will you enjoy reading it, but you will also benefit from
the information presented. Foster will offer you a new approach to understanding literature. It is essential that you
read this book before you read the next three. Here is an example of a good summary for chapter one, by Katie
Stefan, senior 2011:
Chapter 1—Every Trip is a Quest (Except When It’s Not)
The quest consists of five things: a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a
real reason to go there. The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.
· “Always” and “never” do not have much meaning in literature because certain statements are not always or never true.
· Sometimes a trip or a journey is not necessarily a quest; you just have to pay attention to details.
· Some other literary works that include quests are Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Faerie Queen, Oedipus the King,
Huck Finn, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars. Foster feels that The Crying of Lot 49 is a terrific book because it
displays everything about a quest.
If you follow this example, and concentrate on the boldfaced print in each chapter, you will have good summaries. Try to think of
another piece of literature which you have read that fits Foster’s point in each chapter. Name it.
Assignment #3– Contemporary Novel The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri
Pick up a copy of the novel, read deeply, and annotate as you read. By now, I’m sure you have come up with your
own method of annotating; however, if you are unsure, please conduct an Internet search about how to mark a text.
Plenty examples of annotating can be found online. These markings should be your way of keeping track your
thoughts and will be used as starting points for class discussions. You will turn in your annotations or your
annotated copy of this book for a grade. This will also be our first formal class discussion which will also be graded.
Assignment #4 - Pre-twentieth Century NovelThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
Mark Twain
If you would like to borrow this book instead of purchasing your own copy, pick up a copy of the novel from me
before the end of school. You cannot write in the school copy of the book; you will either write annotations on Post-
Its or on a sheet of paper.
On July 7th
log on to http://www.classblogmeister.com. Follow the pathway to my classroom blog by clicking:
States of the U.S. Louisiana Spill Dieterich
Each week you will be responsible for reading an assigned section of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and responding to a blog.
The reading assignments and discussion topics will be posted weekly and must be submitted by the deadlines as announced on the
blog. Part of your grade will be based on your capability to meet deadlines. The other part of your grade will be on the quality of your
responses to the discussion articles on the blog.

5. **Be sure to read both novels thoroughly and take good notes as the topic of
your first essay will be based on these two selections.**

6. **Be sure to read both novels thoroughly and take good notes as the topic of
your first essay will be based on these two selections.**