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Directions: During the summer AP Literature students will read ONE of the texts listed below. The reading of the text MUST be authentic. We will not tolerate assignments completed utilizing Spark Notes, Lit Charts, Cliff’s Notes, Pink Monkey, etc. No outside sources are needed to complete the assignment that accompanies the active, close reading of the text. (Assignment included below) The assignment will be due on the Thursday/Friday of the first week of school. You will turn the assignment in through Canvas and the Turn it in Program. 5 % and lower accepted.

TITLE AUTHOR

The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy Obasan Joy Kogawa The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy Hard Times Charles Dickens Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man James Joyce Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf Light in August William Faulkner Song of Solomon Toni Morrison Sula Toni Morrison The House of Mirth Edith Wharton Kindred Octavia Butler The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz A Room with a View E. M. Forster A Passage to India E. M. Forster The Stranger Albert Camus The Color Purple Alice Walker The Power of One Bryce Courtenay

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Summer Reading Assignment

Title of Text______________________________________Author________________

Date of Publication________________Genre____________________

Literary Period________________________________________________

Provide information about the literary period Provide information about the author

Summary of text/ Significant Events/ Plot Detail (You may bullet this section of the text)

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Characterization (Characters Meaningful to Text)

Name and Role in the Text Significance

(to plot, theme, other characters)

Adjectives

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Details about novel’s culture affecting the protagonist. Make a point then quote then explain why the details

are significant to the novel.

Stylistic Characteristics

Choose a passage that reflects the author’s style then write commentary analyzing how style creates meaning. Utilize such literary style elements such as similes, metaphors, imagery-visual, auditory, symbol, setting, point of view, alliteration, assonance, etc. to support your stylistic commentary.

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Settings (time and place)

Be sure to explain how and why the settings are significant to the work

Symbols/Motifs/Re-occurring Imagery or Metaphors/Literary Techniques

Be sure to quote the technique then explain how and why it is significant to the work.

Possible Themes

(Be sure themes are stated using more than one word!) Provide examples ( quotes) of the themes!

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Provide 3 Questions or topics of discussion

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