The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.
- Stephen King
This quote applies to AP Literature and Composition so perfectly in that reading Shakespeare and writing an apostrophe poem and analyzing Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy sound so impossible -- until you do it. This quote doesn't just apply to AP Lit either, it applies to life in general. Which, is significant, because everything learned in AP Lit applies to real life too.
- Stephen King
This quote applies to AP Literature and Composition so perfectly in that reading Shakespeare and writing an apostrophe poem and analyzing Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy sound so impossible -- until you do it. This quote doesn't just apply to AP Lit either, it applies to life in general. Which, is significant, because everything learned in AP Lit applies to real life too.
Three Things that I have taken away from AP Literature are:
1. Reading books you aren't interested in is still beneficial
2. How to take on new personas as a writer
3. Looking for the bigger why -- in everything!
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1. Reading books you aren't interested in is still beneficial
2. How to take on new personas as a writer
3. Looking for the bigger why -- in everything!
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1. Getting through reading those awful books...
(Well, maybe, those books aren't as awful as you think they are)...
“You don't know what it's like, I said. I feel as if somebody cut off my feet. I wasn't crying”
-- Margaret Atwood from The Handmaid's Tale
"I had a bad feeling, I felt like something wasn't right. I felt uneasy and tense… "
-- Reagan Dishaw from Home Alone? (My personal narrative)
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2. Taking on new personas as a writer...
(Well, maybe, those books aren't as awful as you think they are)...
- Don't judge a book by its cover!
- You're exposed to different styles, tones and even languages
- You will be forced to read things you don't want to in the future
“You don't know what it's like, I said. I feel as if somebody cut off my feet. I wasn't crying”
-- Margaret Atwood from The Handmaid's Tale
"I had a bad feeling, I felt like something wasn't right. I felt uneasy and tense… "
-- Reagan Dishaw from Home Alone? (My personal narrative)
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2. Taking on new personas as a writer...
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3. Looking for the bigger why -- in everything!
3. Looking for the bigger why -- in everything!
There's a deeper meaning behind everything in English class
Diction, syntax, literary devices, weather, baptism, Christ Figures... They're all significant!
Diction, syntax, literary devices, weather, baptism, Christ Figures... They're all significant!
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What now?
The skills I've learned from AP Lit are skills that I will take with me forever.
Citations:
Foster Picture - http://mseffie.com/assignments/professor/lit.jpg
Snoopy Picture - http://www.inkitpub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snoopy-good-writing-is-hard-work.jpeg
Boastful - http://lightspeed.harpercreek.net/access/web?id=01348f44-fe33-11e4-8d83-002590c37d9c
Girl on Books - http://www.wpclipart.com/education/reading/reading_4/girl_sitting_on_pile_of_books_reading.png
Doctor - http://images.clipartpanda.com/patient-clipart-0511-0809-0114-5235_Little_Girl_Playing_Doctor_with_Her_Teddy_Bear_Patient_Clip_Art_clipart_image.jpg
Movie - http://lightspeed.harpercreek.net/access/web?id=0362248d-fe37-11e4-8d83-002590c37d9c
What now?
The skills I've learned from AP Lit are skills that I will take with me forever.
- Take creative writing
- Keep reading!
- Use these skills in college
Citations:
Foster Picture - http://mseffie.com/assignments/professor/lit.jpg
Snoopy Picture - http://www.inkitpub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snoopy-good-writing-is-hard-work.jpeg
Boastful - http://lightspeed.harpercreek.net/access/web?id=01348f44-fe33-11e4-8d83-002590c37d9c
Girl on Books - http://www.wpclipart.com/education/reading/reading_4/girl_sitting_on_pile_of_books_reading.png
Doctor - http://images.clipartpanda.com/patient-clipart-0511-0809-0114-5235_Little_Girl_Playing_Doctor_with_Her_Teddy_Bear_Patient_Clip_Art_clipart_image.jpg
Movie - http://lightspeed.harpercreek.net/access/web?id=0362248d-fe37-11e4-8d83-002590c37d9c