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2024 AP English IV Summer Reading Assignment—2 books 

TYPE the following for each book (separately, not together)Times New Roman 12 double-spaced and turn in on the first day of class. Responses may extend to 2-3 pages per book. This is NOT an essay. 

YOUR NAME_________________________________  

English IV AP 

AP Literature Review Sheet 

Name of Work___________________________________  

Author_________________________________________ 

Critical Events: (can be bulleted list) 

Beginning- 

Middle-  

End- 

Time and Literary Period of the Author- 

Major Characters-- 

Names and Relationships 

Major Conflicts—Use sentences 

The work begins with (first line), and give your comment on it. Sentence format. 

The work ends with (last line), and give your comment on it. Sentence format. 

Important quotes/lines (minimum of 4) and WHY each is important. (in sentences) 

One thing you liked about this book and why—(in sentences) 

One thing you disliked about this book and why—(in sentences) 

What themes does this work present? How can these themes be applied to people today? (use sentences) 

Part 2. THIS IS A SHORT ESSAY. Complete one of the following essay prompts for each book.  Choose a different one for each book. Use quotes or examples from the book to support your ideas. Your essay response should be about ¾ of a typed page single-spaced in size 12 font or one single-spaced handwritten page. Novels and plays are italicized when typed and underlined when handwritten.  

Note: Do NOT summarize the plot nor explain who a particular character is. Summary will not result in a passing score on the AP exam. Write with the understanding that your audience knows the events and characters of your novel very well. Do not use I, me, mine, etc. Write in third person. (The author shows that…..The text reveals…..The story implies….) Do not try to address every event in the story. Select 2-3 key events or moments in the story to answer the prompt. On the AP exam, this type of essay question is timed at 40 minutes, just so you know. 

Hint: The novel’s theme the big idea or so what of the book. What does the book tell us about life? 

1. Identify a morally ambiguous character in a novel—a character who cannot be simply considered “good” or “bad.” Explain the character’s moral ambiguity and what that character’s moral ambiguity adds to the novel or play’s theme.  

2. Identify a character who faces some inner conflict, a character who is torn in two opposite directions or who is presented with some difficult personal choice. Explain how the character is torn in opposing directions and how that inner conflict makes the novel’s theme more complex, significant, or meaningful as a whole. 

 3. How a story is told can be just as important as the story itself.Identify a story that is told in some unusual way—perhaps because of who is telling it, the order of events in the story, the language used, etc. Explain what is unusual about how the story is told and how what’s unusual about the telling of the story enhances the novel or play’s theme.  

4. Identify an implausible or strikingly unrealistic incident or character in the novel and explain how she/he/it adds to the novel or play’s theme. 

5. Many novels use contrasting places (e.g., two countries, two cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Identify two such places in your novel. Explain what each place represents and how the contrast between them contributes to the novel or play’s theme.   

6. Writers often highlight the values of a culture or a society by using characters who are alienated from that culture or society because of gender, race, class, or creed. Identify such an alienated character who plays a significant role and explain how that character's alienation reveals the surrounding society's assumptions or moral values.  

Summer Assignment Grading-- 

Complete all parts. Follow the directions. Turn it in on time.  

100 points major grade