1. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
AP Summer Project
The Crucible by Arthur Miller

4. Summer project objective
Analyze and interpret two classic pieces of literature that show up on the ‘open-ended question’ every year
Write one open-ended essay in class
Write one comparison/contrast essay out of class

5. What you can expect in AP
There is a heavy focus on reading and writing at a college level.
You will read poetry, short stories, novels, and plays from key genres of literature.
There will also be a heavy focus on vocabulary.

6. What will the AP test look like?
Part 1: 55 Multiple Choice questions based on a combination of classic and contemporary poetry and prose.
This section is timed for 1 hour; therefore, it requires reading fluency.

7. Part 2: the writings (2 hours timed)
Essay 1: Poetry
You will be provided with one or two pieces of poetry; then, you will be given a prompt to answer.
Essay 2: Prose
You will be provided with a piece of prose; then, you will be given a prompt to answer
Essay 3: Open-Ended
You will be given a prompt with a list of texts to choose from

8. Do you have any questions?

9. Act 1: Characterization
Characterize each of the following:
Abigail
John
Rev. Parris
Thomas Putnam
Ann Putnam
Rebecca Nurse
Giles Corey
Rev. Hale
Mary Warren and the other girls

11. Vocabulary Test: Define and provide the part of speech of any 20 words.
Villainous
Somber
Parochial
Innate
Repression
Dissembling
Abomination
Trepidation
Menacingly
Calumny
Tauntingly
Delusion
Inferentially
Contiguous
Iniquity
Prodigious
Ameliorate

12. How does the setting of the play drive conflicts?

13. Themes
Determine 3 or more themes that are central to the understanding of Act 1 as a whole.

14. Act 2: Setting
How does setting influence the character development of Elizabeth, John, and Mary?

15. Irony
How does the author’s use of irony make the text more meaningful?

16. Act 3: Setting and characters.
How does the setting develop the characters of Danforth and Hathorne?

17. Metaphor, conflict, tone, or motif
Choose a metaphor, conflict, motif, or tone that is important to the meaning of Act 3 as a whole.

18. Act 4: Setting
Determine how the setting of Act 4 develops both literal and figurative imprisonment of the characters of the play.

19. Tone
How does the author’s use of tone make the text more meaningful in Act 4?

20. Ending of the play
Give a full interpretation of the ending of the play, especially as it pertains to Elizabeth and John.

21. Themes
Determine 2 or more central themes in the play and discuss how they build on each other to provide complexity in the text.

22. Literary devices
Choose a motif, symbol, or allusion from the play and discuss its impact on the meaning of the play as a whole.

23. AP Summer Project
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

24. Vocabulary chapters 1-3 Feigned Epigram Supercilious Fractiousness
Extemporizing
Peremptory
Sauntered
Languid
Convivial
Flounced
Ambiguously
Incredulously
Strident
Vehemently
Contemptuous
Credulity
Impetuously
Vacuous

25. Punctilious
Disconcerting
Incredulous
Elicited
Succulent
Denizen
Ineffable
Meretricious
Florid
Corpulent
Provincial
Affectations

26. Narration/narrative voice

27. Narrative
Voice-who is telling the story? How does the voice sound as a result?
Techniques-plot, characters, point-of-view, style
Structure-the order and manner in which the narrative is presented to the reader

28. Provide character traits for each of the following:
Tom
Daisy
Jordan
Myrtle
Wilson (Myrtle’s husband)
Nick
Gatsby

29. Motif: Color
Find examples of and discuss the meaning of Fitzgerald’s use of color throughout the text.

31. Compare and contrast
The settings of East and West Egg

32. Be prepared to discuss
The setting of the novel as a whole.

33. What are the most important
Themes? Include details to support analysis.

34. Discuss and provide examples
Of how irony becomes important to the novel.

35. Narration
Evaluate the reliability of the narrator in the novel.

36. Vocabulary 9-9 Feigned Epigram Supercilious Fractiousness
Extemporizing
Peremptory

37. Vocabulary 9-10
Sauntered
Languid
Flounced
Ambiguously
Incredulously

38. Vocabulary 9-11 Vehemently Contemptuous Credulity Impetuously Vacuous
Florid
Corpulent
Convivial

39. Vocabulary quiz: define and provide parts of speech
Feigned
Supercilious
Extemporizing
Ambiguously
Incredulously
Vehemently
Contemptuous
Credulity
Impetuously
Vacuous

40. Questions