<p>I start tomorrow, assuming there's no snow day. (An assumption I dislike.)
How is it different from Honors English? Is there creative writing?</p>
<p>AP English Literature is heaven compared to Honors English (and contrary to my Honors 11 teacher who recommended that I do not take AP Lit because I might fail, I got my first A in English).</p>
<p>In AP English, more time is spent on poems and timed writes and less on symbolism “junk” that you find in all of the other English classes. A lot more character analysis and discussing the books.</p>
<p>I love how in AP Lit we aren’t assigned any long term lengthy essays at all on the most random topics in Honors English that the author probably didn’t intend in the first place.</p>
<p>Symbolism, motifs, and themes are all still important literary elements you’ll need to be able to identify for the AP test though</p>
<p>Aaand there’s a snow day. 
:D</p>
<p>^Freakin lucky!!!</p>
<p>I disagree with the first poster. In my ap lit class we focus a lot on analysis, which includes symbols, motifs, etc. also, ap English lit is the most difficult English class I’ve taken thus far( took ap Lang last year.) it’s a pain in the butt sometimes but I like it.</p>
<p>the definition of an AP Lit essay is basically asking the question “How does the author make his/her point?” so basically you need to find a point you think that the author is making and then analyze what is being used to make the point (like how does the point of view affect the piece, the symbolism, the content, the word choice, etc.).</p>
<p>you’re analyzing form and function.</p>
<p>haven’t done much MC, so I can’t really comment much on that</p>
<p>Hands down the most difficult English class I’ve ever taken. In class we talk a lot about the book we’re currently reading (Hamlet atm) and discuss characters, symbolism, and themes. It’s really intense in my class. Also, in my experience, AP Literature teachers tend to be whack jobs 
love them though!</p>
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<p>We don’t do anything. A lot of the stuff we do is on your own. And we discuss things deeply in class. Poems and whatnot. We’re writing senior memoirs now</p>
<p>It’s the easiest English class that I’ve done since 9th grade…</p>
<p>The hardest English class taken, we do so much analyzing, writing essays, and reading its hard to keep up at times. Atm we are reading Wuthering Heights which is a bit painful.</p>
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<p>We have another snow day tomorrow…this is about the only reason I enjoy living in a place that gets snow. :D</p>
<p>#SuperJealous</p>
<p>Snow days in Dallas are hard to come by.</p>
<p>We have to read Dracula, Heart of Darkness and other books. Also we are practicing the essays and poems.</p>
<p>Are you guys planning or are doing speeches?</p>
<p>Get this…in AP Literature…we read literature and write about it. Crazy, I know. Who would expect one to read literature in AP Literature? That’s so ridiculous. I honestly cannot believe my teacher expects us to do something so alien as reading and writing in an English class! How dare he do something so crazy and obscene? How dare he even ask me to do something trivial like read a book or write an essay?</p>
<p>My AP Lit class is really just a discussion on humanity. Its much more of a philosophy class than I expected. I have to say, its probably because of the teach I have, not really the class itself. At my school there are three different AP Lit teachers, two of them go through all the classics. My teacher thinks that we probably won’t read any Shakespeare this year.
Not what I expected at all, but I actually really enjoy the class.</p>
<p>^^
What’s up with the sarcasm, and when did anyone imply that they were averse to reading literature/writing?
I was mostly wondering about whether we do creative writing, what kind of projects, etc. Different English classes are structured differently even if they focus on the same subject matter.</p>
<p>"(An assumption I dislike.)"</p>
<p>Lol. <em>sees that you got two snow days</em></p>
<p>Dammit. You live in the good part of Ohio, apparently. :(</p>
<p>Lit today was fun (substitute teacher that did the crossword in a newspaper). Reading Jane Eyre (which is actually quite good, despite my misgivings)</p>