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Table of Contents
Introduction to This Series ...... 1 Connections to Other Texts (The Vertical Alignment Piece) ...... 1 How to Use This Book and the AP Practice Tests ...... 5 Quick Reference Guide: How to Use This Book Most Effectively ...... 7 Understanding the Background Information of William Faulkner and The Sound and the Fury ...... 9 Introduction to William Faulkner ...... 9 A Synopsis of The Sound and the Fury ...... 9 List of Characters ...... 12 The Sound and the Fury Character Map ...... 13 Strategies for Teaching The Sound and the Fury ...... 14 Prereading Activities ...... 14 The Structure of The Sound and the Fury ...... 16 Activity: Sample Free-Response Question...... 18 Activity: Faulkner’s Short Stories ...... 19 Activity: Sample Free-Response Question ...... 20 Classroom Reading Activities ...... 21 Activity: Response Log ...... 36 A Score Sheet for a Socratic Seminar...... 45 Activity: Comparing The Sound and the Fury with T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land ...... 47 Activity: A Comparison of Quentin to Other Literary Characters ...... 48 Postreading Activities ...... 49 Activity: Comparing the Compson Brothers and Their Sections of The Sound and the Fury...... 50 Reading Quiz: The Sound and the Fury, April Seventh, 1928...... 52 Reading Quiz: The Sound and the Fury, April Seventh, 1928...... 54 Reading Quiz: The Sound and the Fury, June Second, 1910 ...... 55 Reading Quiz: The Sound and the Fury, June Second, 1910 ...... 57 Reading Quiz: The Sound and the Fury, April Sixth, 1928 ...... 58 Reading Quiz: The Sound and the Fury, April Sixth, 1928 ...... 60 Reading Quiz: The Sound and the Fury, April Eighth, 1928...... 61 Reading Quiz: The Sound and the Fury, April Eighth, 1928 ...... 63 Conducting the Literary AnalysisCOPYRIGHTED of The Sound and the MATERIAL Fury...... 66 Details...... 66 Style and Voice...... 67 Faulkner’s Style and Stream of Consciousness...... 69 Motifs ...... 70 Activity: Motif Sheet...... 71 Activity: Motif Analysis Sheet ...... 72 Tone ...... 73 Tone Words to Know and Use ...... 74 Activity: Tone in Quentin’s Section ...... 76 02_109366 ftoc.qxp 5/2/07 12:16 AM Page iv
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Imagery ...... 78 Activity: Imagery in the Last Section of The Sound and the Fury...... 79 Syntax...... 80 Activity: Syntax ...... 82 Symbolism ...... 83 Activity: Symbolism ...... 84 Setting ...... 86 Activity: Setting ...... 87 Character ...... 88 Character Words to Know and Use ...... 92 Themes...... 93 Literary Terms...... 94 Literary Terms to Know and Use...... 95 Introduction to Literary Criticism ...... 97 Different Literary Lenses with Which to View The Sound and the Fury...... 98 Taking the AP English Literature and Composition Exam ...... 100 Overview of the AP English Literature and Composition Exam...... 101 Types of Multiple-Choice Questions ...... 102 Passage 1 Multiple-Choice Answers and Explanations ...... 105 Passage 2 Multiple-Choice Answers and Explanations ...... 106 Passage 3 Multiple-Choice Answers and Explanations ...... 107 Free-Response Questions...... 108 Advice for Answering Analytical Free-Response Questions ...... 110 Sample SCRIPTTT of Analytical Free-Response Question 1 ...... 111 Sample SCRIPTTT of Analytical Free-Response Question 2 ...... 113 Advice for Answering the Open Free-Response Question (Question 3) ...... 115 Sample Student Response to Open Free-Response Question (Prompt 1) ...... 120 Activity: The Sound and the Fury AP Prep Sheet ...... 122
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