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Juniors: American Literature

American Literature Essential Questions

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Who is an American?
What qualifies as American Literature?
How do history and literature effect one another?
What makes a piece of literature important enough to read 200 years after it was written?
What is the American Dream? And is it, or was it, obtainable?


These are some of the essential questions we will be covering as we read our way through the earliest American writings to present day.

Ecclesiastes 1:9


9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

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American Literature Syllabus

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Helpful Sites

Vocabulary
        - Need help keeping your literary terms strait? Quizlet.com has digital flashcards and games that you can use to review and quiz yourself:
    <a href="http://quizlet.com/484479/elements-of-literature-flash-cards/">Elements of Literature</a>

Works Cited
    - Head to easybib.com for all of your MLA formatting works cited needs.  From books, articles, and websites, it will ask you for specific information about the source and then generate a perfectly formatted citation that you can copy and paste onto your works cited page.
 

S.A.T. Vocabulary

Review for  your S.A.T.s by looking over this list of the 1000 most common words on the S.A.T. 
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