Summer Reading Lists

2025 Summer Reading Assignments

In addition to the assignments below, all students will be tested on the book(s) and terms upon returning to school in September

English 502 - Historical Fiction

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

**Students will need a copy of this book in class during the months of September and October (Unless taken during Second Semester, then you will need for January and February)

English 403 - AP Lit

Jekyll and Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

**Students will need a copy of this book in class during the months of September and October

English 401 - AP Lang

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

**Students will need a copy of this book in class during the months of September and October

AP Lang. Rhetorical Devices for Mastery: QUIZ UPON RETURNING TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER

  1. Allusion
  2. Anaphora
  3. Antecedent
  4. Anecdote
  5. Asyndeton
  6. Chiasmus
  7. Connotation
  8. Denotation
  9. Diction
  10. Ellipsis
  11. Ethos
  12. Euphemism
  13. Figurative Language
  14. Irony
  15. Jargon
  16. Juxtaposition
  17. Logos (logical)
  18. Loose (cumulative) sentences
  19. Metaphor
  20. Metonymy
  21. Paradox
  22. Parallelism (parallel structure)
  23. Parenthetical Idea
  24. Pathos (emotional)
  25. Polysyndeton
  26. Rhetoric
  27. Rhetorical Question
  28. Satire
  29. Shift
  30. Synecdoche
  31. Syntax
  32. Thesis
  33. Tone
  34. Understatement
  35. Vernacular

An extensive list of literary elements with definitions can be accessed at https://literarydevices.net/, which AP Lang Seniors will be responsible for on an assessment in the fall.