#ap literature

[art-with-lil]

We’re reading Shakespeare’s Macbeth in my English class this year, but I’ve always had a special connection with Hamlet. My friends and I have been quoting the play non-stop and every teacher we have gets a huge kick out of it. I made some art based on the “Alas, poor Yorick” soliloquy in 5:1. I hope you all enjoy. :)

#young artist #art #character art #artists on tumblr #fan art #my art #shakespeare #hamlet #yorick #theatre #theatre kid #literature #ap literature #procreate

[sheridoodle]

as Dracula Daily and @re-dracula come to a close this year, I’m getting flashbacks to senior year of HS as I anticipate the phrase “Seward and Goodalming are both happily married” once more

#dracula daily #re: dracula #ap literature #queer subtext #morward #jonmina #t4t jonmina #holmward

[kimberly-spirits13]

Y’all I just finished All the Light We Cannot see during AP Lit and it has messed me up- WERNER MY PRECIOUS BEAN I LOVE YOU 😭😭😭

Anthony Doerr is being sent my therapy bills for now on

#all the light we cannot see #reading #ap literature #us schools #emotional damage

[kumquats-are-gay]

It’s that time of year again where students have to read The Great Gatsby and/or Lord of The Flies and I just can’t wait to see the Natsby and Jalph tags temporarily burst with activity as first-time readers discover the joys of Being Gay through unabashed-almost-worshipping pining, and you-wanna-kiss-me-so-bad-it-makes-you-look-stupid pining.

#guess which type of pining goes with which book #the great gatsby #natsby #nick carraway #jay gatsby #IT IS TIME. #AP Lit #AP literature #AP Lang #AP Language Arts #literature #lotf #lord of the flies #jalph #lotf ralph #lotf jack

[scaredenglishmajor]

me, thinking: *I mean, i’m literally learning literature at oxford university, my professors must be super serious academics*

my professor: idk dudes, all i’m saying is that satan is a really fuckable figure. that’s just the truth.

#ap lit and comp #ap lit memes #ap literature #books and literature #english literature #dark acadamia aesthetic #dan howell #phan #poetry #study motivation #satan #milton #paradise lost #satan is sexy what can i say? #university #uni #oxford #oxford university

[lunebits]

ap class tips

for those in ap classes who are struggling. also for those who aren't really. whatever.

just as an intro to my qualifications:

i go to a stem high school (will be graduating next sem!) where all the classes are already advanced as is (our ap classes are also taught differently!) i've taken a total of 10 ap classes during my time, and while that isn't as much as others, i'd say i have a pretty good spread of ap classes i took!

general ap class tips

remember that the ultimate goal for you taking this course is to take the exam and get a 4/5 (reach for that 5!). yes, the grade is important, but that score at the end after that exam might save anywhere from $600-$1200+ in college. so focus your energy on that exam once the exams are encroaching!

make friends in your ap classes. trauma bonding is real (/j) so making friends that will help you study or might save you when you accidentally forgot is key.

and while they all say "study a bit every night!" that's hard to do. the rule of thumb here for every class will be in the categorized sections, so don't worry (i gotchu!!)

ap math (calc ab/bc, stat, physics, chem, etc.)

i personally didn't take physics or chem bc i didn't want to, but i did take bc and got a 5 (yes, i'm so proud)!

rule of thumb for studying at home: do your homework everyday and actually take the time to understand what the hell you're doing. understand what the process is behind solving the problem. be able to pull out the variables. practice, practice, practice. also, this is one of those subjects where it's actually worth it to study it at home everyday.

ANOTHER RULE: practice tests. these math exams are about stamina and speed. if you can solve a problem, great! but now here comes 20 more screaming your name. but, if you can get the timing down before your exam, that's even better. so go waste your saturday afternoon at that mock exam if you need to. another saturday will come in time anyway. ask your teacher for mock exams. get that practice workbook. whatever it takes. get the timing in your hand.

just as a quote from my teacher, "life is about choices, and we are all busy people." don't waste your time doing something that'll waste your time. even if you can't remember it, that's okay. just keep moving and score more points somewhere else. and also, do the easy route. only memorize the easy route.

math is about patterns. patterns rule math. extract that pattern out of that problem, memorize it, and you'll be just fine.

FRQS WILL HURT YOUR BRAIN AND THAT'S OKAY! collegeboard has a very specific way it wants you to answer these questions. the best way to learn the format is to do so many frqs your hands hurt. because in any exam that involves math, you genuinely need to do better on the frqs. they'll land you more points. yes, the mcq might get you that 5, but the frqs become the basic 3 or 4 that you need. your teacher will hopefully teach you the format, but if they don't, the collegeboard ap website has all the past frqs they've ever made.

YOU WILL BE OKAY. I PROMISE. make sure that if you cry, you understand your disappointment then move on to a larger action plan.

ap histories/humanities (art history, u.s history, euro, world, etc.)

i've taken all the histories that my school offers (apush, euro, apwh, apah, etc.)

rule of thumb: don't study at home unless there's a test coming up or you're bad at putting stuff in order.

GET YOUR WRITING SKILLS DOWN PAT. this is the thing that'll get you the most points. that mcq section is a killer, but doing 3-6 (looking at you apah exam) right after might just kill you. so please, get your stamina up. just write. just keep writing.

timeline shit for history. because when it comes down to it, knowing the sequence of events and knowing the events themselves are more important than dates or whatever.

if you're worried about coherency in your writing, jot down a small pre-writing list.

memorize every single rubric. luckily, the dbq/leq rubric is the same across apush, apwh, and euro. you'll get away with just memorizing the two. the apah rubric is a little different, and the ap lit rubric is a little different. just memorize them as best you can.

when writing, cater to your reader. make things easy to spot and easy to grade. they'll give you a higher score if they can clearly see where things are.

just practice mcqs. all the stimulus will have something you can pull out of it (unless it's like apah where you're meant to memorize the works). but every question will have an answer that's in the passage. practice finding that answer. (this one is still really hard)

all these tests are tests of stamina. and sometimes, they're on the same goddamn day because collegeboard hates love us. just keep going. grab a snack. rest your eyes, go.

essays are the bane of everyone’s existence in ap courses because you’re on this strict rubric and have this mythical complexity/sophistication point that you need to give your hopes and dreams of achieving. BUT. but. you’ll be okay. especially for exams like the ap lit/apah exam, you get to come in knowing at least a bit of the exam (for ap lit, a good part of the frq weight. for apah, 90% of the test). TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT!! know a novel inside and out. know the works inside and out. you’ll be okay. stretch your hands, breathe, write.

ap sciences (bio, physics, chem, psych, econ)

i've personally taken bio and both econs, but these are all concept based, so the same general tips apply.

rule of thumb: if you don't understand it in class, you need to study it at home asap. seriously. because you sure as hell won’t be able to put it together during class the next day. whats good though is that there’s so many resources online (esp videos!!) for all the ap sciences that it’s actually crazy.

read your textbook. science is great with a textbook in your hand. you don't even need to read the whole thing. just skim through it to add information to your class notes. most times that works.

because the questions are concept based, the mcq/frqs are a little hard to get used to. SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS: don’t ignore your responsibilities and learn what these questions look like.

flashcards. USE FLASHCARDS. so much of science is not only understanding concepts but applying them. to apply them, you need to know them by heart. and to know them by heart means flashcards to drill yourself.

and speaking of applying your knowledge, you need to take things slowly. approach questions with this framework: 1) read the problem + understand what concept it’s asking about. 2) pull out that information from your sexy brain. 3) solve the problem based on what you can remember. to truly understand, include a lot of examples in your notes. AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW THEY WORK. the why and the how are more important than the what.

misc tips 🌷

burnout is inevitable if you don’t manage your time correctly. there’s people online that can explain how to manage your energy more than me so please go watch them instead lmfao

try your best to stay on your schedule. the more you push your tasks to this arbitrary tomorrow, the more you absolutely won’t do them.

honey, you need to bring a snack and a water bottle to those exams, you get like a 10 minute break that isn’t enough for the mental taxation (without representation) that happens on those exams. they’re brutal.

the classes themselves are not as bad you think. i promise. most of the time, you’ll actually have fun. and it’s really cool to be learning at a college level. so keep at it! the moment you hate something, the moment you begin to stop trying as hard and your grades start slipping. keep finding the next thing to delude yourself into enjoying (/hj).

#ap exams #ap classes #ap euro #ap bio #ap world history #apush me off a cliff #ap us history #ap art history #ap art history my love #i’m serious i loved apah sm #i didn’t take ap physics that’s a problem for later #study tips #ap literature #ap gov

[pseudobohemianlosers]

gene wilder’s yass-pilled frederick frankenstein would win in a fight against victor frankenstein any day.  he could out-dance him, too.  

#young frankenstein #gene wilder #mel brooks #movies #classic movies #comedy #frankenstein #victor frankenstein #mary shelley #literature #aplit #ap literature #studyblr

[sandwhich-lady]

Actually watching nerdy prudes must die did help me study for my lit quiz on biblical allusions

I now know who Judas Iscariot is

#Judas iscariot jump scare #I’m only like half joking this was actually very helpful #starkid #nerdy prudes must die #npmd spoilers #npmd #nerdy prudes must die spoilers #ap literature

[vigilantemastermind13]

need to find a pretty girl to kiss in the tortured poets department in the library and cry and annotate sapphic lit <3

#the tortured poets department #taylor swift #taylornation #the lakes #english #literature #ap literature #library #books and reading #bibliophile #romance #bookshelf #books #romance books #sad books #ts11 #ts11 theories #ttpd

[bloodkrieg21]

Guess who decided it would be a good idea to read The House of leaves for AP literature.

We got to choose a book, I could have chosen hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, but I was like “noooooo, you will read one of the hardest books to read that you know of.”

#ap literature #english #house of leaves

[deedoo-r]

Genuinely, nothing has ever been as mind-numbing as spending like 10 hours trying to complete like 8 school assignments.

there have actually been times when I just have to stop and go to bed because I have genuinely lost the ability to think

#college board #AP #ap tests #college board ap #lit #ap literature #literature #literature major #neurodivergent #504 plan #iep #neurotypical #shakespeare #william shakespeare #frq #free response questions #classical literature #adhd #adhd problems #adhd post #actually adhd #burnt retina #burnout #eye strain #mind-numbing #vegan #bbq #school #american school system #homework

[kindheart525]

Suddenly remembering that guy in AP Lit who read all of King Claudius’s lines in a fake Russian accent during the Hamlet unit

#hamlet #king claudius #shakespeare #ap literature

[angels-in-the-electric-chair]

I made this for an AP Lit project

#the project is an abomination to look it #its beautiful #ap lit #ap lit and comp #ap literature #death of a salesman #arthur miller #the metamorphosis #franz kafka #kafka #kafkaesque #willy loman #classic lit memes #a thought

[who-needs-sleep7]

#ap exams #ap literature #ap lit #ap lit and comp #college board #shitpost #student #studybrl #ap student #my post

[lynjac333]

The Portrait of a Lady took me forever to finish 5/5

#prose #literature #english literature #ap literature #henry james #theportraitofalady

[scaredenglishmajor]

my oxford literature prof, unprompted:

“so church, right? we all go in and say ‘sorry daddy, i’ve been bad’ and then the priest says ‘ya know what? it’s fine’

and that’s basically all that church is”

#literature #ap lit and comp #ap lit memes #ap literature #books and literature #english literature #university #uni #poetry #study motivation #oxford #church #studying #summer course #english major #literature major #dark academia