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AP English Literature & Composition

AP English Literature and Composition study plan for AP Exams in the US covers short fiction, poetry, and longer fiction or drama. Review and practice character development, setting, poetic form, symbolism, and literary arguments, with unit exams throughout.

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Exam: Short Fiction I

Also covered in this plan

  • Imagery, Diction & Alliteration in Poetry
  • Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphor
  • Developing Arguments About Poetry
  • Exam: Poetry I
  • Character Change and Complexity
  • Conflict and Characterization
  • Plot and Structural Elements
  • Interpreting Symbolism
  • Identifying evidence and supporting literary arguments
  • Exam: Longer Fiction or Drama I
  • Complex Character Relationships
  • Function of Setting
  • Archetypes in literature
  • Types of Narration & Stream of Consciousness
  • Narrative Perspective
  • Exam: Short Fiction II
  • Poetic Forms and Structures
  • Imagery, Hyperbole, and Figurative Meaning
  • Imagery, Personification & Allusion
  • Metaphor and Extended Metaphor
  • Exam: Poetry II
  • Complex Characters and Their Choices
  • Symbol and Symbolic Meaning
  • Flashback and Foreshadowing
  • Narrative Structure and Complexity
  • Characters as symbols, metaphors, and archetypes
  • Developing Literary Arguments
  • Exam: Longer Fiction or Drama II
  • Sudden and more gradual change in characters
  • Character Change and Epiphany
  • Symbols and Motifs
  • Characters and Changing Settings
  • Narrative Pacing and Time
  • Setting as a Symbol
  • Advanced Literary Argumentation
  • Exam: Short Fiction III
  • Structural Complexity
  • Paradox vs Juxtaposition vs Irony
  • Ambiguity in Poetry
  • Identifying symbols, conceits, and allusions
  • Learning proper attribution and citation in literary analysis
  • Exam: Poetry III
  • Character Evolution
  • Suspense and Resolution
  • Narrative Inconsistencies and Perspectives
  • Exam: Longer Fiction or Drama III

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