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Units 1-2 AP Lit Study Guide

Intro/Summer Reading -

  1. 5.D Types of Imagery (Audio, Visual, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Gustatory, olfactory)  

  2. 5.C Symbolism

Short Fiction Unit 1

  1. Reviewed: Literary lenses - Feminist, Marxist, Historical, Psychological, Biological

  2. Time-period: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Victorian

  3. 3.B The function of the order of sequence of events

    1. Exposition, flashback, in medias res, stream of consciousness, narrative pacing

  4. 1.A Identify details to help you characterize

    1. Psychological, physical, emotional

    2. Indirect v. direct characterization

    3. Foil, dynamic character, static character, flat character, round character, antihero, protagonist, antagonist

  5. 2A.  Identify and describe specific textual details that convey or reveal a setting.

    1. Mood

    2. Tone

2B.  Explain the function of setting in a narrative. (Settings are symbolic)

2C. Describe the relationship between a character and a setting.

  1. 3.A and 3.B Plot structures

    1. Linear narrative (traditional structure), non-linear,  framed narrative 

  2. 4.A The function of a narrator

    1. First person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient, shadowy narrator, unreliable narrator

Poetry Unit 2

  1. Steps for breaking down a poem (“Rat’s Ode”) apostrophe, hyperbole, personification

  2. 1.A The function of character - characterization in poetry 

  3. 6.A The function of comparison - simile

6.B The function of metaphor and extended metaphor, conceit

  1. 5.B The function of word choice - pronoun/antecedent

            5.B The function of word choice - imagery

5.B The function of word choice -anaphora, repetition

  1. 3.C The function of structure - stanza breaks, verse, line, different types of stanzas, shifts, juxtaposition, line-break, enjambment, stanza-break, end-stopped lines, caesura, 

3.D The function of structure - contrasts, juxtaposition,parallelism, antithesis *paradox, irony

  1. 5.A The function of word choice, imagery and symbols - diction, connotation, denotation, tone, shifts, contrasts


Units 1-2 AP Lit Study Guide

Intro/Summer Reading -

  1. 5.D Types of Imagery (Audio, Visual, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Gustatory, olfactory)  

  2. 5.C Symbolism

Short Fiction Unit 1

  1. Reviewed: Literary lenses - Feminist, Marxist, Historical, Psychological, Biological

  2. Time-period: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Victorian

  3. 3.B The function of the order of sequence of events

    1. Exposition, flashback, in medias res, stream of consciousness, narrative pacing

  4. 1.A Identify details to help you characterize

    1. Psychological, physical, emotional

    2. Indirect v. direct characterization

    3. Foil, dynamic character, static character, flat character, round character, antihero, protagonist, antagonist

  5. 2A.  Identify and describe specific textual details that convey or reveal a setting.

    1. Mood

    2. Tone

2B.  Explain the function of setting in a narrative. (Settings are symbolic)

2C. Describe the relationship between a character and a setting.

  1. 3.A and 3.B Plot structures

    1. Linear narrative (traditional structure), non-linear,  framed narrative 

  2. 4.A The function of a narrator

    1. First person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient, shadowy narrator, unreliable narrator

Poetry Unit 2

  1. Steps for breaking down a poem (“Rat’s Ode”) apostrophe, hyperbole, personification

  2. 1.A The function of character - characterization in poetry 

  3. 6.A The function of comparison - simile

6.B The function of metaphor and extended metaphor, conceit

  1. 5.B The function of word choice - pronoun/antecedent

            5.B The function of word choice - imagery

5.B The function of word choice -anaphora, repetition

  1. 3.C The function of structure - stanza breaks, verse, line, different types of stanzas, shifts, juxtaposition, line-break, enjambment, stanza-break, end-stopped lines, caesura, 

3.D The function of structure - contrasts, juxtaposition,parallelism, antithesis *paradox, irony

  1. 5.A The function of word choice, imagery and symbols - diction, connotation, denotation, tone, shifts, contrasts


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