Units 1-2 AP Lit Study Guide
Intro/Summer Reading -
5.D Types of Imagery (Audio, Visual, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Gustatory, olfactory)
5.C Symbolism
Short Fiction Unit 1
Reviewed: Literary lenses - Feminist, Marxist, Historical, Psychological, Biological
Time-period: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Victorian
3.B The function of the order of sequence of events
Exposition, flashback, in medias res, stream of consciousness, narrative pacing
1.A Identify details to help you characterize
Psychological, physical, emotional
Indirect v. direct characterization
Foil, dynamic character, static character, flat character, round character, antihero, protagonist, antagonist
2A. Identify and describe specific textual details that convey or reveal a setting.
Mood
Tone
2B. Explain the function of setting in a narrative. (Settings are symbolic)
2C. Describe the relationship between a character and a setting.
3.A and 3.B Plot structures
Linear narrative (traditional structure), non-linear, framed narrative
4.A The function of a narrator
First person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient, shadowy narrator, unreliable narrator
Poetry Unit 2
Steps for breaking down a poem (“Rat’s Ode”) apostrophe, hyperbole, personification
1.A The function of character - characterization in poetry
6.A The function of comparison - simile
6.B The function of metaphor and extended metaphor, conceit
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
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
5.A The function of word choice, imagery and symbols - diction, connotation, denotation, tone, shifts, contrasts
Intro/Summer Reading -
5.D Types of Imagery (Audio, Visual, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Gustatory, olfactory)
5.C Symbolism
Short Fiction Unit 1
Reviewed: Literary lenses - Feminist, Marxist, Historical, Psychological, Biological
Time-period: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Victorian
3.B The function of the order of sequence of events
Exposition, flashback, in medias res, stream of consciousness, narrative pacing
1.A Identify details to help you characterize
Psychological, physical, emotional
Indirect v. direct characterization
Foil, dynamic character, static character, flat character, round character, antihero, protagonist, antagonist
2A. Identify and describe specific textual details that convey or reveal a setting.
Mood
Tone
2B. Explain the function of setting in a narrative. (Settings are symbolic)
2C. Describe the relationship between a character and a setting.
3.A and 3.B Plot structures
Linear narrative (traditional structure), non-linear, framed narrative
4.A The function of a narrator
First person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient, shadowy narrator, unreliable narrator
Poetry Unit 2
Steps for breaking down a poem (“Rat’s Ode”) apostrophe, hyperbole, personification
1.A The function of character - characterization in poetry
6.A The function of comparison - simile
6.B The function of metaphor and extended metaphor, conceit
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
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
5.A The function of word choice, imagery and symbols - diction, connotation, denotation, tone, shifts, contrasts