AP® English Literature and Composition

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Short Fiction I

7 topics · 39 videos

• Small details reveal who a character is
• Setting is more than a backdrop
• The order of events is a choice the writer makes
• The narrator is not the author
• A claim about a story needs evidence from the text

Poetry I

7 topics · 36 videos

• The speaker is a voice the poet creates
• Line and stanza breaks are choices that shape meaning
• A shift often marks the turning point of a poem
• Single words, sounds and repetitions can carry a lot of meaning
• A comparison lends one thing's qualities to another

Longer Fiction or Drama I

7 topics · 37 videos

• Characters act from desires, values and expectations
• A change, or a refusal to change, can carry a work's meaning
• Setting includes the society characters live in
• Conflict drives longer plots and exposes values
• A thesis is an interpretation you can defend

Short Fiction II

7 topics · 39 videos

• Choices reveal values more clearly than descriptions do
• Opposing values drive conflict between characters
• Setting can create mood and mirror a character's state
• A narrator's distance and tone shape how you react
• Coherent paragraphs tie every piece of evidence back to the thesis

Poetry II

7 topics · 38 videos

• Form, fixed or free, is part of the meaning
• Words can mean several things at once
• Exaggerating or playing down changes the effect
• Images appeal to the senses and carry ideas
• An extended metaphor develops one comparison across a poem

Longer Fiction or Drama II

7 topics · 39 videos

• A foil sharpens a character by contrast
• Breaking the timeline builds suspense and tension
• Contrasts create ambiguity and make a text more complex
• What a narrator leaves out can reveal bias
• Objects and characters can stand for bigger ideas

Short Fiction III

7 topics · 37 videos

• Characters change through conflict, new circumstances or sudden insight
• How a character fits into a group reveals attitudes on both sides
• A shift in setting often signals a shift in the story
• Pacing controls what you feel and when
• Recurring images and well-chosen comparisons build meaning

Poetry III

6 topics · 34 videos

• Line breaks and punctuation steer how you read a poem
• A broken pattern marks a point of emphasis
• Paradox and irony can reveal unexpected ideas
• Conceits and allusions pack layers of meaning into a comparison
• Strong arguments can live with ambiguity

Longer Fiction or Drama III

6 topics · 33 videos

• Whether a character changes is part of the meaning
• Surprising choices reveal a character's real values
• Key events show competing values colliding
• Resolved and unresolved endings both shape interpretation
• Argue about the work as a whole