AP Skills and Literary Elements
The details that not only depict a time and place, but also convey values associated with that environment.
What is setting?
Elizabethan poet and playwright who wrote at least 37 plays and evolved his own type of sonnet by penning 154 of them.
Who is William Shakespeare?
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What is the date for the AP exam in English Literature and Composition?
The BIG BUT demonstrates this in writing about characters, relationships, situations, settings, and reactions.
What is complexity?
This storytelling technique involves a story within a story, where an initial narrative sets the stage for a series of embedded stories, often used to provide perspective or context to the main narrative.
What is a frame narrative?
This character's hubris in believing himself capable of a godlike act and his overwhelming ambition in science ultimately doom him to be a victim of his own aspirations.
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
The 19 year-old female author of Frankenstein.
Who is Mary Shelley?
Literary Element: "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"
- Macbeth (Act II, Sc. II).
What is an allusion?
Mrs. Needham's magical unicorn.
Who is Mr. Sparkles?
This motif in Macbeth symbolizes both fate and mystery, becoming a haunting reminder of the violent acts committed by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
What is the supernatural?
A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses someone (or something) that is not present or cannot respond in reality.
What is apostrophe?
This American playwright, known for his "Pittsburgh Cycle" of plays, chronicled the African American experience in the 20th century, each play set in a different decade.
Who is August Wilson?
The arrangement of the parts and sections of a text, the relationship of the parts to each other, and the sequence in which the text reveals information that contributes to the reader's interpretation of a text.
What is structure?
This literary device is highlighted by the contrast between the Creature's elegant, formal speech and his ugly, deformed features combined with terrible strength in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," enhancing the uncanny, terrifying effect while deepening the reader's sympathy for the Creature's tragic existence.
What is juxtaposition?
A 19th-century (1800 to 1860) literary movement emphasizing high emotion and imagination, rather than logic and scientific thought. It was a response to the Enlightenment.
What is Romanticism?
How long is the AP Lit exam?
Multiple choice is 1 hour.
Essays take 2 hours.
For a total of 3 hours.
This theme, often explored in literature, symbolizes purity, beauty, and the sublime, serving as a backdrop for human emotion and action, and is frequently used to contrast the corruption of civilization or as a character in its own right.
What is nature?
This is the literary term for the twist in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein where Victor seeks to conquer death and create life, only to have his creation lead to death and despair.
What is irony?
This literary movement encompasses works produced in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, characterized by its diverse narrative styles and themes that reflect modern societal issues and technological advancements.
What is Contemporary Movement/Literature?
Vocabulary: (of a place) bleak and lifeless; too poor to produce much .
What is barren?
This literary term refers to a moment in a story where a character has a sudden insight or realization that changes their understanding, often leading to a pivotal turn in the narrative.
What is an epiphany?