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AP English Literature and Composition

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Flashcards for AP English Literature and Composition, split by the course's six big ideas (character, setting, structure, narration, figurative language and literary argumentation) and then by topic. Covers the literary terms and drama vocabulary the course uses, what each device does, and how to build a written argument about a text. Follows the course and exam description effective from fall 2024.

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What is inside (28 subdecks)

  • 1. Character81 cards
    • 1.1 Kinds of character34 cards
    • 1.2 How details reveal a character23 cards
    • 1.3 Change and development12 cards
    • 1.4 Relationships, contrast and complexity12 cards
  • 2. Setting37 cards
    • 2.1 What setting is19 cards
    • 2.2 Character and setting7 cards
    • 2.3 Setting as contrast, change and symbol11 cards
  • 3. Structure188 cards
    • 3.1 Plot and pacing44 cards
    • 3.2 Conflict20 cards
    • 3.3 Contrast, shift, irony and paradox34 cards
    • 3.4 Structure in poetry35 cards
    • 3.7 Drama55 cards
  • 4. Narration112 cards
    • 4.1 Narrators and speakers51 cards
    • 4.2 Reliability14 cards
    • 4.3 Tone, diction and syntax47 cards
  • 5. Figurative language and sound137 cards
    • 5.1 Words and phrases40 cards
    • 5.2 Simile, metaphor and personification32 cards
    • 5.3 Imagery, symbol and allusion41 cards
    • 5.4 Sound24 cards
  • 6. Literary argumentation53 cards
    • 6.1 Claims and thesis21 cards
    • 6.2 Evidence and commentary12 cards
    • 6.3 Paragraphs and composition20 cards

Some of its cards

  • Alliteration
    The repetition of the same sound at the start of nearby words
  • A group of lines in a poem, set off from others by a space
    Stanza
  • Tone
    The attitude of a narrator, character or speaker toward an idea, character or situation
  • The ordinary, direct meaning of a word or phrase
    Literal meaning
  • Plot
    The sequence of events in a narrative, each building on the others and often linked by cause and effect
  • What may a change of setting suggest?
    Other movements, changes or shifts in the narrative
  • A difference between two elements of a text that emphasizes particular traits or characteristics of the things contrasted
    Contrast
  • A word or phrase that represents something through associations with the senses
    Image
  • Setting
    The time and place in which the events of a text occur, together with the social, cultural and historical situation
  • What do the body paragraphs of a written literary argument do?
    Develop the reasoning and justify claims using evidence and commentary that links the evidence to the thesis

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