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| 7259881968 | General Format of the AP Lit exam | 2 sections; multiple choice (60min) and 3 essays (120min); essay #1 is analysis of poem, essay #2 is analysis of prose, and essay #3 is an open essay prompt on novel of your choice | 0 | |
| 7259874435 | Literary canon | the best, most important, or most representative worst and authors form a certain body of literature | 1 | |
| 7259874797 | Literary Time Period | a definable era in which works of art possessed similar attributes and qualities | 2 | |
| 7259874798 | Literary Genre | a basic sub-division of literature; a "type" or a "kind" | 3 | |
| 7259875338 | Prose | fiction/nonfiction written in everyday semantic structure-words and sentences- that seeks to form a narrative of some kind | 4 | |
| 7259875712 | Poetry | a type of literature that does not follow conventional rules of grammar and syntax; places a premium on the expression of ideas and emotion over narrative; often figurative language | 5 | |
| 7259875713 | Drama | a type of literature large comprised of dialogue and stage directions that is meant to be performed rather than merely read | 6 | |
| 7259877060 | Metaphor | a figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as" | 7 | |
| 7259877061 | Simile | a figure of speech which takes the form of a comparison between two unlike quantities for which a basis for comparison can be found using the words "like" or "as" | 8 | |
| 7259877594 | Alliteration | sound device; repetition of initial consonant sounds | 9 | |
| 7259877595 | Personification | figure of speech in which inanimate objects are given qualities of speech and/or movement | 10 | |
| 7259878954 | Point-of-View | the narrator or speaker or perspective from which a story is told-personal, objective, omniscient, partial or limited omniscient | 11 | |
| 7259879443 | Structure | the planned framework for a piece of literature | 12 | |
| 7259880285 | Irony | surprising contrast between reality and expectation; the result of an action is the reverse of what the actor expected | 13 | |
| 7259880286 | Syntax | the arrangement of words in a sentence; sentence structure | 14 | |
| 7259880287 | Diction | an author's choice of words | 15 | |
| 7259880874 | Tone | expresses the author's attitude toward his or her subject | 16 | |
| 7259880875 | Imagery | devices which appeal to the senses: visual, tactile, auditory, gustatory, olfactory, kinetic; a group of words that create a mental picture | 17 | |
| 7259881264 | Theme | an ingredient of a literary work which gives the work unity; concerns itself with a work's message or contains the general idea of a work and is worded in a complete sentence | 18 | |
| 7259882662 | 3 different types of AP Lit essays | essay 1 is analysis of poem, essay 2 is analysis of prose, essay 3 is open prompt of novel of your choice | 19 | |
| 7259883416 | Passing scores on the AP exam | 3-5 | 20 | |
| 7259883417 | First-year composition | English 101: writing about nonfiction (AP Lang) English 102: writing about fiction (AP Lit) | 21 | |
| 7259885690 | Notion of a text | 22 | ||
| 7259887246 | Class definition of literature | any imaginative text open to interpretation | 23 | |
| 7259887671 | AP definition of literature | canonical works of only prose, poetry, and drama that are defined by their traditional engagements with typeface words and merit | 24 | |
| 7259887672 | literary merit | a term coined by the collegeboard that refers to high quality writing, which is usually achieved by critical consensus through literary techniques and theme | 25 | |
| 7259889637 | College Board's role in Policing the Canon | 26 | ||
| 7259889638 | The Canon Wars | 1960s-1980s: outgrowth of the civil rights and feminist movement; an academic movement promoted by both feminist and activists of color to broaden canonical reading lists to include women and people of color | 27 | |
| 7259890863 | 4 Purposes of literature | Didacticism, Social/Political, Art for Art's Sake, and Historical | 28 | |
| 7259892504 | Formal writing | 29 | ||
| 7259902693 | Recursive writing | writing without time constraints in which the author has the opportunity to participate in a thorough writing and peer review process | 30 | |
| 7259903953 | Linear writing | writing that happens under policed time constraints in which writing process is truncated (shortened) | 31 | |
| 7259904793 | Readership expectations for formal essays | intro, body, conclusion | 32 | |
| 7259907096 | Academic voice | a formal way of writing and speaking that is clear, straightforward, and professional without sounding too scholarly or using unnecessary jargon | 33 | |
| 7259908069 | Run-on-sentence | when two or more independent clauses are joined together without punctuation | 34 | |
| 7259913750 | Comma splice | when two or more independent clauses are joined together by a comma | 35 | |
| 7266465927 | Unclear Pronoun Reference | when pronounce refer back to indefinite antecedents | 36 | |
| 7266468100 | Split Infinitive | when a word or collection of words break up an infinitive making the phrase more complicated | 37 | |
| 7266468101 | Passive Voice | when the subject or the sentence is acted on by the verb instead of performing the action | 38 | |
| 7266471170 | Preposition at End of Sentence | never in your sentence with a preposition; it is syntactically incorrect to do so | 39 | |
| 7266477760 | Verb/Verb Phrase at End of Sentence | never in the sentence with a verb or verb form | 40 | |
| 7266478767 | Use of Contractions | do not use contractions in formal papers because it reads as informal | 41 | |
| 7266482204 | Use of 1st/2nd Person | avoid first and second person perspective when writing because it leads to the inclusion of pronouns that are too personal rather than attached and objective | 42 | |
| 7266482928 | Adverb Overuse | absolute 10 to generalize and totalize the nature of things, prevailing us from seeing nuance | 43 | |
| 7266484591 | Generalizations | 44 | ||
| 7266486006 | Praise/Flattery | 45 | ||
| 7266487240 | Cliches | 46 | ||
| 7266490036 | Colloquial/ Informal speech | 47 | ||
| 7266492278 | AP Timed Writing Rubric | 48 | ||
| 7266497587 | Objectivity | consist of phenomena or findings that can be universally observed in reproduce by anyone | 49 | |
| 7266499968 | Subjectivity | consist of phenomena or findings that originate from personal perspective and believe | 50 | |
| 7266504700 | Epistemological Assumptions of Literary Studies | are methods or how we know what we know | 51 | |
| 7266508287 | Plot Summary | A thorough description of what happen within a literary work | 52 | |
| 7266517332 | Interpretation | any explanation of a text meaning that is present but not necessarily evident to all | 53 | |
| 7270995197 | Hermeneutics | named after the Greek messenger of the gods (interpretation) | 54 | |
| 7270995198 | The parable of Hermes | although Hermes was the official messenger of the Greek gods, he was often known to be a liar, thief, and trickster | 55 | |
| 7270995199 | intentional Fallacy | The belief that one can assume for the original intention of the author | 56 | |
| 7270995200 | affective fallacy | The believe that the best way to evaluate a text is by discussing the emotional effects it has on a reader | 57 | |
| 7270995201 | autobiographical fallacy | a believe that the plot is a fictionalized version of the authors actual life | 58 | |
| 7270995202 | literary criticism | The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature performed by, but certainly not limited to professors within the Humanities throughout the nation | 59 | |
| 7270995203 | formalism | study of literature that takes interest in the relationship between form and meaning •pros: emphasis on close reading •cons: text have a single meeting and ignores historical and cultural dimensions of text | 60 | |
| 7271099231 | psycho analytic theory | Sigmund Freud; concerns itself with the mind, specifically the personal unconscious; Id: The unconscious pleasure principle, Oedipal Complex: every boy unconsciously competes with his father for the love of the mother, Electra Complex: every girl unconsciously competes with her mother for the love of her father, Concave imagery: female symbols, Convex: male symbols | 61 | |
| 7271099232 | archetypal criticism | Carl Jung, mankind possess a collective unconscious in which certain symbols, images, characters, and motifs, evoke a similar response at all people | 62 | |
| 7271099233 | marxist criticism | Karl Marx, interested in the issue of class brightly conceive, specifically how societal ideologies are created by those in power; Proletariat: The working class individuals who do not have ownership of the means of production, Bourgeoisie: wealthy class that rule society | 63 | |
| 7271099234 | postcolonial criticism | Edwards Said, interesting questions of race, particularly marginalize perspectives of color; The White Gaze: patterns of speech, style of dress, standards of beauty and Dominic views a representative of the majority white culture, The Other: any minority figure he stands in contrast to the typical citizen of the majority | 64 | |
| 7271099235 | feminism | first wave: suffrage Second wave: inclusion in male dominated spheres third wave: intersectional politics Patriarchy: social system in which males hold Power in pre-dominate in rolls of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property | 65 | |
| 7271099236 | queer criticism | Eve Sedgwick, Heteronormativity: The believe that people fall into distinct genders with natural rules in life. Said to be the only normal. Sexual and marital relations are between people of opposite sexes | 66 |
