Specification points

College Board AP English Literature and Composition english-literature-and-composition

47 points in 16 topics, with College Board's codes and titles.

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U1 Short Fiction I

U2 Poetry I

U3 Longer Fiction or Drama I

U4 Short Fiction II

U5 Poetry II

U6 Longer Fiction or Drama II

U7 Short Fiction III

U8 Poetry III

U9 Longer Fiction or Drama III

1 Explain the function of character

1.A What textual details reveal about a character
1.B Function of a character changing or staying the same
1.C Function of contrasting characters
1.D Complexities in characters’ relationships
1.E How choices, actions and speech reveal character

2 Explain the function of setting

2.A Details that convey a setting
2.B Function of setting in a narrative
2.C Relationship between character and setting

3 Explain the function of plot and structure

3.A How plot orders events
3.B Function of a sequence of events
3.C Function of structure in a text
3.D Function of contrasts in a text
3.E Function of significant events in a plot
3.F Function of conflict in a text

4 Explain the function of the narrator or speaker

4.A The narrator or speaker
4.B Function of point of view
4.C Details revealing a narrator’s perspective
4.D How a narrator’s reliability affects a narrative

5 Explain the function of word choice, imagery, and symbols

5.A Literal and figurative meanings
5.B Function of specific words and phrases
5.C Function of a symbol
5.D Function of imagery

6 Explain the function of comparison

6.A Function of a simile
6.B Function of a metaphor
6.C Function of personification
6.D Function of an allusion

7 Writing textually substantiated arguments

7.A Paragraphs with a defensible claim and evidence
7.B A thesis about an interpretation of literature
7.C Commentary linking evidence, reasoning and thesis
7.D Selecting relevant and sufficient evidence
7.E Control of the elements of composition