Crash Course AP Literature

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WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT EXAM DAY What you can (should have) and cannot have in the exam room: Yes No Several no. 2 pencils, sharpened ...

Chapter 2 Students’ Tools: What You Bring to Your Own Success ...

In This Chapter Overview A State of Mind: The 3 D’s A Matter of Time Suggested Strategies for Using This Book More Tips ...

OVERVIEW Any study text is useless if you don’t pair it your best intentions. This brief chapter simply outlines what you can do ...

A STATE OF MIND: THE THREE D’S ...

DESIRE: This book can only help so much. You have to want to be successful. Your desire to do well must translate into your dete ...

DETERMINATION: Whether you are using this book on its own, or along with a structured AP course, you have a lot to accomplish. N ...

DILIGENCE: You have to keep at it, even when things get tough. Make a bracelet to wear that displays the three D’s to remind you ...

A MATTER OF TIME You may have heard the saying, “What’s worth doing, is worth doing well.” This is also true for your preparatio ...

SUGGESTED STRATEGIES FOR USING THIS BOOK 1. Read the entire book, noting which topics or chapters will require the most study ti ...

MORE TIPS Penmanship counts: not everyone has good penmanship, but in preparation for the exam, you should do as much as you can ...

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PART II: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE AND MORE ...

Chapter 3 Summary of Literary Periods, Concepts, and Authors ...

In This Chapter Overview A Few Major Concepts or “Isms” Literary Timeline Featured Authors on Released Exams ...

OVERVIEW Literature might be thought of as the creative measure of history. Great writers, poets, and playwrights mold their sen ...

A FEW MAJOR CONCEPTS OR “ISMS” The following list is given in chronological order. Romanticism (mid-19th century) Valued feeling ...

aimless and without foundation Many of the lost were disillusioned by traditional American values and became expatriots, who cho ...

Creative Nonfiction (late 20th and early 21st century) A genre that blends elements of literature with nonfiction Includes memoi ...