Crash Course AP Literature

ESTIMATING YOUR SCORE The following form is intended to help you estimate your score when using practice exams. It can only give ...

SOME TYPICAL STYLE DESCRIPTORS: Authoritative: the voice is commanding and knowing Emotive: the voice evokes emotion Didactic: t ...

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IMAGERY Imagery is not just one of the most important elements of poetry, it is also important to prose writers. Imagery is lang ...

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 ...

TYPES OF IMAGERY Visual Imagery: what we can see Auditory: what we can hear Tactile: what we can touch Olfactory: what we can sm ...

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

EFFECTS OF IMAGERY Helps establish tone Creates realistic settings Creates empathy in readers for characters Helps readers imagi ...

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

TONE Tone is the attitude of the speaker toward another character, a place, an idea or a thing. In thinking of tone in this rega ...

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

MOOD Mood is related to tone. The term “mood” is most often used in association with setting. Think of mood as the emotional qua ...

A STATE OF MIND: THE THREE D’S ...

SYNTAX Syntax refers, in general, to the order of words in a sentence. Syntax results in various sentence types used for a varie ...

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 ...

SENTENCE TYPES AND ATTRIBUTES Sentence type Attributes Periodic The most important idea comes at the end of the sentence. Loose ...

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

(subordinate) clause Grammatical sentence purposes Declarative sentence: makes a statement. Imperative sentence: makes a comman ...

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 ...

MORE ASPECTS OF SYNTAX 1. Climax: the main idea or most important point in a sentence. The position of the climax may be varied ...