Crash Course AP Literature

enhances the meaning. style/technique

Show how the character’s relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of
the work.

character’s

conflict

Choose a minor character who serves as a foil to a main character and analyze
how the relationship between the foil character and the major character
illuminates the meaning of the work.

analysis of

elements of

literature:

character

Analyze how a symbol functions in a work and what it reveals about the
characters or themes of the work as a whole.

analysis of

elements of

literature: symbol

Know the basic elements of character: appearance, speech, thoughts, actions, and

what others think of him or her. Of these, speech and action sometimes conflict, just

as with real people. It is in these discrepancies that the truth emerges.