AP (Advanced Placement) Literature — practice questions
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Practice AP (Advanced Placement) Literature in the app →A reader names the hero at the centre of a novel. That character is the:The character or force set against that hero is the:At one point the tension peaks and one opposing force finally overcomes the other. That moment is the:A character is struck by a sudden flash of understanding partway through a story. That flash is an:Language that suggests special meanings or effects rather than the literal sense is called:Cicadas humming and leaf blowers roaring appeal to the reader's hearing. Language like that is:The vantage point from which a story is perceived and told is its:Two points of view turn up far more often than any others. They are third person and:A red rose stands for a rose and for romance at the same time. Such an object is a:The meaning or governing idea of a literary text is its:The sequence of events in a story or play is its:A detective is described as sly as a fox. Comparing unlike things with as or like makes this a:Elsewhere the same detective simply is a sly fox, with no signal word at all. That is a:The person who tells the story, whether a character or not, is the:Repetition of sounds, usually at the ends of lines of a poem, is:Fiction and nonfiction, film and print, digital and paper are all treated in this kind of analysis as:Writing an analysis, a student takes a position on the work and supports it with material drawn from:Like most academic writing, a textual analysis develops one central claim and defends it with:Deciding what to analyse, a student may weigh the historical context, the theme and the development of:A student may also examine form, organisation, tone and the author's choice of words, known as:In one analysed story, a storm works as part of the plot, part of the setting and also as a:A course objective asks students to identify the components of textual analysis and compare it with: