AP English Literature

Poetry, prose, and the open question essay.

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U1Short Fiction

U2Poetry

U3Longer Fiction & Drama

U4Literary Argumentation

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Q1Literary Analysismedium

The extended metaphor in this passage primarily suggests that:

Q2Tone & Moodmedium

The tone of this passage is best described as:

Q3Characterizationhard

The narrator's description of Gatsby's smile most effectively conveys:

Q4Thememedium

The garden most likely functions in the novel as a symbol of:

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ESSAY prompt

Poetry Analysis Free Response:
Read the following poem carefully. Then write a well-organized essay that analyzes how the poet uses literary devices — including at minimum imagery, diction, and structure — to develop a complex attitude toward the subject.

'Those Winter Sundays'
by Robert Hayden

Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one …

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