42–49% of the AP exam. Key topics: Character (CHR): direct and indirect characterization in short fiction, Narration (NAR): point of view, narrative distance, and reliability, Setting (SET): how time, place, and environment establish mood and meaning, Close reading of narrative prose: diction, syntax, and sentence-level choices, Introduction to the three-row analytic rubric for literary essay writing, Constructing a defensible thesis as an interpretive claim.
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