15–18% of the AP exam. Key topics: Character (CHR): characterization across a sustained narrative or dramatic work, Structure (STR): plot arc, scene function, and structural choices in novels and plays, Narration (NAR): third-person narration modes, dramatic monologue, and point-of-view shifts in longer works, Dramatic conventions: stage directions, dialogue function, and the construction of dramatic irony, Introduction to the Literary Argumentation (LAN) Big Idea: building interpretive claims that hold across an extended text, Curating and preparing a personal repertoire of full-length works of literary merit for the open essay (Q3).
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