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An AP English Literature path for close reading, poetry, prose fiction, drama, longer works, literary argument, and timed essay readiness.

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AP English Literature & Composition curriculum

An AP English Literature path for close reading, poetry, prose fiction, drama, longer works, literary argument, and timed essay readiness.

Pacing
9 units, 24-34 weeks self-paced
Units
9 unit sequence
Practice
720 checked answers
Support
Self-paced or tutor-guided
Outcomes
  • Analyze how literary choices create meaning across poetry, prose, and drama.
  • Develop interpretations that are defensible, specific, and supported by textual evidence.
  • Prepare for AP-style literary analysis and argument without reducing literature to plot recall.

Unit sequence

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  1. 01

    Literary reading habits

    • Annotate details, patterns, contrasts, and ambiguity.
    • Move from noticing to interpretation.

    Practice: Annotate one short passage and generate three possible interpretive claims from concrete details.

  2. 02

    Short fiction I: narration and character

    • Analyze point of view, characterization, setting, and conflict.
    • Explain how narrative perspective limits or shapes meaning.

    Practice: Write a paragraph about how one narrative choice changes reader judgment.

  3. 03

    Poetry I: speaker, form, and image

    • Analyze speaker, situation, line breaks, imagery, and figurative language.
    • Connect form to interpretation.

    Practice: Compare two poems using one shared literary move and one key difference.

  4. 04

    Longer fiction or drama I

    • Track character arcs, plot structure, conflict, and thematic development.
    • Use evidence across a full work.

    Practice: Create a motif tracker for a longer work and turn it into a thesis.

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