High-Value Annotation: Choose which word, image, structural break, or relationship would be most useful to mark when answering an analysis question. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for High-Value Annotation: For APLIT.021 High-Value Annotation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10.

Using Line and Paragraph References: Select the interpretation that accurately applies a question's cited lines while considering the surrounding context needed to avoid distortion. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Using Line and Paragraph References: For APLIT.022 Using Line and Paragraph References, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Observation Versus Inference: Distinguish an answer choice that reports a textual fact from one that draws an interpretive conclusion from that fact. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Observation Versus Inference: For APLIT.023 Observation Versus Inference, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Textual Fact Versus Interpretive Claim: Choose the statement that makes a defensible literary claim rather than presenting plot information as analysis. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Textual Fact Versus Interpretive Claim: For APLIT.024 Textual Fact Versus Interpretive Claim, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Precise Literary Terminology: Select the literary term that most accurately names the technique demonstrated in a cited passage. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.B, 5.B, 6.A-6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Precise Literary Terminology: For APLIT.025 Precise Literary Terminology, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.B, 5.B, 6.A-6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.6.

Best Supporting Detail: Identify the word, phrase, sentence, or image that most directly supports a specified interpretation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Best Supporting Detail: For APLIT.026 Best Supporting Detail, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Unsupported Interpretation: Select the answer choice that should be rejected because it depends on information absent from or contradicted by the passage. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Unsupported Interpretation: For APLIT.027 Unsupported Interpretation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10.

Implicit Connection: Choose the unstated relationship between details that makes a passage's reasoning, emotional movement, or narrative development coherent. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Implicit Connection: For APLIT.028 Implicit Connection, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Synthesizing Multiple Clues: Select the interpretation that best integrates diction, syntax, imagery, and structure rather than relying on a single isolated feature. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 5.B, 5.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Synthesizing Multiple Clues: For APLIT.029 Synthesizing Multiple Clues, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 5.B, 5.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Part-to-Whole Reasoning: Determine how a local detail or short passage contributes to the function and meaning of the larger text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Part-to-Whole Reasoning: For APLIT.030 Part-to-Whole Reasoning, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Evaluating Plausible Alternatives: Choose between two textually plausible interpretations by identifying which one accounts for more evidence with fewer contradictions. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Evaluating Plausible Alternatives: For APLIT.031 Evaluating Plausible Alternatives, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Recognizing Literary Complexity: Select the interpretation that preserves tension, qualification, ambiguity, or contradiction instead of reducing the text to a simple moral or summary. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Recognizing Literary Complexity: For APLIT.032 Recognizing Literary Complexity, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Poetic Speaker: Identify the speaker constructed by the poem and select the textual details that most clearly reveal the speaker's perspective. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.A, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Poetic Speaker: For APLIT.033 Poetic Speaker, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.A, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Addressee and Implied Audience: Determine whom the speaker addresses and choose the explanation that best describes how that audience shapes the utterance. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.A, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Addressee and Implied Audience: For APLIT.034 Addressee and Implied Audience, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.A, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Occasion and Context: Select the situation, event, memory, or emotional occasion that most plausibly prompts the poem's speech. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12: AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.E, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Occasion and Context: For APLIT.035 Occasion and Context, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.E, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Dramatic Situation in Poetry: Choose the description that best identifies the speaker, setting, conflict, and immediate stakes implied by the poem. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/SET/NAR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dramatic Situation in Poetry: For APLIT.036 Dramatic Situation in Poetry, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/SET/NAR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Stanza Function: Explain which role a stanza plays in developing an image, argument, scene, contrast, turn, or conclusion. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skill 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Stanza Function: For APLIT.037 Stanza Function, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skill 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Lineation and Meaning: Select the explanation that best shows how line length and line grouping emphasize, delay, divide, or connect ideas. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. Standard focus: AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Lineation and Meaning - For APLIT.038 Lineation and Meaning, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Enjambment and End-Stopping: Determine how a line break either carries syntax forward or creates closure, and choose the resulting effect on pace and meaning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Enjambment and End-Stopping: For APLIT.039 Enjambment and End-Stopping, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Caesura and Poetic Punctuation: Select the explanation that best describes how internal pauses and punctuation shape rhythm, hesitation, emphasis, or emotional pressure. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Caesura and Poetic Punctuation: For APLIT.040 Caesura and Poetic Punctuation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2.

Meter and Metrical Pattern: Identify the dominant rhythmic pattern when sufficient evidence is provided and choose how it contributes to the poem's movement or tone. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Meter and Metrical Pattern: For APLIT.041 Meter and Metrical Pattern, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Metrical Variation: Determine how a meaningful departure from an established rhythm emphasizes a word, emotion, conflict, or turn. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Metrical Variation: For APLIT.042 Metrical Variation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Rhyme Scheme: Identify a poem's rhyme pattern and select the explanation that best connects that pattern to unity, expectation, contrast, or closure.. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Rhyme Scheme: For APLIT.043 Rhyme Scheme, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Internal, Slant, and Eye Rhyme: Distinguish among non-end-rhyme patterns and choose how imperfect or unexpected sound correspondence affects tone or emphasis. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Internal, Slant, and Eye Rhyme: For APLIT.044 Internal, Slant, and Eye Rhyme, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance: Identify a recurring sound pattern and select the interpretation that best explains its contribution to pace, texture, mood, or meaning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance: For APLIT.045 Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Fixed Form and Formal Constraint: Choose the explanation that best describes how repeated formal rules create pressure, expectation, variation, or thematic resonance. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skill 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Fixed Form and Formal Constraint: For APLIT.046 Fixed Form and Formal Constraint, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skill 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10.

Sonnet Structure: Identify features of a sonnet and select how octave-sestet, quatrain-couplet, rhyme, or volta organizes the poem's thinking. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Sonnet Structure: For APLIT.047 Sonnet Structure, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Ode, Elegy, and Ballad Conventions: Determine which genre convention is operating and choose how the poet follows, adapts, or resists it. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Ode, Elegy, and Ballad Conventions: For APLIT.048 Ode, Elegy, and Ballad Conventions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Dramatic Monologue: Select the interpretation that best explains what a sustained speaker's address reveals unintentionally about character, motive, or reliability. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 1.E, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dramatic Monologue: For APLIT.049 Dramatic Monologue, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 1.E, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Blank Verse and Free Verse: Distinguish unrhymed metrical verse from verse without a regular meter and choose how the form supports the poem's voice or structure. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Blank Verse and Free Verse: For APLIT.050 Blank Verse and Free Verse, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Volta or Poetic Turn: Identify the point at which a poem changes direction and select the explanation that best describes the shift in thought, tone, image, or address. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Volta or Poetic Turn: For APLIT.051 Volta or Poetic Turn, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Repetition, Anaphora, and Refrain: Determine how repeated language creates emphasis, accumulation, ritual, contrast, development, or emotional intensification. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Repetition, Anaphora, and Refrain: For APLIT.052 Repetition, Anaphora, and Refrain, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Poetic Diction: Select the explanation that best connects a poet's precise word choice, register, or connotation to speaker, tone, and meaning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/NAR; Skills 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Poetic Diction: For APLIT.053 Poetic Diction, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/NAR; Skills 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Imagery Pattern in Poetry: Identify a cluster of sensory images and choose how the pattern develops atmosphere, contrast, character, or theme. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Imagery Pattern in Poetry: For APLIT.054 Imagery Pattern in Poetry, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Poetic Symbol: Select the interpretation that best explains how a concrete object, place, action, or natural element acquires significance through context and recurrence. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Poetic Symbol: For APLIT.055 Poetic Symbol, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Simile in Poetry: Identify a simile and choose the explanation that best accounts for both the likeness and the meaningful differences between its terms. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Simile in Poetry: For APLIT.056 Simile in Poetry, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Metaphor in Poetry: Select the interpretation that best explains what a metaphor transfers from one domain to another and how that transfer shapes meaning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Metaphor in Poetry: For APLIT.057 Metaphor in Poetry, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Extended Metaphor and Conceit: Trace an extended comparison and choose the interpretation that best explains how its successive parts develop or complicate an idea. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Extended Metaphor and Conceit: For APLIT.058 Extended Metaphor and Conceit, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Personification and Apostrophe: Distinguish giving human qualities from directly addressing an absent or nonhuman entity, and select the effect of the device in context. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Personification and Apostrophe: For APLIT.059 Personification and Apostrophe, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Allusion in Poetry: Identify the relevant source or tradition implied by an allusion and choose how it enriches, contrasts with, or complicates the poem. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12: AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. Standard focus: AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Allusion in Poetry.

Poetic Paradox and Oxymoron: Select the explanation that best shows how an apparent contradiction or compressed opposition expresses a complex truth or tension. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Poetic Paradox and Oxymoron: For APLIT.061 Poetic Paradox and Oxymoron, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Poetic Irony: Determine the gap between literal statement and intended meaning, expectation and result, or speaker perception and reader understanding. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/FIG; Skills 4.C, 4.D, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Poetic Irony: For APLIT.062 Poetic Irony, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/FIG; Skills 4.C, 4.D, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Poetic Syntax and Inversion: Choose the explanation that best describes how unusual word order, sentence suspension, or grammatical fragmentation controls emphasis and interpretation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Poetic Syntax and Inversion: For APLIT.063 Poetic Syntax and Inversion, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Whole-Poem Interpretation: Select the interpretation that best synthesizes speaker, form, shifts, sound, imagery, and figurative language across the entire poem. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Whole-Poem Interpretation: For APLIT.064 Whole-Poem Interpretation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Narrative Situation in Prose: Select the description that best identifies who tells the story, from what temporal position, and under what circumstances. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.A, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Narrative Situation in Prose: For APLIT.065 Narrative Situation in Prose, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.A, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Exposition and Initial Conditions: Determine how opening details establish characters, relationships, setting, expectations, and latent conflict. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/SET/STR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 3.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Exposition and Initial Conditions: For APLIT.066 Exposition and Initial Conditions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/SET/STR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 3.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Direct Characterization: Identify an explicit statement about a character and choose how its source and context affect its reliability or importance. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Direct Characterization: For APLIT.067 Direct Characterization, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Indirect Characterization: Select the inference about character that is best supported by action, speech, thought, appearance, or others' responses. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Indirect Characterization: For APLIT.068 Indirect Characterization, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Character Motivation: Choose the motive that best accounts for a character's choices while acknowledging competing desires or incomplete self-knowledge. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Character Motivation: For APLIT.069 Character Motivation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Interior Thought and Consciousness: Determine how access to thought, memory, sensation, or fantasy shapes the reader's understanding of a character. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Interior Thought and Consciousness: For APLIT.070 Interior Thought and Consciousness, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Dialogue and Subtext: Select the interpretation that best explains what a character implies, avoids, conceals, or attempts to accomplish through dialogue. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.E, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dialogue and Subtext: For APLIT.071 Dialogue and Subtext, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.E, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Setting in Prose Fiction: Identify the details that establish physical, social, historical, or psychological setting and choose their narrative function.. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A, 2.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Setting in Prose Fiction: For APLIT.072 Setting in Prose Fiction, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A, 2.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3..

Atmosphere in Prose: Determine how setting details, imagery, sound, and syntax combine to create an emotional environment. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/FIG; Skills 2.A, 5.B, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Atmosphere in Prose: For APLIT.073 Atmosphere in Prose, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/FIG; Skills 2.A, 5.B, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Chronological Plot Order: Identify the order in which story events occur and distinguish it from the order in which the narrator presents them. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skill 3.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Chronological Plot Order: For APLIT.074 Chronological Plot Order, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skill 3.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Flashback and Retrospection: Select the explanation that best describes how a return to an earlier event supplies context, alters judgment, or delays present action. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.A, 3.B, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Flashback and Retrospection: For APLIT.075 Flashback and Retrospection, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.A, 3.B, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Foreshadowing and Anticipation: Identify a detail that creates expectation about later events and choose how it affects suspense or interpretation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Foreshadowing and Anticipation: For APLIT.076 Foreshadowing and Anticipation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Scene and Summary: Distinguish dramatized moments from compressed narration and select how the balance controls emphasis and pace. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Scene and Summary: For APLIT.077 Scene and Summary, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Narrative Pacing: Determine how sentence length, detail, summary, dialogue, and event selection accelerate or slow the narrative. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.B, 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Narrative Pacing: For APLIT.078 Narrative Pacing, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.B, 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Central and Secondary Conflict: Identify the forces in conflict and choose the explanation that best shows how internal and external pressures interact. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.E, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Central and Secondary Conflict: For APLIT.079 Central and Secondary Conflict, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.E, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Turning Point or Reversal: Select the event that most significantly changes a character's options, understanding, relationship, or trajectory. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/CHR; Skills 3.E, 1.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Turning Point or Reversal: For APLIT.080 Turning Point or Reversal, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/CHR; Skills 3.E, 1.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Climax and Crisis: Determine which moment concentrates the story's central conflict and choose why it represents the point of greatest consequence. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.E, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Climax and Crisis: For APLIT.081 Climax and Crisis, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.E, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Resolution and Ending: Select the explanation that best describes how the ending resolves, reframes, complicates, or deliberately leaves tensions open. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Resolution and Ending: For APLIT.082 Resolution and Ending, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

First-Person Point of View: Choose the explanation that best accounts for how a first-person narrator's position, knowledge, and interests limit the narrative. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for First-Person Point of View: For APLIT.083 First-Person Point of View, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Third-Person Point of View: Distinguish limited, omniscient, and objective narration and select how the chosen perspective controls access to information.. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skill 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Third-Person Point of View: For APLIT.084 Third-Person Point of View, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skill 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6..

Focalization and Shifting Perspective: Identify whose perceptions organize a passage and choose the effect of a change in focal character or viewpoint. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Focalization and Shifting Perspective: For APLIT.085 Focalization and Shifting Perspective, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Narrator Reliability: Select the evidence that most strongly supports or challenges the narrator's credibility, accuracy, or interpretive authority. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skill 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Narrator Reliability: For APLIT.086 Narrator Reliability, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skill 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6..

Narrative Distance: Determine how close or distant the narration is from a character's consciousness and choose the effect on sympathy, irony, or judgment. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Narrative Distance: For APLIT.087 Narrative Distance, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Free Indirect Discourse: Identify a passage in which third-person narration absorbs a character's idiom or judgments and choose its effect on perspective. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/FIG; Skills 4.B, 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Free Indirect Discourse: For APLIT.088 Free Indirect Discourse, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/FIG; Skills 4.B, 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Stream of Consciousness: Select the explanation that best describes how associative, fragmented, or minimally filtered thought represents mental experience. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Stream of Consciousness: For APLIT.089 Stream of Consciousness, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Prose Diction and Register: Choose how formal, colloquial, archaic, regional, technical, or idiosyncratic language shapes voice and social context. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/NAR; Skills 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Prose Diction and Register: For APLIT.090 Prose Diction and Register, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/NAR; Skills 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Prose Syntax and Rhythm: Determine how sentence structure, repetition, coordination, or subordination shapes pace, emphasis, and consciousness. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Prose Syntax and Rhythm: For APLIT.091 Prose Syntax and Rhythm, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Motif, Image, and Symbol in Prose: Distinguish a recurring motif from a local image or developed symbol and select its contribution to the narrative. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.C, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Motif, Image, and Symbol in Prose: For APLIT.092 Motif, Image, and Symbol in Prose, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.C, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Irony in Prose Fiction: Identify verbal, situational, or dramatic irony and choose how the gap it creates affects character, tone, or theme. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/FIG; Skills 4.D, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Irony in Prose Fiction: For APLIT.093 Irony in Prose Fiction, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/FIG; Skills 4.D, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Satire and Social Critique: Select the target of ridicule or exposure and choose the literary methods that make the critique recognizable. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 6.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Satire and Social Critique: For APLIT.094 Satire and Social Critique, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 6.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Epiphany and Recognition: Determine whether a character experiences genuine insight, partial recognition, or self-deception and choose the evidence that best supports the judgment. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.B, 1.E, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Epiphany and Recognition: For APLIT.095 Epiphany and Recognition, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.B, 1.E, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Passage-to-Whole-Work Function: Select the explanation that best connects a prose excerpt's local development to a larger character arc, structural pattern, or thematic concern. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Passage-to-Whole-Work Function: For APLIT.096 Passage-to-Whole-Work Function, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Dramatic Situation: Select the description that best identifies the characters present, their immediate objectives, the circumstances of the scene, and the stakes of the encounter. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/SET/STR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dramatic Situation: For APLIT.097 Dramatic Situation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/SET/STR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Stage Directions: Determine how a stage direction contributes to characterization, setting, pacing, tone, or dramatic irony. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/SET/STR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Stage Directions: For APLIT.098 Stage Directions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/SET/STR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7.

Dialogue as Action: Choose the explanation that best describes what a line of dialogue attempts to obtain, prevent, reveal, conceal, or change. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dialogue as Action: For APLIT.099 Dialogue as Action, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Dramatic Subtext: Select the interpretation that best explains the unstated motive, tension, or implication beneath a character's spoken words. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.E, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dramatic Subtext: For APLIT.100 Dramatic Subtext, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.E, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6..

Monologue: Identify the function of an extended speech delivered to other characters and choose how it develops argument, character, or conflict. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.E, 3.C, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Monologue: For APLIT.101 Monologue, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.E, 3.C, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Soliloquy: Select the explanation that best describes how a character's speech while alone reveals thought, conflict, self-deception, or decision. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 1.E, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Soliloquy: For APLIT.102 Soliloquy, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 1.E, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Aside: Determine how a brief remark unheard by other characters creates intimacy, irony, strategic information, or divided identity. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Aside: For APLIT.103 Aside, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Dramatic Irony: Identify the information gap between audience and character and choose how it creates suspense, humor, pathos, or judgment. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.D, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dramatic Irony: For APLIT.104 Dramatic Irony, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.D, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Blocking and Proxemics: Select the staging arrangement that best explains how movement, distance, or physical positioning expresses power and relationship. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/SET; Skills 1.D, 2.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Blocking and Proxemics: For APLIT.105 Blocking and Proxemics, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/SET; Skills 1.D, 2.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7.

Entrances and Exits: Determine how the timing of a character's arrival or departure changes information, pace, conflict, or audience expectation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Entrances and Exits: For APLIT.106 Entrances and Exits, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Act and Scene Structure: Choose the explanation that best describes how divisions into acts or scenes organize escalation, contrast, interruption, or transition. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skill 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Act and Scene Structure: For APLIT.107 Act and Scene Structure, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skill 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Dramatic Exposition: Identify how background information is conveyed through dialogue, action, staging, or conflict without relying on a narrator. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.A, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dramatic Exposition: For APLIT.108 Dramatic Exposition, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.A, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Dramatic Conflict and Stakes: Select the explanation that best identifies competing objectives and the consequences attached to success or failure. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.E, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dramatic Conflict and Stakes: For APLIT.109 Dramatic Conflict and Stakes, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.E, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Reversal and Recognition: Distinguish a change in circumstances from a change in understanding and choose how either reshapes the dramatic action. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.B, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Reversal and Recognition: For APLIT.110 Reversal and Recognition, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.B, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Foils in Drama: Select the explanation that best shows how contrasting characters illuminate values, choices, limitations, or social roles. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Foils in Drama: For APLIT.111 Foils in Drama, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Chorus and Collective Voice: Determine how a chorus or group voice frames events, supplies context, represents communal judgment, or complicates audience response. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.C, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Chorus and Collective Voice: For APLIT.112 Chorus and Collective Voice, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.C, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Props and Repeated Objects: Identify how a stage object becomes a practical device, motif, status marker, or symbol within the action.. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Props and Repeated Objects: For APLIT.113 Props and Repeated Objects, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7..

Dramatic Setting: Select the explanation that best connects place, time, social environment, and stage space to conflict and characterization. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A, 2.B, 2.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dramatic Setting: For APLIT.114 Dramatic Setting, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A, 2.B, 2.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Dramatic Pacing: Determine how pauses, interruptions, entrances, exits, rapid exchanges, and scene length accelerate or suspend action. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Dramatic Pacing: For APLIT.115 Dramatic Pacing, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7.

Audience Knowledge and Expectation: Choose how the playwright controls what the audience knows relative to the characters and how that control shapes response. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.B, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Audience Knowledge and Expectation: For APLIT.116 Audience Knowledge and Expectation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/STR; Skills 3.B, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Verse and Prose in Drama: Distinguish verse from prose dialogue and select how a shift between them signals status, intimacy, disorder, sincerity, or rhetorical purpose. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Verse and Prose in Drama: For APLIT.117 Verse and Prose in Drama, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Meter in Dramatic Speech: Identify a regular or disrupted metrical pattern and choose how it emphasizes emotion, authority, hesitation, or conflict. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Meter in Dramatic Speech: For APLIT.118 Meter in Dramatic Speech, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Rhetorical Pattern in Dialogue: Select the effect of repetition, antithesis, parallelism, chiasmus, or escalating questions in a dramatic exchange. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Rhetorical Pattern in Dialogue: For APLIT.119 Rhetorical Pattern in Dialogue, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Comic Relief: Determine how a comic episode or character affects tension, contrast, pacing, and audience understanding of serious action. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comic Relief: For APLIT.120 Comic Relief, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Tragic Conventions: Choose the explanation that best connects high stakes, irreversible choice, suffering, recognition, and consequence without reducing tragedy to a formula. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/STR/LAN; Skills 1.E, 3.E, 3.F, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Tragic Conventions: For APLIT.121 Tragic Conventions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/STR/LAN; Skills 1.E, 3.E, 3.F, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Comic Conventions: Identify how disguise, misunderstanding, reversal, social inversion, or reunion structures a comic plot and its critique. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12; AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. Standard: AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comic Conventions - For APLIT.122 Comic Conventions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Flaw, Error, and Responsibility: Select the interpretation that best distinguishes a character's limitation or mistaken judgment from a simplistic single-cause explanation of downfall. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Flaw, Error, and Responsibility: For APLIT.123 Flaw, Error, and Responsibility, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Catharsis and Audience Response: Choose the explanation that best connects the arrangement of suffering, recognition, and consequence to the audience's emotional and intellectual response. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Catharsis and Audience Response: For APLIT.124 Catharsis and Audience Response, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Suspense and Dramatic Tension: Identify the combination of uncertainty, delay, threat, and competing objectives that most strongly sustains tension in a scene. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Suspense and Dramatic Tension: For APLIT.125 Suspense and Dramatic Tension, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Performance Choice: Select the acting, pacing, vocal, or staging choice most consistent with the language and relationships in a passage. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/NAR/FIG; Skills 1.A, 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Performance Choice: For APLIT.126 Performance Choice, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/NAR/FIG; Skills 1.A, 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7.

Page-to-Stage Interpretation: Determine which elements are fixed by the written text and which require interpretive decisions in performance. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Page-to-Stage Interpretation: For APLIT.127 Page-to-Stage Interpretation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7.

Comparing Stage Performances: Choose the analysis that best explains how two productions create different meanings through delivery, movement, design, or emphasis while remaining grounded in the script. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Stage Performances: For APLIT.128 Comparing Stage Performances, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Character Traits from Specific Details: Select the trait or disposition most strongly supported by a character's words, actions, thoughts, appearance, and treatment by others. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Character Traits from Specific Details: For APLIT.129 Character Traits from Specific Details, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Character Perspective: Choose the explanation that best describes how a character understands the situation and what that perspective includes or excludes. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Character Perspective: For APLIT.130 Character Perspective, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Character Motive: Determine which motive best explains a character's behavior while accounting for the possibility of mixed or changing motives. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Character Motive: For APLIT.131 Character Motive, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Values and Beliefs: Identify the value, belief, or principle implied by a character's repeated choices and select the strongest supporting evidence. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Values and Beliefs: For APLIT.132 Values and Beliefs, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Assumptions and Biases: Select the explanation that best reveals how a character's unexamined assumptions or partial knowledge shape judgment and action. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Assumptions and Biases: For APLIT.133 Assumptions and Biases, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Competing Desires and Obligations: Choose the interpretation that best accounts for a character being pulled between incompatible goals, loyalties, duties, or identities. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.D, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Competing Desires and Obligations: For APLIT.134 Competing Desires and Obligations, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.D, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Choices and Consequences: Determine how a character's choice initiates, intensifies, redirects, or resolves a chain of consequences. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.E, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Choices and Consequences: For APLIT.135 Choices and Consequences, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.E, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Speech as Characterization: Select the explanation that best connects what a character says, how it is said, and what is omitted to personality or motive. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/FIG; Skills 1.A, 1.E, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Speech as Characterization: For APLIT.136 Speech as Characterization, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/FIG; Skills 1.A, 1.E, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Character Change: Identify the evidence of meaningful change in understanding, behavior, allegiance, or self-conception and choose its function. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Character Change: For APLIT.137 Character Change, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Character Remaining Unchanged: Select the explanation that best describes how a character's refusal or inability to change affects conflict, irony, or theme. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Character Remaining Unchanged: For APLIT.138 Character Remaining Unchanged, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Contradictory Characterization: Choose the interpretation that best reconciles apparently inconsistent details as evidence of complexity rather than error. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.D, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Contradictory Characterization: For APLIT.139 Contradictory Characterization, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.D, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Relationship Development: Determine how a sequence of interactions changes trust, dependence, intimacy, rivalry, or misunderstanding between characters. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Relationship Development: For APLIT.140 Relationship Development, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Power in Relationships: Select the detail that most clearly reveals a shift or imbalance in social, emotional, economic, institutional, or physical power. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Power in Relationships: For APLIT.141 Power in Relationships, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Foil and Contrasting Character: Choose how a contrasting character clarifies another character's values, choices, limitations, or possible alternatives. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Foil and Contrasting Character: For APLIT.142 Foil and Contrasting Character, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skill 1.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Function of a Minor Character: Determine how a secondary character serves as catalyst, confidant, witness, contrast, obstacle, or source of context. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.C, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Function of a Minor Character: For APLIT.143 Function of a Minor Character, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/STR; Skills 1.C, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Group or Collective Character: Select the explanation that best describes how a crowd, family, community, or chorus functions as a social force or collective perspective. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.C, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Group or Collective Character: For APLIT.144 Group or Collective Character, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/NAR; Skills 1.C, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Physical Setting: Identify the concrete details that establish location, landscape, architecture, weather, or material environment and choose their function. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A, 2.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Physical Setting: For APLIT.145 Physical Setting, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A, 2.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Social Setting: Determine how class, family, law, custom, work, education, or community expectations define the world of a text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A, 2.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Social Setting: For APLIT.146 Social Setting, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A, 2.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Historical and Cultural Setting: Select the interpretation that uses period or cultural context to clarify textual details without replacing close reading with background summary. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/LAN; Skills 2.A, 2.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Historical and Cultural Setting: For APLIT.147 Historical and Cultural Setting, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/LAN; Skills 2.A, 2.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Symbolic or Psychological Setting: Choose how a place or environment reflects, contrasts with, or externalizes a character's mental or moral condition. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/FIG; Skills 2.B, 2.C, 5.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Symbolic or Psychological Setting: For APLIT.148 Symbolic or Psychological Setting, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/FIG; Skills 2.B, 2.C, 5.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Character-Setting Relationship: Select the explanation that best shows how a character adapts to, resists, misreads, or is shaped by the surrounding environment. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/SET; Skill 2.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Character-Setting Relationship: For APLIT.149 Character-Setting Relationship, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/SET; Skill 2.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Setting as Source of Conflict: Identify the environmental or social constraint that most directly creates or intensifies a character's conflict. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/STR; Skills 2.B, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Setting as Source of Conflict: For APLIT.150 Setting as Source of Conflict, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/STR; Skills 2.B, 3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Setting and Atmosphere: Determine how selected details of place and time create expectation, unease, intimacy, isolation, abundance, or other atmosphere. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/FIG; Skills 2.A, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Setting and Atmosphere: For APLIT.151 Setting and Atmosphere, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/FIG; Skills 2.A, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Change of Setting: Choose the explanation that best describes how a move between locations or times alters relationships, possibilities, tone, or interpretation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/STR; Skills 2.B, 3.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Change of Setting: For APLIT.152 Change of Setting, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/STR; Skills 2.B, 3.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Point of View Versus Perspective: Distinguish the grammatical position from which a story is told from the attitudes and assumptions expressed through that position. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Point of View Versus Perspective: For APLIT.153 Point of View Versus Perspective, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Limits of First-Person Narration: Select what a first-person narrator can know, infer, remember, or distort and choose how those limits affect the reader. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Limits of First-Person Narration: For APLIT.154 Limits of First-Person Narration, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Third-Person Limited Perspective: Identify the focal character and determine how restricted access to other minds creates uncertainty, alignment, or irony. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Third-Person Limited Perspective: For APLIT.155 Third-Person Limited Perspective, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Omniscient Narration: Choose the explanation that best describes how broad access to minds, times, places, or commentary shapes comparison and judgment. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skill 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Omniscient Narration: For APLIT.156 Omniscient Narration, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skill 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Objective or Dramatic Narration: Determine how withholding direct access to thoughts requires readers to infer character from observable speech and action. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/CHR; Skills 4.B, 1.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Objective or Dramatic Narration: For APLIT.157 Objective or Dramatic Narration, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/CHR; Skills 4.B, 1.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Focalization Shift: Identify a change in the consciousness or perceptual center through which events are filtered and choose its effect. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12; AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.B, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Focalization Shift: For APLIT.158 Focalization Shift, align all items to the curriculum standards.

Reliability and Self-Deception: Select the textual inconsistency, omission, bias, or contradiction that most strongly affects confidence in a narrator or speaker. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skill 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Reliability and Self-Deception: For APLIT.159 Reliability and Self-Deception, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skill 4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Narrative Distance and Ethical Position: Choose how distance, intimacy, sympathy, irony, or judgment positions the reader toward a character and the character's values. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.B, 4.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Narrative Distance and Ethical Position: For APLIT.160 Narrative Distance and Ethical Position, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.B, 4.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Story Order and Presentation Order: Distinguish the chronological order of events from the order in which the text reveals them and select the resulting effect. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skill 3.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Story Order and Presentation Order: For APLIT.161 Story Order and Presentation Order, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skill 3.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Nonlinear Structure: Choose the explanation that best accounts for how flashback, anticipation, fragmentation, or temporal looping shapes understanding. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.A, 3.B, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Nonlinear Structure: For APLIT.162 Nonlinear Structure, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.A, 3.B, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Frame Narrative: Identify an outer narrative and embedded narrative and select how the frame affects authority, perspective, distance, or theme. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Frame Narrative: For APLIT.163 Frame Narrative, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/NAR; Skills 3.C, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Parallel Plot or Alternating Structure: Determine how alternating characters, places, or time periods create comparison, suspense, convergence, or thematic resonance. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Parallel Plot or Alternating Structure: For APLIT.164 Parallel Plot or Alternating Structure, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Subplot Function: Select the explanation that best shows how a secondary plot complicates, mirrors, contrasts with, or helps resolve the main plot. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Subplot Function: For APLIT.165 Subplot Function, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Episodic Structure: Choose how a series of linked episodes produces accumulation, variation, development, or a journey-like pattern. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skill 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Episodic Structure: For APLIT.166 Episodic Structure, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skill 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Circular Structure: Identify a return to an opening image, setting, phrase, or situation and select how the return signals change, stasis, irony, or closure. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Circular Structure: For APLIT.167 Circular Structure, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Function of an Opening: Determine how an opening establishes expectations, questions, patterns, voice, setting, or conflict that the text later develops or revises. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Function of an Opening: For APLIT.168 Function of an Opening, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Function of an Ending: Select the explanation that best describes how the final lines create closure, reversal, ambiguity, echo, judgment, or new perspective. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Function of an Ending: For APLIT.169 Function of an Ending, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Sequence of Events: Choose why one event is presented before or after another and how the sequence controls causation, suspense, sympathy, or revelation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.A, 3.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Sequence of Events: For APLIT.170 Sequence of Events, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.A, 3.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Significant Event: Identify the event or related set of events that most substantially changes character, conflict, knowledge, or thematic direction. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skill 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Significant Event: For APLIT.171 Significant Event, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skill 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Conflict as Structural Force: Select the explanation that best shows how internal, interpersonal, social, or environmental conflict organizes a text's development. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/CHR; Skills 3.F, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Conflict as Structural Force: For APLIT.172 Conflict as Structural Force, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/CHR; Skills 3.F, 1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Structural Contrast: Determine how paired scenes, voices, settings, images, or ideas illuminate differences and create interpretive pressure. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skill 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Structural Contrast: For APLIT.173 Structural Contrast, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skill 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Repetition and Pattern: Identify a recurring structural or verbal element and choose how repetition establishes expectation, emphasis, unity, or escalation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Repetition and Pattern: For APLIT.174 Repetition and Pattern, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Break in Pattern: Select the explanation that best describes how a departure from an established pattern creates surprise, emphasis, instability, or transformation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Break in Pattern: For APLIT.175 Break in Pattern, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.C, 3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Pacing and Duration: Determine how expansion, compression, pause, omission, or rapid sequencing controls narrative or dramatic time. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Pacing and Duration: For APLIT.176 Pacing and Duration, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.B, 3.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Diction and Precision: Choose the explanation that best connects a specific word's denotation, connotation, sound, and register to meaning and tone. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Diction and Precision: For APLIT.177 Diction and Precision, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Register and Style Level: Distinguish formal, informal, colloquial, archaic, technical, elevated, or plain language and select its function in context. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/NAR; Skills 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Register and Style Level: For APLIT.178 Register and Style Level, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/NAR; Skills 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Connotative Pattern: Identify a cluster of words sharing associations and choose how the pattern develops attitude, atmosphere, characterization, or theme. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Connotative Pattern: For APLIT.179 Connotative Pattern, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Syntax as Style: Select the explanation that best describes how word order, clause arrangement, parallelism, or subordination shapes emphasis and thought. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12; AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Syntax as Style: For APLIT.180 Syntax as Style, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Sentence Length and Rhythm: Determine how short, long, varied, or accumulating sentences affect pace, intensity, reflection, or control. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Sentence Length and Rhythm: For APLIT.181 Sentence Length and Rhythm, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Periodic and Cumulative Sentences: Distinguish delayed main clauses from expanding additions and choose how each structure manages suspense or emphasis. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Periodic and Cumulative Sentences: For APLIT.182 Periodic and Cumulative Sentences, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Fragments and Ellipsis: Select the explanation that best accounts for how incomplete syntax or omitted language represents urgency, interruption, silence, or thought. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Fragments and Ellipsis: For APLIT.183 Fragments and Ellipsis, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1.

Punctuation and Typography: Determine how unusual punctuation, capitalization, italics, spacing, or visual emphasis modifies voice, pace, or meaning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Punctuation and Typography: For APLIT.184 Punctuation and Typography, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/STR; Skills 3.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Image and Imagery: Identify a sensory detail or image pattern and choose its contribution to atmosphere, character, structure, or interpretation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12; AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Image and Imagery: For APLIT.185 Image and Imagery, align all items to the curriculum standards.

Symbol: Select the interpretation that best explains how a recurring concrete element acquires meaning through context, association, and development. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Symbol: For APLIT.186 Symbol, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 5.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Motif: Distinguish a recurring motif from a fully developed symbol and choose how the motif creates pattern or thematic coherence. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.C, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Motif: For APLIT.187 Motif, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.C, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Metonymy and Synecdoche: Determine whether one associated term or a part-whole relationship substitutes for a larger idea and select the effect. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Metonymy and Synecdoche: For APLIT.188 Metonymy and Synecdoche, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Hyperbole and Understatement: Identify deliberate exaggeration or restraint and choose how it creates emphasis, irony, humor, or emotional control. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Hyperbole and Understatement: For APLIT.189 Hyperbole and Understatement, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Allusion: Select the source, convention, or cultural reference most relevant to an allusion and choose how it extends or complicates meaning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Allusion: For APLIT.190 Allusion, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skill 6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Irony: Distinguish verbal, situational, and dramatic irony and select how the discrepancy affects tone, character, structure, or judgment. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/STR/FIG; Skills 3.D, 4.D, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Irony: For APLIT.191 Irony, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/STR/FIG; Skills 3.D, 4.D, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Paradox and Oxymoron Across Genres: Choose the explanation that best shows how contradiction or compressed opposition expresses tension, ambiguity, or a qualified insight. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. Standard: AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Paradox and Oxymoron Across Genres - For APLIT.192 Paradox and Oxymoron Across Genres, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Subject Versus Theme: Distinguish a broad topic from a text-specific thematic claim and select the statement that expresses an arguable insight rather than a one-word subject. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Subject Versus Theme: For APLIT.193 Subject Versus Theme, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Defensible Thematic Statement: Choose the thematic statement that is sufficiently specific, qualified, and supportable across the text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Defensible Thematic Statement: For APLIT.194 Defensible Thematic Statement, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Theme Through Pattern: Identify a recurring event, image, phrase, relationship, or choice and select how the pattern develops a thematic idea. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Theme Through Pattern: For APLIT.195 Theme Through Pattern, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Theme Through Character Development: Determine how a character's change, refusal to change, or growing self-knowledge contributes to a thematic interpretation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.B, 1.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Theme Through Character Development: For APLIT.196 Theme Through Character Development, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.B, 1.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Theme Through Setting: Select the explanation that best connects the values or pressures embedded in a setting to the text's larger concerns. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/LAN; Skills 2.B, 2.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Theme Through Setting: For APLIT.197 Theme Through Setting, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/LAN; Skills 2.B, 2.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Theme Through Structure: Choose how sequence, framing, repetition, contrast, pacing, or closure shapes a thematic interpretation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Theme Through Structure: For APLIT.198 Theme Through Structure, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Theme Through Narration: Determine how point of view, reliability, distance, or perspective invites readers to accept, question, or complicate an idea. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.B, 4.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Theme Through Narration: For APLIT.199 Theme Through Narration, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.B, 4.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Theme Through Imagery and Symbol: Select the interpretation that best connects an image pattern or symbol's development to a thematic concern. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.C, 5.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Theme Through Imagery and Symbol: For APLIT.200 Theme Through Imagery and Symbol, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.C, 5.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Theme Through Conflict: Choose how the forces in conflict embody competing values, identities, obligations, or visions of the world. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.F, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Theme Through Conflict: For APLIT.201 Theme Through Conflict, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.F, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Theme Through Contrast: Determine how opposed characters, settings, images, or outcomes clarify and complicate the text's treatment of an idea.. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Theme Through Contrast: For APLIT.202 Theme Through Contrast, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Irony and Thematic Meaning: Select how a gap between expectation and result, statement and intent, or perception and reality shapes the text's larger implications.. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/FIG/LAN; Skills 4.D, 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Irony and Thematic Meaning: For APLIT.203 Irony and Thematic Meaning, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/FIG/LAN; Skills 4.D, 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Ambiguity: Identify what remains genuinely uncertain and choose the interpretation that best explains how uncertainty contributes to meaning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.A, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Ambiguity: For APLIT.204 Ambiguity, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.A, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Paradox: Select the explanation that best shows how apparently incompatible truths coexist within the text's thematic treatment. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Paradox: For APLIT.205 Paradox, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Productive Tension: Choose the interpretation that best preserves a conflict between values, emotions, perspectives, or outcomes rather than resolving it prematurely. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Productive Tension: For APLIT.206 Productive Tension, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Contradictory Evidence: Determine whether conflicting details undermine an interpretation or reveal deliberate complexity, and select the better-supported conclusion. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Contradictory Evidence: For APLIT.207 Contradictory Evidence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Complexity of Character and Theme: Choose how a character's mixed motives, self-deception, or contradictory behavior complicates a thematic claim. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.D, 1.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Complexity of Character and Theme: For APLIT.208 Complexity of Character and Theme, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.D, 1.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Multiple Perspectives: Select the explanation that best accounts for how differing viewpoints prevent a single uncomplicated judgment. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.B, 4.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Multiple Perspectives: For APLIT.209 Multiple Perspectives, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.B, 4.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Unresolved or Open Ending: Determine how an unresolved ending shifts interpretive responsibility to the reader or sustains thematic uncertainty. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Unresolved or Open Ending: For APLIT.210 Unresolved or Open Ending, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Qualified Interpretation: Choose the claim that uses appropriate limits such as often, partly, initially, or ultimately to match the text's complexity. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Qualified Interpretation: For APLIT.211 Qualified Interpretation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Whole-Text Interpretation: Select the interpretation that best accounts for the text's major developments, patterns, and ending without ignoring important counterevidence. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Whole-Text Interpretation: For APLIT.212 Whole-Text Interpretation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Comparing Competing Interpretations: Choose the interpretation that explains more textual evidence, better handles contradictions, and makes fewer unsupported assumptions. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Competing Interpretations: For APLIT.213 Comparing Competing Interpretations, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Breadth of Evidence: Determine whether an interpretation depends on an isolated detail or is supported across multiple portions and elements of the text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Breadth of Evidence: For APLIT.214 Breadth of Evidence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Counterevidence: Identify the detail that most strongly qualifies or challenges a proposed interpretation and select the necessary revision. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Counterevidence: For APLIT.215 Counterevidence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5.

Local and Global Meaning: Choose how the meaning of a line, image, or scene changes when considered within the passage and the complete work. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Local and Global Meaning: For APLIT.216 Local and Global Meaning, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Pattern and Break in Pattern: Select the interpretation that best explains both an established pattern and the significance of its disruption. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Pattern and Break in Pattern: For APLIT.217 Pattern and Break in Pattern, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Cause and Effect in Interpretation: Determine whether the text supports a causal relationship, a correlation, or only a sequence, and choose the most precise claim. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.B, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Cause and Effect in Interpretation: For APLIT.218 Cause and Effect in Interpretation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.B, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Part-Whole Complexity: Select the explanation that best shows how one part of a text both contributes to and complicates the meaning of the whole. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Part-Whole Complexity: For APLIT.219 Part-Whole Complexity, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Historical and Cultural Context: Choose the contextual information that genuinely clarifies a textual feature while avoiding claims that reduce the work to its background. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/FIG/LAN; Skills 2.B, 6.D, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Historical and Cultural Context: For APLIT.220 Historical and Cultural Context, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/FIG/LAN; Skills 2.B, 6.D, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Reader Assumptions and Expectations: Identify which genre, cultural, or narrative expectation the text activates and select how it confirms or disrupts that expectation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Reader Assumptions and Expectations: For APLIT.221 Reader Assumptions and Expectations, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Ethical and Moral Tension: Select the interpretation that best accounts for competing responsibilities or values without substituting personal approval for textual analysis. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.E, 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Ethical and Moral Tension: For APLIT.222 Ethical and Moral Tension, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.E, 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Universal Claim Versus Text-Specific Insight: Choose the thematic statement grounded in the work's particular language and events rather than an unsupported claim about all people or all societies. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Universal Claim Versus Text-Specific Insight: For APLIT.223 Universal Claim Versus Text-Specific Insight, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Interpretive Synthesis: Select the conclusion that most effectively integrates character, setting, structure, narration, and figurative language into a coherent but qualified reading. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Interpretive Synthesis: For APLIT.224 Interpretive Synthesis, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Interpreting an Analysis Task: Select the statement that most accurately identifies what a literary prompt asks a reader to analyze, explain, or defend. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Interpreting an Analysis Task: For APLIT.225 Interpreting an Analysis Task, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Defensible Analytical Claim: Choose the claim that requires interpretation and can be defended with evidence rather than merely verified as plot fact. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Defensible Analytical Claim: For APLIT.226 Defensible Analytical Claim, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Thesis Scope: Determine which thesis is neither too broad nor too narrow for the passage, work, element, or relationship named in the task. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Thesis Scope: For APLIT.227 Thesis Scope, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4.

Thesis and Line of Reasoning: Select the thesis that implies a logical sequence of reasons or relationships that an analysis could develop. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Thesis and Line of Reasoning: For APLIT.228 Thesis and Line of Reasoning, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4.

Claim Versus Summary: Distinguish an interpretive assertion about function or meaning from a statement that only recounts content. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Claim Versus Summary: For APLIT.229 Claim Versus Summary, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Analytical Topic Sentence: Choose the topic sentence that advances the thesis with a specific, defensible subclaim. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Analytical Topic Sentence: For APLIT.230 Analytical Topic Sentence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4.

Relevant Evidence: Identify the detail that directly supports the claim being made rather than merely relating to the same general topic. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Relevant Evidence: For APLIT.231 Relevant Evidence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Sufficient Evidence: Determine which combination of details provides enough range and depth to support a line of reasoning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Sufficient Evidence: For APLIT.232 Sufficient Evidence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Specific Evidence: Select the evidence that is precise enough to be analyzed and verified in the text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Specific Evidence: For APLIT.233 Specific Evidence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Quotation or Paraphrase Choice: Choose whether exact wording or accurate paraphrase would provide the stronger basis for the stated analytical purpose. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Quotation or Paraphrase Choice: For APLIT.234 Quotation or Paraphrase Choice, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Sequencing Evidence: Determine which order of evidence most clearly demonstrates development, contrast, cause, escalation, or qualification. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Sequencing Evidence: For APLIT.235 Sequencing Evidence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4.

Commentary: Select the commentary that explains how and why evidence supports a claim rather than repeating the quotation in different words. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Commentary: For APLIT.236 Commentary, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Analytical Warrant: Identify the unstated principle or reasoning that connects a textual detail to the conclusion drawn from it. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Analytical Warrant: For APLIT.237 Analytical Warrant, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Explaining Function: Choose the analysis that moves from naming a literary technique to explaining what the technique accomplishes in context. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Explaining Function: For APLIT.238 Explaining Function, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Avoiding Plot Summary: Select the revision that replaces unnecessary retelling with analysis of language, structure, perspective, or significance. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Avoiding Plot Summary: For APLIT.239 Avoiding Plot Summary, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5.

Paragraph Coherence: Determine which arrangement of claim, evidence, and commentary creates the clearest logical progression. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Paragraph Coherence: For APLIT.240 Paragraph Coherence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4.

Transitions and Logical Relationships: Choose the transition that accurately signals addition, contrast, concession, cause, consequence, or refinement between analytical ideas. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Transitions and Logical Relationships: For APLIT.241 Transitions and Logical Relationships, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Qualification: Select the revision that limits or refines a claim so that it matches mixed, changing, or conditional evidence. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Qualification: For APLIT.242 Qualification, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5.

Counterargument and Alternative Reading: Identify a plausible competing interpretation and choose the response that addresses it with textual reasoning rather than dismissal. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Counterargument and Alternative Reading: For APLIT.243 Counterargument and Alternative Reading, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Analytical Conclusion: Choose the concluding statement that synthesizes the line of reasoning and clarifies significance without merely repeating the thesis. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Analytical Conclusion: For APLIT.244 Analytical Conclusion, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4.

Selecting the Strongest Thesis: Choose the thesis that is defensible, specific, interpretive, and responsive to every essential part of the task. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Selecting the Strongest Thesis: For APLIT.245 Selecting the Strongest Thesis, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4.

Revising a Weak Thesis: Select the revision that turns a vague, obvious, factual, or absolute statement into a qualified literary argument. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Revising a Weak Thesis: For APLIT.246 Revising a Weak Thesis, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5.

Selecting Evidence for a Claim: Identify which cited detail would provide the strongest support for a specified analytical claim. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Selecting Evidence for a Claim: For APLIT.247 Selecting Evidence for a Claim, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Eliminating Irrelevant Evidence: Choose the detail that should be removed because it does not develop the paragraph's claim or line of reasoning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Eliminating Irrelevant Evidence: For APLIT.248 Eliminating Irrelevant Evidence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Selecting the Best Commentary: Choose the explanation that most clearly establishes the relationship among evidence, subclaim, and thesis. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Selecting the Best Commentary: For APLIT.249 Selecting the Best Commentary, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9..

Identifying a Logical Gap: Determine where an analysis makes an unsupported leap from evidence to conclusion. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Identifying a Logical Gap: For APLIT.250 Identifying a Logical Gap, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Repairing a Logical Gap: Select the sentence that supplies the missing explanation or qualification needed to complete the reasoning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Repairing a Logical Gap: For APLIT.251 Repairing a Logical Gap, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5.

Integrating Evidence Smoothly: Choose the sentence that introduces and incorporates textual evidence with grammatical and logical coherence. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.D, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Integrating Evidence Smoothly: For APLIT.252 Integrating Evidence Smoothly, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.D, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2.

Attribution and Reference: Select the wording that accurately attributes speech, thought, narration, or quoted language to the correct source within the text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.A, 7.D, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Attribution and Reference: For APLIT.253 Attribution and Reference, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.A, 7.D, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Analytical Style and Precision: Choose the revision that replaces vague, inflated, repetitive, or imprecise language with clear literary analysis. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Analytical Style and Precision: For APLIT.254 Analytical Style and Precision, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.6.

Grammar and Conventions in Analysis: Select the revision that corrects agreement, reference, punctuation, sentence boundary, or verb-tense errors without changing the argument. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Grammar and Conventions in Analysis: For APLIT.255 Grammar and Conventions in Analysis, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2.

Evaluating a Complete Paragraph: Choose the evaluation that best identifies the paragraph's strongest feature and the revision most needed to improve claim, evidence, commentary, or clarity. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A-7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Evaluating a Complete Paragraph: For APLIT.256 Evaluating a Complete Paragraph, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A-7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Relationship Between Paired Texts: Select the statement that best identifies whether two texts reinforce, revise, challenge, echo, or complicate one another. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Relationship Between Paired Texts: For APLIT.257 Relationship Between Paired Texts, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Themes: Choose the comparison that most precisely explains how two texts develop a shared concern toward similar or different insights. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Themes: For APLIT.258 Comparing Themes, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Comparing Characters: Determine how two characters' motives, choices, changes, or relationships illuminate a meaningful similarity or difference. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.A-1.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Characters: For APLIT.259 Comparing Characters, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/LAN; Skills 1.A-1.E, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9..

Comparing Settings: Select the explanation that best compares how physical, social, or historical settings shape values, conflict, and possibility in two texts. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/LAN; Skills 2.A-2.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Settings: For APLIT.260 Comparing Settings, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/LAN; Skills 2.A-2.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Plot and Structure: Choose how differences in sequence, pacing, framing, contrast, or closure alter the effects of related material. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.A-3.F, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Plot and Structure: For APLIT.261 Comparing Plot and Structure, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.A-3.F, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Narrators or Speakers: Determine how two narrators' or speakers' positions, knowledge, reliability, or attitudes shape distinct interpretations of similar subjects. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.A-4.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Narrators or Speakers: For APLIT.262 Comparing Narrators or Speakers, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/LAN; Skills 4.A-4.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Tone: Select the pair of tone descriptions and supporting details that most accurately captures a meaningful contrast or progression. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/FIG/LAN; Skills 4.C, 5.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Tone: For APLIT.263 Comparing Tone, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/FIG/LAN; Skills 4.C, 5.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Diction and Register: Choose the explanation that best connects differences in word choice or style level to audience, voice, social context, or meaning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.A, 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Diction and Register: For APLIT.264 Comparing Diction and Register, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.A, 5.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3.

Comparing Imagery: Identify corresponding or contrasting image patterns and select how they produce different atmospheres or implications. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Imagery: For APLIT.265 Comparing Imagery, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Symbols and Motifs: Determine how a similar object, place, color, action, or motif acquires different significance in two texts. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Symbols and Motifs: For APLIT.266 Comparing Symbols and Motifs, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Figurative Language: Select the explanation that best compares how two texts use simile, metaphor, personification, or allusion to frame an idea. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 6.A-6.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Figurative Language: For APLIT.267 Comparing Figurative Language, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 6.A-6.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Comparing Genre Conventions: Choose how poetry, prose fiction, and drama use different formal resources to treat a related subject or situation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Genre Conventions: For APLIT.268 Comparing Genre Conventions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Literary Periods: Select the comparison that uses period conventions to clarify differences while remaining grounded in the language of both texts.. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/FIG/LAN; Skills 2.B, 5.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Literary Periods: For APLIT.269 Comparing Literary Periods, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/FIG/LAN; Skills 2.B, 5.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9..

Comparing Cultural Perspectives: Determine how distinct social values, traditions, histories, or identities shape the treatment of a shared concern without stereotyping either text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/NAR/LAN; Skills 2.B, 4.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Cultural Perspectives: For APLIT.270 Comparing Cultural Perspectives, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/NAR/LAN; Skills 2.B, 4.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Literary Movement and Convention: Identify the convention associated with a movement or tradition and choose how a text follows, transforms, or resists it. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B, 6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Literary Movement and Convention: For APLIT.271 Literary Movement and Convention, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 5.B, 6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Source and Adaptation: Select the explanation that best describes what a later work preserves, alters, omits, or contests from an earlier source. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Source and Adaptation: For APLIT.272 Source and Adaptation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 3.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Intertextual Allusion: Identify the relationship between an alluding text and its source and choose how the connection changes interpretation. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 6.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Intertextual Allusion: For APLIT.273 Intertextual Allusion, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 6.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Archetype and Transformation: Determine how a familiar character type, plot pattern, or symbolic situation is revised to produce a new perspective. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/STR/LAN; Skills 1.C, 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Archetype and Transformation: For APLIT.274 Archetype and Transformation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/STR/LAN; Skills 1.C, 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Mythic, Biblical, and Classical Reworking: Select how a text's use of a traditional story or figure creates continuity, contrast, irony, or critique. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 6.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Mythic, Biblical, and Classical Reworking: For APLIT.275 Mythic, Biblical, and Classical Reworking, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 6.D, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Translations: Choose the analysis that best explains how differences in diction, syntax, sound, or imagery create distinct effects while representing the same source text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Translations: For APLIT.276 Comparing Translations, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG/LAN; Skills 5.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparing Performances Across Productions: Select the explanation that best connects differing choices in delivery, movement, design, or pacing to differing interpretations of the same dramatic text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Performances Across Productions: For APLIT.277 Comparing Performances Across Productions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7.

Comparing Literary and Visual Adaptations: Determine how a film, illustration, or staged version emphasizes, omits, or transforms elements of a literary source. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/NAR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 4.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparing Literary and Visual Adaptations: For APLIT.278 Comparing Literary and Visual Adaptations, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/NAR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 4.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7.

Parallel Evidence: Identify one detail from each text that creates the strongest basis for a specified comparison. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Parallel Evidence: For APLIT.279 Parallel Evidence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Similarity and Difference in the Same Feature: Choose the comparison that addresses both a genuine similarity and a consequential difference in how that feature functions. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Similarity and Difference in the Same Feature: For APLIT.280 Similarity and Difference in the Same Feature, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Analogous Rather Than Identical Elements: Select the explanation that compares functionally similar elements even when the texts use different forms or devices. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Analogous Rather Than Identical Elements: For APLIT.281 Analogous Rather Than Identical Elements, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Avoiding False Equivalence: Determine which comparison should be rejected because it treats superficial resemblance as equivalent meaning or function. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Avoiding False Equivalence: For APLIT.282 Avoiding False Equivalence, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Comparative Synthesis Claim: Choose the claim that uses comparison to produce a larger insight unavailable from considering either text alone. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparative Synthesis Claim: For APLIT.283 Comparative Synthesis Claim, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A, 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Comparative Thesis: Select the thesis that establishes a clear basis of comparison, identifies a meaningful relationship, and implies a line of reasoning. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparative Thesis: For APLIT.284 Comparative Thesis, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4.

Evidence Balance Across Texts: Determine whether a comparative argument uses relevant and sufficient evidence from both texts rather than privileging one without purpose. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Evidence Balance Across Texts: For APLIT.285 Evidence Balance Across Texts, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Contextualizing a Comparison: Choose the contextual detail that clarifies a formal or thematic difference without becoming a substitute for textual analysis. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET/LAN; Skills 2.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Contextualizing a Comparison: For APLIT.286 Contextualizing a Comparison, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET/LAN; Skills 2.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9.

Comparative Complexity: Select the interpretation that acknowledges convergence, divergence, qualification, or reversal across the two texts. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparative Complexity: For APLIT.287 Comparative Complexity, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.

Evaluating a Comparative Argument: Choose the evaluation that best assesses the accuracy of the basis of comparison, evidence from both texts, and explanatory commentary. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A-7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Evaluating a Comparative Argument: For APLIT.288 Evaluating a Comparative Argument, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.A-7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Identifying the Question Task: Select the paraphrase that most accurately states whether a question asks about meaning, evidence, function, structure, perspective, or the passage as a whole. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Identifying the Question Task: For APLIT.289 Identifying the Question Task, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10.

Using Line and Section References: Determine how much surrounding context is necessary to answer a question tied to cited lines without overreading unrelated material. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Using Line and Section References: For APLIT.290 Using Line and Section References, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5..

Initial Passage Orientation: Choose the information to establish first - genre, speaker or narrator, situation, setting, and conflict - before addressing detailed questions. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/SET/NAR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Initial Passage Orientation: For APLIT.291 Initial Passage Orientation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/SET/NAR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 4.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Tracking the Developing Situation: Select the brief mental summary that best captures what changes from the beginning to the end of a passage. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.A, 3.B, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Tracking the Developing Situation: For APLIT.292 Tracking the Developing Situation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.A, 3.B, 3.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Predicting Before Viewing Choices: Choose the provisional answer most directly supported by the text before comparing it with the available options. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Predicting Before Viewing Choices: For APLIT.293 Predicting Before Viewing Choices, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10..

Local Versus Global Questions: Distinguish questions answerable from a small textual area from those requiring the passage's full development and choose the appropriate evidence range. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Local Versus Global Questions: For APLIT.294 Local Versus Global Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Function Questions: Select the answer that explains what a detail, device, sentence, or event accomplishes rather than merely naming or paraphrasing it. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Function Questions: For APLIT.295 Function Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Inference Questions: Choose the inference that is necessary or strongly supported, avoiding options that are merely possible. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Inference Questions: For APLIT.296 Inference Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1.

Vocabulary-in-Context Questions: Determine the meaning and effect of a word or phrase by testing each choice against syntax, tone, and surrounding ideas. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Vocabulary-in-Context Questions: For APLIT.297 Vocabulary-in-Context Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.4.

Character Questions: Select the response that best connects textual details to perspective, motive, change, relationship, or complexity. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A-1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Character Questions: For APLIT.298 Character Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR; Skills 1.A-1.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Setting Questions: Choose the answer that explains how details of place, time, and social environment function in the passage. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A-2.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Setting Questions: For APLIT.299 Setting Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: SET; Skills 2.A-2.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Plot and Structure Questions: Determine how sequence, contrast, pacing, conflict, or a significant event contributes to the passage's effect. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR; Skills 3.A-3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Plot and Structure Questions: For APLIT.300 Plot and Structure Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR; Skills 3.A-3.F; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Narration Questions: Select the response that accurately identifies narrator or speaker, point of view, perspective, or reliability and explains its effect. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.A-4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Narration Questions: For APLIT.301 Narration Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.A-4.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Diction, Imagery, and Symbol Questions: Choose the interpretation that best explains how word choice, image patterns, or symbols function in context. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A-5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Diction, Imagery, and Symbol Questions: For APLIT.302 Diction, Imagery, and Symbol Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A-5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4.

Comparison and Allusion Questions: Select the answer that accurately explains the relationship created by simile, metaphor, personification, or allusion. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skills 6.A-6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Comparison and Allusion Questions: For APLIT.303 Comparison and Allusion Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skills 6.A-6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Evidence Questions: Identify the textual detail that most directly and sufficiently supports the interpretation specified in the stem. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Evidence Questions: For APLIT.304 Evidence Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9.

Tone Questions: Choose the most precise tone term that accounts for the passage's full context and any meaningful shift. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/FIG; Skills 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Tone Questions: For APLIT.305 Tone Questions, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/FIG; Skills 4.C, 5.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Poetry Set Strategy: Select the reading sequence that prioritizes speaker, situation, shifts, form, and recurring images before resolving fine-grained device questions. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR/STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 4.A, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Poetry Set Strategy: For APLIT.306 Poetry Set Strategy, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: NAR/STR/FIG; Skills 3.C, 4.A, 5.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Prose and Drama Set Strategy: Choose the reading sequence that tracks narrator or audience knowledge, character objectives, setting, conflict, and structural turns. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: CHR/SET/STR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 3.F, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Prose and Drama Set Strategy: For APLIT.307 Prose and Drama Set Strategy, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: CHR/SET/STR/NAR; Skills 1.A, 2.A, 3.F, 4.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6.

Time Allocation Across Sets: Select the pacing plan that protects enough time for all five passage sets while allowing limited extra attention to the most demanding text. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12; AP CED: AP Exam Format; All Skill Categories; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Time Allocation Across Sets: For APLIT.308 Time Allocation Across Sets, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: AP Exam Format; All Skill Categories; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10.

Partly True Distractors: Identify the option that contains a correct observation but draws an unsupported conclusion or fails to answer the exact task. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Partly True Distractors: For APLIT.309 Partly True Distractors, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1.

Overly Broad Distractors: Choose which option extends a local detail into an absolute or passage-wide claim without sufficient evidence. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Overly Broad Distractors: For APLIT.310 Overly Broad Distractors, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.B, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2.

Overly Narrow Distractors: Identify the choice that accurately describes one detail but ignores the larger function or development requested by the question. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Overly Narrow Distractors: For APLIT.311 Overly Narrow Distractors, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: STR/LAN; Skills 3.C, 7.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5.

Reversed Relationship Distractors: Detect an option that correctly names two elements but reverses cause and effect, means and result, or character and narrator. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Reversed Relationship Distractors: For APLIT.312 Reversed Relationship Distractors, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3.

Misattributed Speaker or Referent: Select the option that should be rejected because it assigns words, thoughts, motives, or pronouns to the wrong source. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: NAR; Skills 4.A, 4.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Misattributed Speaker or Referent: For APLIT.313 Misattributed Speaker or Referent, align all items to the curriculum standards.

Outside-Knowledge Distractors: Choose the answer grounded in the provided text rather than an author's biography, historical fact, or work-level knowledge not required by the passage. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Outside-Knowledge Distractors: For APLIT.314 Outside-Knowledge Distractors, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10.

Literal-Figurative Trap: Identify when an option treats figurative language as literal or supplies a figurative meaning unsupported by context. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 6.A-6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Literal-Figurative Trap: For APLIT.315 Literal-Figurative Trap, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: FIG; Skills 5.A, 6.A-6.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5.

Precision Among Near-Synonyms: Choose the tone, relationship, or function term whose nuance most accurately matches the evidence. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12: AP CED FIG/LAN, Skills 5.B and 7.D; CCSS RL.11-12.4, L.11-12.5, and L.11-12.6.

Evidence-Based Elimination: Select the elimination rationale that cites a specific mismatch between an option and the passage rather than relying on intuition alone. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Evidence-Based Elimination: For APLIT.317 Evidence-Based Elimination, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skill 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1.

Flagging and Reviewing Answers: Choose which uncertain item merits review based on unresolved textual evidence, and identify what to recheck efficiently. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Flagging and Reviewing Answers: For APLIT.318 Flagging and Reviewing Answers, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10.

Digital Testing Navigation: Select the most effective use of highlighting, annotation, question navigation, and review tools in the Bluebook environment without over-annotating. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: AP Digital Exam Readiness; All Skill Categories; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Digital Testing Navigation: For APLIT.319 Digital Testing Navigation, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: AP Digital Exam Readiness; All Skill Categories; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10.

Post-Set Error Analysis: Classify a missed question by skill, evidence use, distractor type, or time-management cause and choose the most targeted next practice. Aligned to College Board AP English Literature and Composition CED + CCSS ELA-Literacy Grades 11-12 AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5. - AP Lit and CCSS alignment for Post-Set Error Analysis: For APLIT.320 Post-Set Error Analysis, align all items to the curriculum standards: AP CED: LAN; Skills 7.C, 7.D, 7.E; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5.