AP English Literature and Composition Premium, 2022-2023 by George Ehrenhaft

Author:George Ehrenhaft
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barrons Educational Services
Published: 2021-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Essay Question 3: Literary Argument

Learning Objectives

➜Meaning of free-response

➜Choosing a work to write about

➜Literary elements

➜Plot

➜Setting

➜Characters

➜Narrative voice

➜Structure

➜Language

➜Theme

➜Evaluating student essays

Meaning of Literary Argument

Reader alert! At first glance, the term literary argument may call up visions of a spirited confrontation between readers debating whether Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman suffers more intensely than, say, Bigger Thomas in Native Son. But, no, the argument you are expected to write is not a war of words. Rather, it is a literary analysis of a novel or play of your choice. Your analysis will focus on a character, a set of circumstances, a setting, or some other specified feature of a novel or play.

Here is a typical essay prompt:

Write an essay about a novel or play in which a character faces competing desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences. Identify the conflicting forces and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.

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