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Advanced Placement English Literature

Goal 2: The learner will inform an audience by exploring literature to explain its artistry and its underlying social and cultural values.

Objective 2.01

Locate, process, and comprehend texts that:

• explain themes, issues, and concepts in order to relate complex issues from a variety of historical, stylistic, and critical stances.
• examine significant comparisons and similarities among texts that propose different ideas related to similar concepts.

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Objective 2.02

Analyze the artistry of various works of literature by:

• recognizing historical context in terms of the evolution of language and literature.
• examining literary techniques such as style, syntax, diction, figurative language, tone, purpose, and audience.

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Objective 2.03

Publish works to enable an audience to understand a principle, theory or artistic technique by:

• presenting a focused thesis with supporting detail and commentary.
• adjusting diction, tone, language and method of presentation to the audience.

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