English Lit · Unit 4 · Paper 2

Literary Argumentation unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 42 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 4, Paper 2” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted

Structuring by argument, not by chronology

Line of reasoning

Addressing complexity

Integrating quotation grammatically

Vivid and persuasive style

Reading a poem before writing

AP Lit essay rubric

Thesis that names the how

Commentary that earns points

Analyzing the quotation you chose

Time management across three essays

Acknowledging a counter-reading

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Topic sentence as sub-claim

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Preparing works in advance

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Common trap: paraphrase as commentary

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Common trap: the device hunt

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

LITERARY ARGUMENT (6 points). Many works of literature feature a character who conceals something significant — a fact, an intention, an identity, or a feeling — from other characters. The concealment may be self-protective, generous, cowardly, or necessary, and its consequences may fall on the concealer, on those kept in the dark, or on both. Either from your own reading or from the list below, choose a work of fiction in which a character conceals something significant. Then write a well-written essay analyzing how the concealment contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot. Beloved · Great Expectations · Jane Eyre · The Great Gatsby · Their Eyes Were Watching God · Crime and Punishment · The Remains of the Day · Never Let Me Go · Wuthering Heights · A Tale of Two Cities · The Scarlet Letter · Atonement · Song of Solomon · The Kite Runner · Middlemarch · Frankenstein · The Namesake · Invisible Man · Persuasion · Antigone · Othello · A Doll's House · The Importance of Being Earnest · Death of a Salesman · Passing · Pride and Prejudice