AP English Literature Periods 1&2

Directions: Select one of the following Free Response Questions. Read the Prompt Carefully, and then go back to that actual segment in your text. Re-read that section before writing your one pager. You may use King Lear; The Kite Runner; Oedipus (either one); or your literature circle text from Independent Reading. In many novels, having a role model or lacking one can impact a characters behavior. Choose a novel or play of literary merit in which the lack of or possession of a role model shapes a character in an important way. Discuss how this lack of or acquisition of a role model ontributes to the meaning of the work as whole. 2. In many novels and plays, there is a certain word, phrase, a refrain, that is repeated or used several times throughout the text, that holds significant influence, or weight over a character or characters, or the story. Choose a novel or play with a repeated phrase. In a well-written essay, explain the meaning of this phrase and how it impacts the characters, the story, and the work as whole.