AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards: Character Choices Actions Fiction Drama

Study Character Choices Actions Fiction Drama in AP English Literature and Composition with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What is the most defensible way to connect complexity to meaning in a claim about a text?

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Link the character's contradictions to a theme or central tension. Character contradictions illuminate broader thematic concerns.

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In the following original drama excerpt, Ren, a restaurant line cook, confronts the owner, Ms. Vale, after discovering that tips have been withheld. Other staff members listen from the doorway. VALE: Keep your voice down. REN: I'm keeping it exactly where it belongs. VALE: You don't understand overhead. REN: I understand my rent. VALE: If you don't like it, you can leave. REN: That's the plan. VALE: Don't be dramatic. REN: You call it drama when it isn't happening to you. VALE: You're replaceable. REN: (He takes off his apron slowly, folds it into a neat square, and places it on the prep table.) Then replace me with someone who doesn't notice what you're stealing. What does Ren's action and statement most clearly reveal?​
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