Log inSign up

AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards: Control Of Composition Writing Fiction Drama

Study Control Of Composition Writing 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 best practice for tense when writing about events in a literary text?

Tap card or press Space to flip

ANSWER

Use present tense for the text's action and meaning. Literary convention treats texts as eternally present and active.

1 / 38

AP English Literature and Composition: Longer Fiction or Drama

You are hereControl of Composition/Writing: Fiction/Drama38 cards

All flashcards

38 cards

What this deck covers

This deck focuses on Control Of Composition Writing Fiction Drama, giving you a quick way to review the definitions, rules, and examples that matter most for AP English Literature and Composition.

How to use these flashcards

Work through these flashcards in short sessions. Try to answer each prompt before flipping the card, then revisit any cards you miss until the explanation feels automatic.

Practice questions

1 of 38Practice questions for this set
Read the following original drama excerpt: A small hospital waiting room. A vending machine hums. On the wall, a clock with no second hand. DEV (standing, counting the chairs): One, two, three— LENA (sitting, coat still on): Stop. DEV: If I keep counting, it doesn't move. LENA: Time moves anyway. DEV (sits, immediately stands again): The doctor said "soon." LENA: Doctors say "soon" the way people say "someday." (DEV presses the vending machine buttons without inserting money. The machine blinks "SELECT.") DEV: I can't— LENA: Don't break it. DEV (soft): I already broke something. (LENA looks at him, then at the clock. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out two coins, places them on the armrest between them, not in his hand.) LENA: If you're going to do something, do that. DEV (doesn't take the coins): I don't deserve to. (LENA slides the coins closer to him with one finger. They scrape.) Which choice best explains how the playwright's compositional choices (especially the clock "with no second hand" and the repeated, thwarted actions) develop the scene's central tension? ​
Choose an answer

Keep your progress across every deck

Free account · cards you mark are saved to it