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AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards: Function Of Character Change Poetry

Study Function Of Character Change Poetry 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 function of a character's change that is revealed late as a reversal?

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ANSWER

To create peripeteia that reshapes interpretation of events. Late reversals force readers to reinterpret all previous events.

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Read the following poem and answer the question that follows. "Receipt" The cashier hands me a receipt long as a winter scarf. Milk, soap, batteries—proof of a life made of small replacements. At the bottom, a survey code asks if I was satisfied. I fold the paper into my pocket, forget it, wash it. Days later, I find it again, soft as lint, its ink fading into blankness. Even my purchases refuse to stay remembered. What is the function of the shift at Days later?
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