AP Literature Text Review Sheet
Ms. Craff/Glasman/Wu
Directions: Complete a separate review sheet for “King Lear” or another text of your choice.
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“A Streetcar Named Desire”
Song of Solomon
IRP Novel #1
IRP Novel #2
“King Lear”
American Play
American Novel
British text
British text
British tragedy
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Plot Diagram and Details
1) List the key moments and events of the plot and subplot that drive the narrative forward.
2) In the chart beneath the plot diagram, list one quote that captures the significance of each section. For
example, what quote would you choose to represent the climax of the work? (References instead of quotes
are okay for the work other than “Lear;” make them as specific as possible.)
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Denouement/
Resolution/Catastrophe
Exposition
Plot Part
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Denouement/Resolution/Catastrophe
Representative Quote
Major Conflicts, Themes, Irony/Paradox and the Meaning of the Work as a Whole
Directions: Identify five major conflicts, themes, ironies/paradoxes the text examines. Then write a thesis
statement that articulates the meaning of the work as a whole through this thematic lens.
Sentence Starters
1) Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire explores…
2) In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams examines…
Conflicts, Themes, Irony, Paradox
Meaning of the Work as a Whole
Sight vs. Blindness in King Lear
In King Lear, Shakespeare examines the tension between sight and
blindness. He suggests that seeing the self and world clearly comes not
from external appearances alone, but rather ironically from what we “see”
when we are blinded to the labels society assigns. Ultimately, Shakespeare
argues that only when we strip away our outer garments or become
blinded to the artificial constructs society creates can we see truth.
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