📚ap english literature review

Implied audience

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The intended or assumed reader or listener whom the speaker addresses, whose values, knowledge, and assumptions shape the speaker's tone and message.

AP course connection

Topic 4.5: 4.5 Narrative distance, tone, and perspective

Unit 4

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