📚ap english literature review

Shifts

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

Shifts are significant changes in tone, mood, point of view, or other elements within a literary work that indicate a shift in meaning or direction.

AP course connection

Topic 2.2: 2.2 Understanding & interpreting meaning in poetic structure

Unit 2
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