This is a list of short stories frequently used in AP Lit classrooms. For each, I suggest AP Lit skills and texts that you can use with it.
10 Short Stories for AP Lit
Category: Prose Analysis Lessons & Resources
AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Narrator & Perspective
In this guest post from Susan Barber, we explore the narrator's perspective in popular movie clips and James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues."
AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Character and Setting
Analyze the relationship between setting and character using scenes from Pride and Prejudice and Ann Petry's "The Street."
AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Similes in Prose
This free lesson using movie clips and "A Man Called Ove" explains how analyzing similes in prose builds strong analytical skills.
AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Function of Setting
This free lesson guides students in analysis of a setting's function using a film clip and Langston Hughes' "Cora Unashamed." Additional short story suggestions are included.