Course Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Exam ACE ID: CLEP-0011 Version: 3 Organization: College Board's College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) ACE Credit Recommendation Period: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028 3/1/2015 - 12/31/2022 7/1/2001 - 2/28/2015 3/1/1996 - 6/30/2001 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Analyzing and Interpreting Literature Credit is recommended for candidates scoring 50 and above on the multiple choice section of the examination. Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The Analyzing and Interpreting Literature examination covers material usually taught in a general two-semester undergraduate course in literature. Although the examination does not require familiarity with specific works, it does assume that candidates have read widely and perceptively in poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction. The questions are based on passages supplied in the test. These passages have been selected so that no previous experience with them is required to answer the questions. The passages are taken primarily from American and British literature. Skills Measured: The skills measured include Genre - 35 - 45 percent: poetry; 35 - 45 percent: prose (fiction and nonfiction); 15 - 30 percent: drama; National Tradition - 50 - 65 percent: British literature; 30 - 45 percent: American literature; and 5 - 15 percent: works in translation; and Period - 3 - 7 percent: classical and pre-Renaissance; 20 - 30 percent: Renaissance and 17th century; 35 - 45 percent: 18th and 19th centuries; and 25 - 35 percent: 20th and 21st centuries. Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Equivalencies Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from College Board's College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) View All Courses College Credit Opportunities Page Content