<p>I know and love my lit crit, and my problem, staring at my first AP English writing prompt, is whether I should stick to the textbook list of "literary devices", or should I use my own independent knowledge? </p>
<p>For example, I like using concept of chronotope, the coordinates of time-space in the narrative, but I have never seen it in the course.
Should I take the risk of not being understood?</p>