Section II
Question 2 is this type of essay
Analysis
This is the feeling associated with a word, not the dictionary definition.
connotation
If you begin your conclusion paragraph with this phrase Ms. Ermis will kill you.
In conclusion
"And I believe God has sustained me with rap/So I pick a burning bush, put it in a Swisher wrap"
–Untitled by Killer Mike
Religious Allusion
This is the date and time of your AP Language and Composition exam
Wednesday May 15th, 9am
For this essay, you will probably not have any quotes from outside sources, but should reference specific examples.
The argument essay
"The person he loved the most ended up killing him" is an example of this
Paradox
It is important to use these to introduce new ideas within your essay. Usually at the beginning of a new paragraph.
Transition
"why you babysitting only two or three shots?
I'mma show you how to turn it up a notch
First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it"
-Swimming Pools by Kendrick Lamar
Hyperbole
After the 15 min of "reading" time allowed, this is how long you have left to write your essays
2 hours
You should spend this many minutes writing each of the three essays
40 minutes
This is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Satire
The thesis statement of Question 3 (Argument) should be this.
Your position/ argument
"I come fresh like your breath after you brush,
wack Mc's like that orange soda get crushed."
- Fatlip on "Pharcyde," Labcabincalifornia
Simile
You should NOT use this point of view in your analysis essay until the conclusion paragraph.
1st person perspective
This much reading time will be given to you at the beginning of the essay section.
15 min.
but you can begin writing during that time.
This is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Anaphora
Moving from a specific detail to the bigger picture discussion is this kind of reasoning.
Inductive
"Summer days more likely that you notice breeze
Winter days more likely that you notice heat
When I'm gone, more likely that you notice me
In the dark it's more likely that you notice light
In the light more likely that you notice night"
-Make You Feel That Way by Blackalicious
Parallelism
This is how many multiple choice questions you should answer in the 60 min time allowed on the exam.
All of them
You MUST use at least this many sources in your synthesis essay.
3
This is when two things are placed close together to highlight a contrasting effect.
Juxtaposition
Your analysis essay should focus on the effect that the speaker's text has on this
The intended audience
"America, I just checked my following list and
You go tell somebody
You mothaf *&^as owe me"
-This is America, Childish Gambino
Personification
"You just a Black man in this world
You just a barcode, ayy
You just a Black man in this world
Drivin' expensive foreigns, ayy
You just a big dawg, yeah
I kenneled him in the backyard
No proper life to a dog
For a big dog"
-This is America by Childish Gambino
Metaphor