FRQs Facts
FRQ #1 covers
Poetry
Highest grade for a single FRQ?
6
What does TAG stand for?
Title, Author, Genre
A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
ALLEGORY
A “play on words” based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things.
Pun
FRQ #2 covers
Short Stories
If you have a defensible thesis statement, what points can you get?
1 point
What must be defensible in your FRQ?
The Thesis Statement
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent
ANAPHORA
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. “Jumbo shrimp.” “Pretty ugly.” “Bitter-sweet”
Oxymoron
FRQ#3 covers
any novel you have read.
For Sophistication in writing you can get
1 point
You need at least two of these.
Evidence
Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea.
APOSTROPHE
A character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero.
FOIL
How long do you have to write each essay?
40 minutes
What is the highest points for evidence and commentary?
4
How many total essays will you write?
3
A word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations.
Colloquialism
The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures.
Parallel Structure
FRQ stands for
FREE RESPONSE QUESTION
If you score a 3 on the essay, do you pass?
Yes
What is the total time limit for the FRQs?
2 hours.
A poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died. A Eulogy is great praise or commendation, a laudatory speech, often about someone who has died.
Elegy
A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole. “If you don’t drive properly, you will lose your wheels.” The wheels represent the entire car.
Synecdoche