AP EXAM
MULTIPLE CHOICE
RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
SYNTHESIS ESSAY
ARGUMENT ESSAY
100

WHAT TIME DOES THE TEST START 

8:00AM 

100
HOW MANY PASSAGES WILL YOU HAVE TO READ? 

4-5


100

HOW MANY PARAGRAPHS IN A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY 

4

100

HOW MANY PARAGRAPHS

6

100

HOW MANY PARAGRAPHS 

5

200

HOW LONG IS THE EXAM?

3 HOURS 

200

HOW MANY QUESTIONS PER PASSAGE?

12-15


200

WHAT DO YOU PRESENT IN A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY 

AUTHORS PURPOSE 

RHETORICAL DEVICE/APPEALS 

200

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

READING MULTIPLE ARTICLES AND CREATING AN ARGUMENT 



200

BREAKDOWN THE ESSAY 

INTRO

2 BODY

COUNTERCLAIM/REBUTTAL 

CONCLUSION 


300

HOW MANY ESSAYS ON THE EXAM? 

300

HOW LONG SHOULD YOU TAKE ON A QUESTION

1.5 MINS

300

WHAT ARE THE RHETORICAL APPEALS 

LOGOS

ETHOS 

PATHOS 

300

BREAKDOWN THE PARAGRAPHS 

INTRO/BACKGROUND 

3 REASONS 

COUNTER CLAIM 

CONCLUSION 

300

WHAT MUST YOU USE TO WRITE THIS ESSAY

background knowledge 

400

NAME THE ESSAYS ON THE EXAM 

ARGUMENT 

SYNTHESIS 

RHETORICAL 

400

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE CONFUSED 

MOVE ON 

400

WHAT ARE SOME RHETORICAL DEVICES 

DICTION 

SYNTAX

IMAGERY

RHETORICAL QUESTION 

400

HOW MANY OF THE SOURCES SHOULD YOU USE IN YOUR ESSAY 

3

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