Prose Terms
Word choice
What is Diction?
A poem of fourteen lines
What is a sonnet?
How long is the AP Lit Exam?
1 hour for Multiple Choice and 2 hours for the essays
How many points are possible for the body of any FRQ?
4 points
You do this to the title of a poem/story.
What is put in quotation marks? (or italicize if typed)
The attitude of the writer toward a subject or an audience.
What is tone?
Poetry with a specific structure and form, including rhyme, meter, stanzas, etc
What is closed form poetry?
What is the score value on the AP Lit Exam?
45% is for MCQs and 55% is the Essays
This has a prose or fiction piece to read and analyze for literary devices and a topic to respond to and requires the use of literary terms and devices
What is a FRQ 2 Essay?
When one line of poetry continues from one line to the next without punctuation or pause in meaning
What is enjambment?
What is level of irony?
A break in a line of poetry, signified by a slash or an extra space between words
What is caesura
Where do we take the AP Lit Exam
H102
Which essay does not require the use of quoted material?
FRQ 3: For this, you pick a play or novel that best fits the requirement of the prompt's topic
You do this to all important words in a title
What is capitalize?
POV stands for this
What is Point of View
The repetition of the beginning words/phrases of a sequence of phrases
What is anaphora?
When is our AP Lit Exam
Wednesday, May 6, 8 AM
How long do you have to write each essay?
40 minutes
I, me, my are examples of...
What is first person language?
Visually descriptive or sensory language
What is imagery?
An extended metaphor, used regularly by poets like John Donne
What is a conceit?
What happens if I miss the exam?
You have to take the make up exam or forfeit your 5 points all year and get no refund.
This addresses ALL parts of the prompt and goes at the end of the introduction
What is the thesis?
What are the 4 parts of a thesis statement.
Author/title, lit terms/devices, addressing the prompt, universal idea