The Test
The day that the test is on
What is Tuesday?
45
How many questions will there be on the MC?
and
What is the percentage of your overall score that the MC will account for?
How did they write it? INSTEAD OF - What did they mean?
What we should focus our analysis on as we read and write about the passage
The easiest type of evidence to work into an argument essay because you are already an expert on it
What is personal experience?
The number of sources you have to use
What is three?
What is 5?
The number of passages you will have to read on the MC
What is five?
The reason a text was written at the time and place it was written. Why right now?
What is exigence?
One well-developed example instead of several one sentence ones
What is the best approach to evidence on the Argument Essay?
The amount of time College Board gives you to read the sources
What is 15 minutes?
135 minutes
What is the amount of time you'll have for the essay section?
The two different types of questions on the MC
What are rhetorical analysis and composition?
Or
What are reading and writing?
The elements of the rhetorical situation as described by the acronym SPACE
What are Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, and Exigence?
A great way to develop your argument AND build your credibility with your audience.
What is a counterclaim?
The first essay you HAVE to write on the test
Water
What aren't you allowed to have during the test because College Board are jerkfaces?
60%
What is a good score on the MC?
The rubric category worth the most points on this and every other essay
What is evidence and commentary?
The acronym to help remember the different types of evidence you can use.
What is CHORES - Current Events, History, Outside Knowledge, Reading, Experience (personal), and Science
Should you advocate for your opinion on the topic in the synthesis essay?
What is no? You should meld the ideas in the sources together to form a clear position, but your personal opinion doesn't need to come in.
The percentage of your score that the FRQs account for
What is 55%?
The answer you should choose if you are stuck between two similar answers on the MC
What is the more specific answer?
Tone, Word Choice, Imagery, Examples
What are choices that appear in almost every text and are therefore things you could write about?
The word describing a clear train of thought in your argument - this piece leads to this piece which leads to this conclusion -
What is line of reasoning?
When you summarize the information in a source while still giving credit?
What is paraphrase?