About the Exam
These are the two sections on the AP Exam
What are the multiple choice and the free response
This is the number of multiple choice questions
45
This is the number of sources you need to use on the Synthesis Essay.
4
When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.
Juxtaposition
Describes the author’s attitude toward his material, the audience, or both.
Tone
These are the three types of free response questions, in order.
What are Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis, and Argument
This is often the author's message of the passage, and it can be explicitly stated or implied.
Main idea
True or False: In the Synthesis essay, you can include outside information.
False
Intentional exaggeration to create an effect.
Hyperbole
a method of paragraph or essay development in which a writer arranges people, objects, or ideas with shared characteristics into groups
Classification
This is the total length of the AP Lang
2 hours and 15 minutes
This is the point in the passage where the overall feeling changes.
Tonal shift
Audience
Exposition
"Although there are some who hype the benefits of Stanley Cups" is an example of a
Counterclainm
This is the free response question that asks you to read a passage and write an essay analyzing the rhetorical strategies the author used to construct the passage.
What is rhetorical analysis.
This is the inspiration and demand for a text.
Exigence
What type of rhetorical analysis is exemplified in this thesis statement: In the beginning of the text, the writer demonstrated examples of why Iowans are so great, in the middle, she expresses the dangers of social media, and in the end of the speech, Reynolds provides specific results when Iowans focus on communities.
Chronological detective.
Implied or associated meaning of a word
Connotation
This is the amount of time you should spend on the Argument Essay
40 minutes
These are the two types of multiple choice questions on the exam.
Rhetorical analysis reading and rhetorical analysis writing.
Often, you will be asked to ________________ a sentence in a composition passage to make it match the rest of the tone in the passage.
Revise
The following is an example of these type of evidence: For example, the Pink Tax is a concept in which women have to pay more expenses in life over time due to the necessity of sanity products and women's health such as child birth and women's exams.
Concrete evidence
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. It explains something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.
Analogy
What time is breakfast in Mrs. Ortiz' classroom on exam day?
7:00 am