Question Types
Exam Format
Skim Reading
Tips and strategies
100

Relationship between paragraphs, may use phrases such as “moves/shifts from”

Relationship

100

How many essays are on the exam?

3

100

locate the number of ________ in the passage

Paragraphs

100

Don’t leave any questions _____

Blank/unaswered

200

Addresses the tone or imagery used in the passage

Style

200

How long is the AP Lang exam as a whole?

3 hours and 15 minutes

200

Consider the ___ of the smaller paragraphs

gist

200

Identify _____ in the questions

patterns

300

Function of a claim, literary device, or footnote, each answer will start with a verb

Purpose

300

How many Multiple Choice questions are there?

50-54

300

Note if you see a ____ within certain paragraphs

Shift

300

Make sure your answer correlates with ________

the type of question asked

400

References to phrases/vocabulary, might say “suggest that”

Content/Context

400

What are the 3 essay types?

Argument, Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis

400

Lookout for discourse ____ and ____

Markers and moves

400

Use the ________ to rule out the distractors

Process of elimination

500

Analyzes the language and literary devices that authors and characters use throughout the passage

Characterization

500

The MCQ is split into 2 categories, what are they?

Rhetorical analysis and composition

500

If its a fill in the blank question or vocab/grammar....

read your answer aloud with the phrase