Exam Specifics
Multiple Choice
Synthesis
Rhetorical Analysis
Argument
100

The day of your AP Lang National Exam

Tuesday, May 9th

100

How long you have for the Multiple Choice section of your AP Lang National Exam

60 minutes

100

The amount of time you have for your synthesis essay

15 minutes reading time + 40 minutes writing time

100

The amount of time you have to write your rhetorical analysis essay

40 minutes

100

The amount of time you have to write your argument essay

40 minutes

200

The time that your AP Lang National Exam begins

8 AM

200

How much of your exam score the Multiple Choice section is worth

45%

200

The minimum number of sources you must include in your synthesis essay

3

200

The number of sources you will have access to for your rhetorical analysis essay

1

200

The number of paragraphs you should write for your argument essay

4-5

300

The materials you will use for your AP Lang National Exam

2 Black or dark blue pen for essays / 2 number 2 pencils and eraser for MC

300

How many questions you will answer in the Multiple Choice section

45

300

The number of sources you will have access to for your  synthesis essay (a range)

6-7

300

The number of paragraphs you should write for your rhetorical analysis essay

4-5

300

What type of text will you be given to you to use in your argument essay?

A very short excerpt. A quote, or a couple of lines. 

400

Where you will physically be when you take your AP Lang National Exam

The school

400

How many answer options you will have to choose from for each question

5

400

The recommended number of sources to use in each body paragraph

2

400

In your thesis you instead of rhetorical devices you should write... 

rhetorical choices (rhetorically accurate verbs)

400

What can you use to help you think of specific evidence for this essay? What do they stand for?

C.H.O.R.E.S.

500

How long your AP Lang National Exam will take

approx. 3 1/2 hours
500

The number of passages you will have to analyze and answer corresponding questions

5

500

Topic Sentences function as ...

miniature thesis statements for that body paragraph

500

In order to completely understand and answer the rhetorical analysis essay you must be able to complete... 

S.P.A.C.E.

500

Your argument essay will be stronger and more effective (more likely to get the sophistication point) if you intentionally use: ______

rhetorical devices