Finding the Right Words
Let's use straightforward language: word choice.
What is Diction?
The time you have to complete the multiple choice section on the AP Language exam (also the title of a CBS recurring interview program)
What is 60 minutes?
+200
The BULK score of your essay(s) score depends on ..
Evidence and commentary!
Appeals to Logic and Reason
What is Logos?
T/F: The AP Lang. exam will have writing questions that ask students to “read like a writer” and consider revisions to stimulus texts.
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Shakespeare's most famous play
Romeo and Juliet
If what I said were true over the years, I would have died of laughter a million times by now. Glad instead I have this rhetorical device to help me exaggerate how I feel.
What is Hyperbole?
The number of questions you can expect on the multiple choice section of the AP Language exam. (The answer to life plus 3.)
What is 45?
Have a minimum of ________ body paragraphs.
Two
What percentage of the AP English Language exam score comes from the multiple-choice section?
45%
According to Virginia Woolf, a woman needs this to be a writer.
Money OR a room of one's own.
It is important that you understand this technique. It is important that you remember its name. It is important that you know it's not just repetition.
Anaphora
+300
The EXACT amount of time you will have to read, plan, and write your three essays during the AP English Language and Composition exam.
What is 2 hours and 15 minutes?
On the synthesis exam, you must answer the prompt and discuss the __________ among three or more sources.
Relationship, Differences, Commonalities, etc.
+300
What essay can you use First Person?
Ex: I, we, us, our, etc.
Synthesis AND Argumentative Free Response
The day and date of the AP Exam?
What is Wednesday, May 13, 2026?
According to The Atlantic Gen-Zers might have a difficult time reading The Declaration of Independence due to this.
You would have to be as blind as Sampson not to understand that this means making a reference.
Allusion
This accounts for 45% of your final exam score.
What is Multiple Choice?
What is the RECOMMENDED amount of time you should spend reading & writing the synthesis essay?
50 minutes
What does C.H.O.R.E.S. stand for? What essay will it help?
Current Events, History, Outside Info, Reading, Extracurricular, Science
Free Response/Argumentative
HELP points: +1000
This test is worth_____________ percent of your grade in this class...
What is 0%?
Name a Taylor Swift song
Answers may vary
“When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not.” Yoda has an interesting way of arranging his sentence structure, also called this.
Syntax
Writing an introduction paragraph is great; however, ensure you have a solid complex _____________________ in your first paragraph.
What is a thesis?
In a rhetorical analysis essay, how many rhetorical devices should you list in your thesis?
On that note, list three rhetorical DEVICES.
Three!
Oxymoron, Paradox, Allegory, Metaphor, etc.
+1000
Which of the following best describes the difference between the rhetorical analysis essay and the argumentative free response essay?
The rhetorical analysis essay focuses on how an author builds an argument, while the argument essay asks students to develop their own argument
+500
The ENTIRE AP English Language and Composition exam is __________________.
*must say the exact answer
3 hours and 15 minutes
How should you end a synthesis essay?
Include a claim of policy within your conclusion.
+500
Passed away
Euphemism
What is a call to action?
The reading section of the MCQ may ask you to 'INFER' certain parts of the text. What does INFER/INFERENCE mean?
An inference is a conclusion reached by reasoning, using evidence and background knowledge to understand something not directly stated
EX: Someone slams the door = they are upset/angry
+1000
What is the difference between rhetorical devices and rhetorical appeals?
A "rhetorical device" is a specific technique or tool used in writing or speech to persuade an audience, like metaphors, repetition, or rhetorical questions, while "rhetorical appeals" are the broader categories of persuasion a speaker uses to influence the audience, such as appealing to logic (logos), emotions (pathos), or credibility (ethos)
+1200
T/F: AP English Language and Composition (AP Lang) is a college-level course and exam focusing on the close reading and analysis of imaginative literature (fiction, poetry, drama) from various periods, aiming to deepen understanding of how writers use language
F A L S E
What is the danger of a single story?
It creates an incomplete and often misleading understanding of a person, group, or culture by presenting only one perspective or narrative. This limited viewpoint can lead to stereotypes, reinforce biases, and strip away the complexity and diversity of real experiences, ultimately fostering misunderstanding and prejudice.