Multiple Choice
You have this much time for the multiple choice section?
60 minutes
The best essays use these types of persuasive appeals
Pathos, ethos, and logos
How much time do you have to read the sources?
15 minutes
In analysis, should you refer to the author by their first or last name?
Last
When you accept that your opposition has a valid point, it gives you ethos and is called making a ______________.
Concession
True or False: If you don't know the answer, you'll lose points if you guess.
False. You get credit for what you get right and lose NOTHING by guessing, even if it is incorrect.
How much time do you have to *write* the three essays?
2 hours
6 -- the same as any AP English essay
When quoting from a line of text, it is best to use this at the end of the quotation?
Citation - line number
True or False: It is best to address the underlying values in a controversy
True!
True or False: This section may include passages that are hundreds of years old and contemporary.
True
The essay section counts for this percent of the total score:
55%
How many sources must you incorporate to score at least a 3 out of 6?
3 (but having more is better)
True or False: This needs to be a 5 paragraph essay
False -- there is no set limit or structure to the amount you write.
Focus on the strategies you can connect to meaning/purpose
A great argument always contains this Q word which allows for error
Qualification (Qualifier)
The multiple choice section counts for this percent of the total score:
45%
This is the order the essays will be presented to you:
Persuasive, Rhetorical analysis, synthesis
How many sources do you have to draw from?
6-8
Name 5 elements you may potentially focus on in a Rhetorical Analysis essay
**open**
What acronym describes relevant evidence to back up your argument?
REHUGO
Reading, Entertainment, History, Universal Truth, Government, and Observation.
These are the two places in the passages you'll most likely find the main point.
The beginning and the end
You really should end your first paragraph with this
Thesis statement
The total percentage of the ap exam this essay is worth
It's not enough to write that this author uses whatever strategies; I also need to tell the audience this:
The PURPOSE of those strategies and how they relate to the message of the speaker
Failure to produce a counterclaim limits ______________ (name at least two things)
Scope, nuance, persuasiveness, and sophistication