The Right Term
Word Choice
What is Diction?
(Side comment: Never write: "the author uses diction..." What kind of diction (words) does the author use? Be descriptive.)
The time you have to complete the multiple choice section on the AP Language exam
What is 60 minutes for 45 questions?
The BULK score of your essay(s) score depends on ..
*think of the rubrics
Evidence and commentary!
Appeals to Logic and Reason
What is Logos?
Remember: Before bringing up logos, you must cite a device that appeals to logos.
What time do you need to check in at the gym or the media center tomorrow morning?
What time is 7 am?
(with your laptop, charger, pencil, water, snack, and positive mindset)
Deliberate Exaggeration used to create humor or emphasis
What is Hyperbole?
What inspires, provokes, or prompts the speaker to create the text?
What is the exigence?
Have a minimum of ________ body paragraphs.
at least two
(Technically....it's one, but let's not be inconsiderate to the grader.)
True/False: The exam will have writing questions that ask students to “read like a writer” and consider revisions to stimulus texts.
What is true?
Repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses
Anaphora
+1000
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?
What is 135 minutes?
On the synthesis exam, how many different sources should you include?
What is a minimum of 3 different sources?
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)
+1000
What percentage of the AP English Language exam score comes from the multiple-choice section?
45%
+1000
An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. Ex: Bible
Allusion
+1000
What should you include in each rhetorical analysis body paragraph?
What is a main claim (that details a specific strategy), contextual evidence (of the strategy/device), and commentary (to prove its importance)?
What is the RECOMMENDED amount of time you should spend reading & writing the synthesis essay?
What is 45-55 minutes?
First person pronouns can be used in ______________ essay.
Ex: I, we, us, our, etc.
What are argumentative and/or synthesis essays?
What score (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) do prestigious colleges accept as college credit?
4s and 5s
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
What is parallelism?
Writing an introduction paragraph is great; however, ensure you have a solid _____________________ in your first paragraph.
What is a thesis?
Don't make the grader hunt for your thesis.
+1000
In a rhetorical analysis essay, you must explicitly list 2-3 ______________ in your thesis.
What are rhetorical choices/devices?
Comparison, Paradox, Allusion, Metaphor, etc.
+1000
What type of evidence should you include in your argumentative essay?
What are current events, historical events, and/or academic readings?
The ENTIRE AP English Language and Composition exam is __________________.
*Excluding the break
3 hours and 15 minutes
Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end.
What is a periodic sentence?
the intended receivers /listeners of the text
What is the audience?
Side reminder: How does the author tailor the text to that specific person/group?
to acknowledge the complexities of the argument and to modify/make recommendations based on observations
What does "qualify the notion" mean?
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
True/False: 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
What is false?