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The Right Term
Best the Test
Strategy
So Persuasive
Hodge-Podge
Free Response
100
Word Choice
What is Diction?
100

The time you have to complete the multiple choice section on the AP Language exam

What is 60 minutes?

100
the best strategy for beginning the multiple choice section of the AP Language exam
What is looking quickly over the different passages and deciding which one to read and answer first?
100
Appeals to Logic and Reason
What is Logos?
100

The day and date of the AP Exam?

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

100

The number of essays you will have to write for the Free Response section of the exam? 

What is 3? 

200
Deliberate Exaggeration used to create humor or emphasis
What is Hyperbole?
200

The number of questions you can expect on the multiple choice section of the AP Language exam

What is 45?

200
POE, a recommended strategy for answering multiple choice questions on the AP Language exam
What is Process of Elimination?
200
Appeals to Emotion
What is Pathos?
200

The time you should arrive at school on Wednesday, May 13, 2026

What is 7:30 AM if you want breakfast; 7:45 if you just want the test

200

6-8 is the number of sources that you might have to use for this essay? 

What is the synthesis Essay? 

300

Making sure your thesis connects to your topic sentences and evidence in all of your paragraphs, plus carries over a linking idea, is an example of? 

line of reasoning 


300

The 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?

300

An absolute necessity on the multiple choice section of the AP Language exam; (hint: what some students do during the final two minutes of the multiple choice section)

What is answer every single question, even if you need to guess? NOTE: If you're running out of time, mark "C" for all the remaining questions and then go back and work your way through the questions until you run out of time. *Princeton Review says "C" even on the 4 option 

300
Appeals to what is right or moral
What is Ethos?
300

What should you do if you're running out of time and you still have another essay to write?  

Write the thesis statement. That's 1 point. 

300

It's the essay where you will read a nonfiction text and analyze how the writer’s language choices contribute to the intended meaning and purpose of the text. Often called a ______________ analysis.  

What is a Rhetorical Analysis? 

400

Intentionally placing 2 opposite things side by side to create an effect is

What is juxtaposition? 

400

45% of Exam Score comes from Multiple Choice or Essay? 

What is Multiple Choice? 

400
30-35 minutes
What is the amount of time you should spend writing the synthesis essay?
400

For the synthesis Essay? You will have ?

What is 6-8 Sources including graphs & visuals

400

This test is worth_____________ percent of your grade.

What is 0 - there is not way to use it for a grade since scores aren't released until July

400

All of your essays should have a strong _________________ in the introduction? 

What is a thesis? 

500

This type of order is when you organize your paragraphs by the order the information appears in the text is ? 

What is chronological order? 


500

Writing an introduction is great; however, if you are short on time, it's okay to only write a strong _____________________ for your first introductory paragraph.   

What is a thesis? 

500
The fundamental length requirement of every essay on the AP Language exam
What is two body paragraphs (plus a thesis)?
500

Understanding this is essential to understanding arguments; involves audience, time, place, etc.

What is Context?

500

There are 3 essays - what technique should you start each one with? 

The thesis statement; then come back and write the intro paragraph if you have time

500

What does the multiple choice part of the test do for your score? 

If your essays are solid, it adds to your points and can move you from 3-4, or 4-5 on the exam.