Exam Structure
Length of the AP Language Exam
What is 3 hours and 15 min?
*If you said 3 hours or more I will count your answer
Date of the AP Lang Exam
Tuesday May 14th @ 8AM
S stands for
What is speaker?
Definition: How a writing piece is organized
What is Structure?
Rhetoric general definition
What is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language to create argument?
The two sections of the exam are called...
Multiple choice & Free Response/ Essay
Time that you should be in the testing room
Between 7:45-8:00 AM?
P stands for
What is purpose?
Definition: the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
What is diction?
Ethos definition
What is an element of argument and persuasion through which a speaker establishes their credibility and knowledge
The titles of the 3 Essays are...
What is the synthesis essay, rhetorical analysis essay, and the argument essay?
The location of the exam
Where is the Girls Gym?
The first A stands for
What is Audience?
Definition: the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
What is syntax?
Pathos Definition
What is an element of argument that evokes pity, sadness, or strong emotion?
T/F: There are retakes for the exam if you wake up late
What is FALSE?!!!
T/F: You can keep your smartwatch during the exam as long as you give your phone up
What is FALSE?!!!
The first C stands for
What is Context?
Definition: tools in writing used to hint at strong themes, meanings, or sometimes references of other things
*Hint- this is a group of words to enhance the reading/ writing in poetry especially
What are literary devices/ figurative language?
Logos Definition
What is an element of argument that uses a rhetorical or persuasive appeal to the audience's logic and rationality
This essay has you look at 6 different sources
What is the synthesis essay?
Materials you need to bring for the exam
What is a laptop and MAYBE water?
E stands for
What is Exigence?
Definition: The speaker's/ author's attitude in the text
What is tone?
Language origin of ethos, pathos, & logos
What is Greek/ Aristotle?