Prose Terms
Poetry Terms
About the Exam
About the Essays
Conventions
100

Not just word choice, but its level and mode 

What is Diction?

100

A poem of fourteen lines

What is a sonnet?

100

1 hour for Multiple Choice and 2 hours for the essays

How long is the AP Lit Exam?

100

This has a poem to read and analyze for how the poet uses (3) literary devices in order to (respond to the topic given in the prompt)

What is a Question 1 essay?

100

You do this to the title of a poem

What is put in quotation marks?

200

The attitude of the writer toward a subject or an audience.

What is tone?

200

Poem with no rhyme scheme and no meter

What is free verse?

200

45% is for MCQs and 55% is the Essays

What is the score value on the AP Lit Exam?

200

This has a prose piece (excerpt from a fictional short story, novel, essay, etc.)  to read and analyze for how the author uses (3) literary devices to (respond to a topic in the prompt)

What is a Question 2 Essay?

200

You do this to the title of a novel

What is underline?

300

Can be high/formal, neutral-standard, neutral- informal, or low/non-standard.

What is level of diction?

300

Poem that has meter, but without rhyme 

What is blank verse?

300

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Where do we take the AP Lit Exam?

300

For this, you pick a dramatic play or novel whose content best fits the requirement of the prompt's topic

What is a Question 3 Essay?

300

You do this to all important words in a title

What is capitalize?

400

POV stands for this

What is Point of View?

400

A nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout

What is a villanelle?

400

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When is our AP Lit Exam?

400

40 minutes

How long do you have to write each essay?

400

You use this when you are about to list many items

What is add a colon?

500

Visually descriptive or sensory language

What is imagery?

500

Another term for the Petrarchan sonnet

What is an Italian Sonnet?

500

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What happens if I miss the exam?

500

This addresses ALL parts of the prompt and goes at the end of the introduction

What is the thesis?

500

You use this to attach a dependent clause to an independent clause

What is add a semi-colon?