College Board
The official name of this course
What is AP English Language and Composition?
Month your student will take the exam
What is May?
The literary device that uses words that imitate the sounds they describe
What is onomatopoeia?
Wrote The Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
The courses does AP Lang. award credit for at the college level
What are ENC 1101 and 1102 (with a qualifying score)?
Length of time your student has to complete the AP Lang. exam
What is 3 hours and 15 minutes?
The literary term that gives inanimate objects human characteristics
What is personification?
Known as the reclusive Belle of Amherst, Massachusetts who wrote her poems using an abundance of expressive punctuation
Who is Emily Dickinson?
Number of students across the globe who participate in College Board classes/testing
1 million
7 million
100 million
What is 7 million?
The two sections of the AP Lang. exam
What are multiple choice and essays?
The art of using words and language to express ideas and persuade readers.
What is rhetoric?
Macho writer celebrated for his work despite his struggles with alcoholism. You can tour his home/museum in Key West.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
The name of the testing platform students use to take their SATs and digital exams
hint - Two words -- It's a color and something you read
What is Bluebook?
Number of essays your student will write for the exam
What is three?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
What is allusion?
Famously said, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
Who is Charles Dickens?
Name of the person who serves as head of the AP Program
Who is Trevor Packer?
The essays that your student will write are:
argument
synthesis
and...
What is rhetorical analysis?
A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
What is anecdote?
Writer of the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and speaker of Ms. R's favorite quote, "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
Who is Maya Angelou?