AP Lit Rubric
Literary Elements
SDB Verbs
Literary Devices
Texts We Have Read
100

Passing scores on the AP Lit essays

What is 4-6 points on the AP Lit essays?

100

The ironic minimalizing of a fact.

What is an understatement?

100

To stress the importance of something.

What is to emphasize?

100

The purposeful use of words that contains denotative or connotative meaning.

What is diction?

100

Four Athenians find themselves in a magical chaotic mess dealing with love potions.

What is "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" about?

200

Poetry Analysis, Prose Fiction Argument, Literary argument. 

What is three types of essays that need to be written for the AP Lit exam.

200

When an object is used to represent something to which it is closely related.

What is a metonymy?

200

to make a statement that helps visualize, and define information about people, places, and things.

What is to describe?

200

The narrative voice used to tell a story.

What is point of view?

200

A collection of vignettes on a young girl’s life.

What is "The House on Mango Street" about?

300

You must consistently explain how your evidence supports your claim(s).

What is needed in addition to providing specific evidence for all claims in your essay?

300

A part that represents the whole, such as hands = person

What is a synecdoche?

300

To use details that include and evoke the 5 senses to draw a mental picture of what is going on.

What is to illustrate?

300

An attitude of a speaker or writer towards the subject or audience.

What is tone?

300

A story in which an angel falls into a couple’s home.

What is "A very old man with enormous wings" about?

400

- Identifying and exploring complexities or tensions within the passage.

- Illuminating the student’s interpretation by situating it within a broader context.

- Accounting for alternative interpretations of the passage.

- Employing a style that is consistently vivid and persuasive.

What is some ways to earn the sophistication point for your AP Lit essay?

400

The direct contrast of structurally parallel word groupings.

What is antithesis?

400

To make something feel more present by digging deeper and going down to the roots of something to evoke an emotion.

What is to deepen?

400

The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.

What is foreshadowing?

400

A mother tells her daughter how she should behave and act.

What is "Girl" about?

500

Simply restates thesis (if present), repeats provided information, or offers information irrelevant to the prompt.

What is a score 0 on the AP Lit essays?

500

A comparison between two things typically for the purpose of explanation and clarification?

What is an analogy?

500

Back up and further elaborate the point that is trying to be proven by using details.

What is to support?

500

Contrasting elements placed side by side in order to emphasize their differences.

What is juxtaposition?

500

The author discusses her expectations and explains the process of making an argument by using metaphors related to fishing.

What is "How to Write a Paper for this Class" about?