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AP Language Exam. (Q.1) The Analysis Essay 40 minutes In an Analysis Essay you will be analyzing Rhetorical Strategies and Stylistic Elements of a particular.

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1 AP Language Exam

2 (Q.1) The Analysis Essay 40 minutes In an Analysis Essay you will be analyzing Rhetorical Strategies and Stylistic Elements of a particular passage. Your writing should be a direct reflection of your critical thinking. Think about what these devices do to support the point of the passage. Example: William Golding in Lord of the Flies repeatedly uses symbolism to take mature political and spiritual subject matter and make it relatable to the young boys. Don’t just state what the devices are! Relate it to the prompt and analyze it! As long as you stick to the prompt and command a mature use of the devices, your analysis really can’t be wrong!!! Thinking critically is KEY!!!!

3 (Q.1) Types of Analysis Essay Prompts Analyze an author’s view on a specific subject. Analyze rhetorical devices used by an author to achieve his or her purpose. Analyze stylistic elements in a passage and their effects. Analyze the author’s tone and how the author conveys this tone. Compare and/or contrast two passages with regard to style, purpose, or tone. Analyze the author’s purpose and how he or she achieves it. Analyze some of the ways an author re-creates a real or imagined experience. Analyze how an author presents him-or herself in the passage. Discuss the intended and/or probable effect of a passage.

4 (Q.1) How should I spend my time writing this type of essay??? 1-3 minutes reading and working the prompt. 5 minutes reading and taking marginal notes of the passage. (Try to isolate two references that strike you. This may help with your opening and closing.) 5 minute prewrite (Use the S.E.E. Method!) 25 minutes writing your essay 3 minutes proofreading BE SURE TO MARK THE TIME YOU NEED TO FINISH EACH ESSAY ON YOUR PAPER SO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT.

5 (Q.1) What should I do in the body paragraphs?? Present your analysis and the points you want to make of course!! Use the S.E.E. Method!! State what you think. Example: “Throughout her account, Alcott’s diction manipulates emotional responses in her readers.” Explain what you mean. Example: “Words such as ‘earnest,’ ‘brave’and ‘faithful’establish John as a soldier worthy of sympathy, while ‘liberty and justice’ rally the reader to his side with their patriotic connotations.” Be sure to do more than just identify the devices being used, explain how it adds to the writing!! Examples: Use specific references and details from the passage. Don’t always paraphrase the original. Refer directly to it. Place quotation marks around those words/phrases you extract from the passage! Always embed your quotes within your own sentence!!! Example: The young man dying is now “cold, damp, white and in agony.”

6 (Q.1) Intro and Conclusion?? Introduction: Pull your reader into the essay. Look at the prompt and say something profound, something thoughtful, ask a question, use imagery (from the prompt, etc. Conclusion: DO NOT summarize your essay…it’s only one page, the reader can remember what they just read. Clarify the point of the passage what the author is trying to say or get across to the reader Explain what we (the reader) understand from reading this passage. Try to tie in your attention grabber. Expand on your original statement or thought, answer your question, follow through with your imagery.

7 (Q.2) The Argumentative Essay 40 minutes With the Argumentative Essay, you must take a specific stand-agree, qualify, or disagree-with the assertion in the prompt and clearly and logically support your claim. Basically: Do you think about the subject in the same way as the writer/speaker? (Agree) Do I think the writer/speaker is totally wrong? (Disagree) Do I think some of what is said is correct and some incorrect? (Qualify)

8 (Q.2) Once I’ve figured out my position, how do I support it? Here are different types of support/evidence you could include to bolster your argument: Facts/statistics Details Quotations Dialog Needed definitions Recognition of the opposition Examples Anecdotes Compare and contrast Cause and effect Appeal to authority Remember this is an ARGUMENTATIVE essay!! Your tone is key in writing this essay. You can choose to be informal or personal, formal and objective, or even humorous and irreverent, and anything in between. Just be certain that your choice is appropriate for your purpose.

9 (Q.2) How should I begin writing this type of essay? In your introduction make certain to refer specifically to the prompt and correctly explain the author’s position. Make certain to clearly state your position on the given issue. Be creative when you pull your reader in!

10 (Q.2) What about my body paragraphs? In your body paragraphs you take the overlying issues that are brought up in the prompt and create a paragraph for each of those issues. Remember you want to try and stick to 4-6 extremely detailed and well thought out paragraphs. For the Argumentative essays you will be pulling from your own knowledge and opinion. As long as you are able to support all of your ideas with details and examples, you can’t be wrong!!!

11 (Q.3) The Synthesis Essay 40 minutes A Synthesis Essay prompt will introduce to you a description of an issue that has varying viewpoints associated with it. Accompanying the prompt is a selection of sources that has varying viewpoints associated with it. These sources could be anything from nonfiction, fiction, and drama to visual texts like photos, charts, artwork or cartoons! After reading and annotating the sources, you will respond to the prompt with an essay that incorporates and synthesizes at least THREE of the sources in support of your position on the subject.

12 (Q.3) How do I do this!?!?! After reading the sources figure out what broad topic(s) they all deal with. Remember, YOU choose what position you take, YOU choose what you are going to write about. Argumentative---take a position and use the different sources to support your argument. (This may be your best bet!)

13 Q.3 Where do I begin? You do not have to write about EVERYTHING! Choose two or three ideas about the topic to focus on so that you can add more detail and analysis to those ideas. Similar to the Q.2 essay be sure in your introduction to refer specifically to the prompt and clearly state your position. (Make sure that your essay is centering on your argument! Use the sources to support your reasoning and avoid simply summarizing the sources.)


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