Crash Course AP Literature
PART III: INTERPRETING READING PASSAGES ...
Unlike more timid spirits, Sylvia’s courage and tenacity will reward her with the joys of new discoveries. ...
Chapter 10 Engaged and Active Reading ...
Chapter 16 An Analytical Approach to Essay Improvement “What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.” —Aristotle ...
In This Chapter Improving Reading Habits More Strategies for Improving Your Reading Annotating a Text Suggested Symbols for Anno ...
In This Chapter Overview Studying Sample Student Essays Method for Analyzing Sample Student Essays ...
IMPROVING READING HABITS In the multiple-choice section of the AP Lit exam, you will have 60 minutes to carefully read five to s ...
OVERVIEW In the same way that we learned to ride a bike, or play a piano, or shoot a basket—by repeating the process, by doing i ...
MORE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING YOUR READING Make a conscious effort to understand what you’re doing as you read. As soon as your ...
STUDYING SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAYS Every year, the College Board publishes sample student essays for each free-response question. Th ...
ANNOTATING A TEXT ...
2008: FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS Questions 1. All Questions Scoring Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statist ...
WHY ANNOTATE When you read a difficult text, you’re not usually reading for pleasure. You want to understand the text and you wa ...
In high-scoring essays, look for the way the writer introduced quotations and passages from the text. Look for his or her use o ...
HOW TO ANNOTATE Earlier in this book, you were given a list of key literary elements to know so you would recognize them in pros ...
METHOD FOR ANALYZING SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAYS The following worksheet was designed to help you to analyze sample student essays for ...
PRACTICE ANNOTATING Start practicing your annotating skills now, so you can train yourself. At first, practicing this skill may ...
PDF documents you will need to print: Click on the “All Questions” link and print (all of the texts and prompts are here). Choos ...
SUGGESTED SYMBOLS FOR ANNOTATING Whether you use the suggested symbols below or create your own, it is important to keep it simp ...
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE PROMPT AND YOUR TASK Begin by reading the prompt for any essay question. (Do not use the prompt for ...
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