Crash Course AP Literature
THREE TYPES OF FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS 1. A prose passage is provided (generally fiction, but sometimes nonfiction) for you to r ...
PROMPTS, IN GENERAL An essay prompt does several things: 1. Asks you to carefully read a specific text. 2. Gives you a content t ...
It is critically important for you to know exactly what a prompt is asking for and respond appropriately. You will earn a very l ...
ANALYSIS OF PROSE PASSAGE PROMPTS The information that follows comes from an analysis of approximately 25 prose prompts from rel ...
Analyze how the author produces a comic effect. narrative effect, comedy Analyze how the author’s use of langue generates a vivi ...
Analyze the literary techniques the author uses to describe ___ and to characterize the people who live there. analysis of eleme ...
LITERARY TECHNIQUES/DEVICES Exam writers sometimes list literary techniques or devices in the passage prompts for you to conside ...
Prevalence Rating ⋆ = 1-2 instances ⋆⋆ = 3-5 ⋆⋆⋆ = 6+ instances Diction ⋆⋆ Dialogue/speech ⋆ Figurative language ⋆⋆ Imagery ⋆⋆ N ...
ANALYSIS OF POETRY PROMPTS The information that follows come from an analysis of poetry prompts from released exams. About one-t ...
Analyze how the poet uses language to portray the scene and convey mood and meaning. analysis of setting, mood Discuss how the p ...
LITERARY TECHNIQUES/DEVICES Exam writers sometimes list literary techniques or devices in the poetry prompt for you to consider. ...
Prevalence Rating ⋆ = 1–2 instances ⋆⋆ = 3–5 instances ⋆⋆⋆= 6+ instances Allusion ⋆ Diction ⋆⋆⋆ Figurative language ⋆⋆ Form ⋆ Im ...
ANALYSIS OF OPEN-ENDED PROMPTS The information that follows comes from an analysis of open-ended prompts from released exams. Th ...
explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work. conflict Show how the presentation of a character considered ev ...
enhances the meaning. style/technique Show how the character’s relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the work. ...
CHAPTER 15 Essay Basics “Persuasion is achieved by the speaker’s personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us t ...
In This Chapter Overview About the Essays Typical Problems General Qualities of a Good Essay Elements of A Good Introduction Mor ...
OVERVIEW You will not be required to write the most brilliant essays you’ve ever written to do well on the AP Lit exam. But you ...
ABOUT THE ESSAYS You will be writing three essays in two hours, which gives you approximately 40 minutes for each essay. In this ...
TYPICAL PROBLEMS If you were to ask an AP reader to list some typical mistakes students make in writing their essays, he or she ...
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