Crash Course AP Literature
GENERAL QUALITIES OF A GOOD ESSAY A relatively short essay with a defensible thesis and a few insightful claims supported with t ...
ELEMENTS OF A GOOD INTRODUCTION The task given in the prompt must be acknowledged in your introduction. The writer’s name and th ...
MORE ON THESIS STATEMENTS A thesis statement is the sentence where you state your purpose or what you intend to prove in your es ...
DEVELOPING THE BODY OF THE ESSAY The body of your essay is where you argue your thesis. You will need to make several points or ...
MORE ON EXPLAINING YOUR REASONING Sometimes, you will think that your ideas are clearly stated, when they’re actually only impli ...
WRITING A CONCLUSION THAT INSPIRES: QUALITIES OF A GOOD CONCLUSION Avoid generic summary conclusions that simply restate the the ...
SOME CONCLUSION TIPS: Never introduce a new idea (a new claim) in the conclusion. Generally, do not cite the text in the conclus ...
“BUT, WHAT IF I RUN OUT OF TIME?” It is possible that you will not have time to write a conclusion. Of course it is best if you ...
QUOTING THE TEXT: TIPS AND STRATEGIES Use partial quotations. It will be rare that you will need to quote an entire sentence fro ...
INTEGRATING OR EMBEDDING (SUPPORT) TEXTUAL EVIDENCE Weaving textual evidence into an essay is a skill that you can practice and ...
I USING PRECISE LANGUAGE: CONFIDENTLY SAYING WHAT YOU MEAN Use higher-level vocabulary I have suggested that you not toss in “bi ...
Being/Linking Verbs is am was were are be been being have been had been shall be will be should have been would have been feels ...
WORDS AND PHRASES TO AVOID Some words are inherently ambiguous. Others are simply meaningless. Others are cliché or overused exp ...
NEVER, NEVER ... Begin a sentence with a pronoun. Begin a paragraph with a pronoun. Use ambiguous pronouns: this, that, those, i ...
AVOID CLICHÉS, TRITE EXPRESSIONS, AND REDUNDANT PHRASES If you’ve heard it before, it may be a cliché. Clichés are empty express ...
YOUR OWN SYNTAX You must be able to write effective and fluent sentences for effective prose. Just as the writers whose work is ...
YOUR OWN RHETORICAL STRATEGIES Develop your paragraphs using a variety of rhetorical strategies. Use what seems appropriate for ...
TWO TEXTS: A COMPARE/CONTRAST GUIDE There is a good chance that you will be asked to write an essay comparing the elements of tw ...
COMPARE/CONTRAST: TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND PHRASES: ...
To compare In the same way Likewise Similarly Also Like ...
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