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CHAPTER
5
Introduction to the
Analysis Essay
IN THIS CHAPTER
Summary: Complete explanation of the analysis essay and its purpose as it
is presented on the AP English Language exam.Key Ideas
✪ Learn the types of analysis prompts you might encounter on the AP
English Language exam.
✪ Learn about the rubrics and rating of the AP English Language essay.
✪ Learn the basics of reading and notating a given passage.
✪ Learn the basics of constructing your response to the prompt.
✪ Examine student models that respond to the diagnostic exam’s analysis
essay prompt.
✪ Learn how the rubrics were used to rate the student sample essays.After your brief break, you will be given your free-response booklet that contains all three
prompts: synthesis, analysis, and argument. You should spend the initial 15 minutes care-
fully reading each of the sources provided and planning your response to the synthesis
prompt. The remaining 120 minutes are for you to compose your three essays.
On the cover of the booklet you will find the breakdown of the three essays and the
time suggested for each.KEY IDEA