ANALYSIS OF PROSE PASSAGE PROMPTS
The information that follows comes from an analysis of approximately 25 prose prompts from released
exams.
Content Task Key ElementsAnalyze the style and tone of the passage, explaining how
they help to express the author’s attitudes.style/toneauthor’s attitudeDiscuss the ways the author differentiates between the
writing of (author one) and that of (author two). compare two textsAnalyze the narrative techniques and other resources of
language the author uses to characterize a mother and the
mother’s attitudes toward her daughter.characterizationcharacters’ attitudesDefine the author’s view and analyze how he conveys it. characterizationShow how the author dramatizes a young heroine’s
adventure.characterizationAnalyze how the author uses literary techniques to
characterize _____ characterizationAnalyze how the narrator reveals the character of _____. characterizationAnalyze how changes in perspective and style reflect the
narrator’s complex attitude toward the past.narrator’s attitudeWrite an essay in which you characterize the narrator’s
attitude toward _____ and analyze the literary techniques
used to convey this attitude.narrator’s attitude characterizationShow how the author’s techniques convey the impact of
the experience on the main character.characterizationAnalyze how the language of the passage characterizes
the diarist and his society and how the characterization
serves _____ satiric purpose.characterizationcompare/contrastanalysis of satireAnalyze the techniques that the author uses to characterize
_____ and _____.characterizationcompare/contrast