AP Lang and Comp Ms. Bugasch April 29, 2014

AP Lang and Comp Ms. BugaschApril 29, 2014 Goals AP Term Practice AP Essay Review

FFW • Copy down the following terms into your notebook: • Juxtaposition is the placement of two things side by side for comparison and/or emphasis. • Paraleipsis is pretending to avoid discussing something but actually emphasizing it by doing so. • Inductive reasoning is the type of reasoning that starts with a number of specific examples and then demonstrates how they collectively illustrate a general principle.

4. Symbolism refers to the use of objects meaningful in and out of themselves, to stand for or represent something else. • 5. Dialogue is the conversation between two or more characters in a literary text. • 6. Emphatic order is a method of organization in which the support is arranged in order of importance – usually saving the best or strongest point for last

Writing in AP Language • Primary goal: Clarity – the precise communication of your ideas. MAKE AN ARGUMENT. • Remember your audience and your purpose. • Consider evidence carefully. • Use appropriate, sophisticated diction. Use the active voice. • Maintain present tense. • SENTENCE STRUCTURE: Vary your sentence structure and all sentences are punctuated correctly. Beware the comma splice. • CONVENTIONS OF FORMAL WRITING: Third person only. No contractions. • GRAMMAR: Be aware of parallel structure, subject-verb agreement, misplaced modifiers, no ending with prepositions. • Use correct grammar

Writing in AP Language • Use formal language. • Show respect for others. • Imbed quotes in your own writing. • Make sure a quote never stands alone. • Don’t use long quotes. • Don’t quote as topic sentence. • A quote means nothing unless YOU make it. • “weird shuffling gait” (19). • You can use ellipsis.

Writing in AP Language WRITE NEATLY

Writing in AP Language AIM FOR A 9

Writing in AP Language 40 MINUTES EACH

AP Timed Essays • Preparation – 15 minutes • Take time to read the question carefully – underlining and numbering the most important parts. • Take the time to read the prompt TWICE. Work the text – use all the clues you see to get specifics about the author, the audience, and the rhetorical strategies the author uses to achieve that purpose. • Plan the essay to address each part of the question.

Draft Essay (20 minutes) • Intro. Paragraph – don’t waste time on a long, fancy intro. Throw away the bread. Get to the meat. • Clearly set the angle of your analysis (thesis) • Make sure your THESIS statement is a direct and complete response to the PROMPT. Keep in mind that a fact or summary cannot be a thesis. • Do not repeat the entire prompt, but use key words.

Stuff (Body Paragraphs) • The topic sentence of each body paragraph is a CLAIM (not a fact or summary statement) which clearly supports the argument of your thesis. • Each claim is well-supported with plenty of CONCRETE EVIDENCE. Do not waste time copying long sections of the texts – use key words in quotations. • Keep DRT (diction, rhetorical strategies, tone) in mind • Interpretations clearly explain how the evidence supports your claim. • The tie of every claim and interpretation needs to be clear. • Always remember – ETHOS, LOGOS, PATHOS

Conclusion • Your concluding paragraph returns to the thesis but uses different words and extends the idea • Finish with a fresh, brilliant insight that ties all of your ideas together and at the same time flows logically from your argument

Review Essay (5 minutes) • TRANSITIONS: Link paragraphs by using effective transitions to enhance the over all flow, coherence, and sense of your essay • Review the prompt to make sure you have addressed the question. • Check mechanics: diction, syntax, grammar, spelling, puncutation.

Closure • What things do you need to improve on for the essays?

Homework • 1. Read over and annotate pg. 23- 26

AP Lang and Comp Ms. Bugasch April 29, 2014