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AP Analysis Essay #2 Prose Analysis (the easiest one!)

AP Analysis Essay #2 Prose Analysis (the easiest one!). The AP English Language Exam Requires the analysis of another author’s…. 1. structure 2. purpose 3. style. SAMPLE Analysis Questions. Analyze an author’s view on a specific subject

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AP Analysis Essay #2 Prose Analysis (the easiest one!)

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  1. AP Analysis Essay #2 Prose Analysis (the easiest one!)

  2. The AP English Language Exam Requires the analysis of another author’s… • 1. structure • 2. purpose • 3. style

  3. SAMPLE Analysis Questions • Analyze an author’s view on a specific subject • Analyze rhetorical devices used by an author to achieve his or her purpose • Analyze stylistic elements in a passage and their effects • Analyze the author’s tone and how the author conveys this tone

  4. SAMPLE Analysis Questions Cont. • Compare and/or contrast two passages with regard to style, purpose, or tone • Analyze the author’s purpose and how he or she achieves it • Analyze some of the ways an author recreates a real or imagined experience • Analyze how an author presents him or herself in the passage • Discuss the intended and/or probable effect of a passage

  5. RHETORICAL STRATEGIES YOU MAY NEED TO ANALYZE(Structure) • 1. Example • 2. Comparison and contrast • 3. Definition • 4. Cause and effect • 5. Process • 6. Analysis • 7. Classification

  6. ELEMENTS OF STYLE YOU MAY NEED TO ANALYZE (AKA STYLISTIC DEVICES) • 1. subject matter • 2. selection of detail • 3. organization • 4. point of view • 5. diction • 6. syntax • 7. language • 8. attitude • 9. tone

  7. Reading the Prompt… • Plan to spend 1-3 minutes carefully reading and deconstructing the question • Circle or underline the essential terms and elements in the prompt • If the prompt requires more than one element, you must use more than one!

  8. The Arch Method • To analyze prose, remember that we are looking at… • WHAT the author is doing? • and • HOW is he/she doing it?

  9. Practice • Sample Prompt: • The passage below is from an autobiography. After reading the passage carefully, write an essay analyzing how the author uses juxtaposition of ideas, choice of detail, and other aspect of style to reveal the kind of person she is.

  10. The Arch Method • Most passages are structured around a WHAT? And a HOW?

  11. Now You Practice Alone • Draw an arch • Practice #2-6 • One person will be “volunteered” to draw theirs on the Eno Board. • GO!

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