1. Welcome to AP Language & composition

2. The exam Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Time: First session: 8 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours and 15 minutes.
Two sections: Multiple Choice & Free Response
$92.00

3. Multiple Choice 55 questions 1 hour 45% of score
Tests: ability to read closely and analyze the rhetoric of prose passages
Scoring: based on number of correct answers

4. FREE RESPONSE 3 essays: Rhetorical Analysis, Argumentative; Synthesis
2 hours and 15 minutes
55% of score
Tests: skill in composition; close reading and thoughtful analysis of rhetoric; purposeful argumentation; effective synthesis of a variety of sources.

5. Rhetorical Modes Exemplification Description Comparison and Contrast
Analogy
Cause and Effect
Classification
Definition
Description
Process Analysis
Narration
Argument/Persuasi on
Satire