1. The AP Language and Composition Exam

2. Multiple Choice 60 minutes
Designed to test skills in analyzing the rhetoric of prose passages

3. Essay questions On two questions, you may be asked to:
Analyze the rhetorical strategies a writer uses to achieve a particular purpose
Identify methods of persuasion used by a speaker
Decide which of two documents or speakers presents a more persuasive argument
Compare the style of two passages contributes to their purposes
Argue about a controversial issue

4. The Synthesis Question
You will read 6-10 sources, at least one of which will be an image
You will then have to cite a certain number of these sources in support of an argument or analysis

5. Scoring
Multiple choice is 45% of overall grade
Essays are 55%