1. AP Literature and Composition
Exam Date: May 13

2. Exam Organization: 3 Parts
Reading Period
15 minutes
Used for planning Essays
Multiple Choice
1 hour
55 Questions
Lots of reading from various genres, time periods, and mediums
Worth 45% of overall score
Essay
2 hours
Three prompts
Synthesis
Rhetorical Analysis
Argument
Worth 55% of your overall score

3. AP Test Scores 5 extremely well qualified 4 well qualified 3 qualified
2 possibly qualified
1 no qualified
Who gets them?
You
E-Cubed
Any college you WANT to send them to

4. So what do you need to know?
Rhetoric

5. Diagnostics: Today: Planning Tuesday: Multiple Choice Section
Wednesday: Walk through of Essay Section—choose one to write in class.

6. Planning your time: What’s your type?
A Type:
You’re the kind of person who likes to plan for a vacation or the prom a year in advance.
You’d never think of missing a practice session (sport, musical instrument, activity).
You like detailed planning and everything in its place.
You feel you must be thoroughly prepared
You hate surprises.
You’re always early for appointments.

7. Planning your time: What’s your type?
B Type:
You begin to plan for a vacation or the prom 4-5 months in advance.
You are willing to plan ahead so that you will feel comfortable in stressful situations, but you are okay with skipping some details.
You feel more comfortable when you know what to expect, but a surprise or two does not floor you.
You’re always on time for appointments.

8. Planning your time: What’s your type?
C Type:
You find a date/outfit for the prom a week in advance.
You work best under pressure and tight deadlines.
You feel very confident with the skills and background you’ve gained in your classes.
You like surprises.
You’re always arrive minutes late for appointments.

9. Planning your time Organize yourselves into A, B, & C types
Take a look at your type’s Calendar
Begin to think about who you would like to form a study group with in Semester 2.

10. Multiple Choice Strategies
What do you remember?
Chalk Talk!

11. Structure of the Questions
General Knowledge---asks about the whole text (often first):
The poem is an example of a…
Lyric
The purpose of the story is to…
Explain the author’s opinion of strawberries
(Answer these after the Hunt and Peck questions)

12. Structure of the Questions
Hunt and Peck--directs you to specific lines or key words:
The word “smooth” refers to
His skin
Lines serve to
Reinforce the author’s thesis
(answer these first
– and how much should you read?)

13. Structure of the Questions
All….Except---requires extra time because it demands you consider every possibility (darn them all to heck!!!)
The AP Language exam is all of the following except:
In May each year
Open to high school seniors
Published in The New York Times
Used as a qualifier for college credit
A three hour 15 minute test

14. Structure of the Questions
Roman Numerals: just plain annoying and time consuming
In the poem, “night” refers to
The death of the maiden
A pun on Sir Lancelot’s title
The end of the affair
I only
I and II
I and III
II and III
I, II, and III

15. 60 Minutes!
Now it’s your turn!

16. Check your answers!
How did YOU do?

17. Essay Section Synthesis--Read the prompt
What are they looking for?
Rhetorical Analysis—Read the prompt
Argument—Read the prompt

18. Essay Section---2 hours
Math problem!!!
If the AP English Literature Essay section is 2 hours long, and you must write 3 essays, how long should you spend on each essay?
If you said 40 mins—you are correct.

19. 40 Minutes!
Now it’s your turn!

20. Reflection---3 Things 1 Thing that surprised you
1 Thing you feel confident about
1 Thing that worries you