3.
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.
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
8.
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!
9.
Read the passage absorbing the main idea
Go back and read the passage annotating
prompt relative material
10.
Review the prompt
List the elements that need to be included in your
introduction: author, title, question elements, the
elements that you plan to mention in your essay
Draw a graphic organizer and fill it out for the body
After you complete this—composition will be a breeze
Don’t worry about a “catchy” opening thingy—get to
the point and get out if nothing earth shattering
immediately pops into your head
After composition, mark the grid and intro. list and
make sure that you haven’t left anything out of the
response
11.
Avoid paraphrasing the material
Use TEXTUAL evidence
Actually analyze the textual evidence—make
sure you use quotation marks and put the
periods and commas inside!!! ARGHHH!!!!!!!
Use connective tissue and transitions
Vary your syntax!
USE AP TERMS thoughtfully indicating that
you really know what they mean—Remember
the ughhhhhh example, “The author used
diction…”
