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  1. AP English Language and Composition Exam Questions

    Download free-response questions from this year's exam and past exams along with scoring guidelines, sample responses from exam takers, and scoring distributions. If you are using assistive technology and need help accessing these PDFs in another format, contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 212-713-8333 or by email at ssd@info ...

  2. How to Write the AP Lang Rhetorical Analysis Essay (With Example)

    The AP Lang Rhetorical Analysis Essay is one of three essays included in the written portion of the AP English Exam. The full AP English Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long, with the first 60 minutes dedicated to multiple-choice questions. Once you complete the multiple-choice section, you move on to three equally weighted essays that ask you ...

  3. AP English Language and Composition

    Course Overview. AP English Language and Composition is an introductory college-level composition course. Students cultivate their understanding of writing and rhetorical arguments through reading, analyzing, and writing texts as they explore topics like rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, reasoning and organization, and style.

  4. PDF ap06 english lang student samples

    The question directed students to read carefully an excerpt of William Hazlitt's 1827 essay, "On the Want of Money," and to analyze the rhetorical strategies the author uses to develop his position about money. Sample: 2A Score: 8. This essay's control and focus are evident from the first sentence.

  5. How to Write the AP Lang Rhetorical Essay

    The AP Lang Rhetorical Essay is one section of the AP English Language Exam. The exam itself is 3 hours and 15 minutes long, and is broken into two sections. The first part of the exam is a 60 minute, 45-question multiple-choice section. The questions on this part of the exam will test your ability to read a passage and then interpret its ...

  6. PDF AP English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions Scoring

    AP English Language Scoring Rubric, Free-Response Question 1-3 | SG 1 Scoring Rubric for Question 1: Synthesis Essay 6 points Reporting Category Scoring Criteria Row A Thesis (0-1 points) 4.B 0 points For any of the following: • There is no defensible thesis. • The intended thesis only restates the prompt.

  7. PDF AP English Language and Composition Question 2: Rhetorical Analysis

    AP English Language and Composition Question 2: Rhetorical Analysis (2019) Sample Student Responses 1 The student responses in this packet were selected from the 2019 Reading and have been rescored using the new rubrics for 2020. Commentaries for each sample are provided in a separate document.

  8. PDF AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

    1 - Essays earning a score of 1 meet the criteria for the score of 2 but are undeveloped, especially simplistic in their explanation, or weak in their control of language. 0 - Indicates an off-topic response, one that merely repeats the prompt, an entirely crossed-out response, a drawing, or a response in a language other than English.

  9. AP English Language and Composition: Sample Rhetorical ...

    AP English Language and Composition: Sample Argument Question. The following paragraph is adapted from Mirror for Man, a book written by anthropologist Clyde Kluckhorn in the middle of the twentieth century. Read the passage carefully. Then, write an essay that examines the extent to which the author's characterization of the United States ...

  10. AP Lang Exam Guide

    Format of the 2024 AP English Language and Composition exam. This year, all AP exams will cover all units and essay types. The 2024 AP English Language and Composition exam format will be: Section I: Multiple Choice - 45% of your score- - 45 questions in 1 hour. Section II: Free Response Section - 55% of your score- - 2 hours and 15 minutes for ...

  11. Expert Guide to the AP Language and Composition Exam

    The AP English Language and Composition Multiple-Choice. The multiple-choice section tests you on two main areas. The first is how well you can read and understand nonfiction passages for their use of rhetorical devices and tools. The second is how well you can "think like a writer" and make revisions to texts in composition questions.

  12. PDF Sample Student Responses

    AP English Language and Composition Rhetorical Analysis Free-Response Question (2020) Sample Student Responses . 3 . Sample B [1] On April 9, 1964, United States First Lady Claudia Johnson gave a speech in honor of Eleanor Roosevelt. She spoke to those in attendance of the luncheon, specifically talking to the women within the crowd.

  13. How to Write the AP Lang Synthesis Essay + Example

    AP English Language and Composition, commonly known as AP Lang, is one of the most engaging and popular AP classes offered at most high schools, with over 535,000 students taking the class. AP Lang tests your ability to analyze written pieces, synthesize information, write rhetorical essays, and create cohesive and concrete arguments.

  14. Guide to the AP English Language and Composition Exam

    The AP ® English Language and Composition exam tests topics and skills discussed in your Advanced Placement English Language course. If you score high enough, your AP English Language score could earn you college credit! ... Rhetorical analysis essay: Asks you to analyze the techniques an author uses, and discuss how they contribute to the ...

  15. PDF AP English Language and Composition

    Identify the structure and purpose of the rhetorical analysis essay prompt. Analyze the use of rhetorical devices and techniques. Compose a rhetorical analysis essay. Unit 4 Test Describe how the following elements of the rhetorical situation are reflected in a text: exigence, audience, writer, purpose, context, and message. Page 8 of 21

  16. PDF AP English Language and Composition

    The references to Obama's larger message at the end of each paragraph, while logical and related to the line of reasoning being developed, are not much more than general repetition of the same idea "that we can do something to help.". AP. English Language and Composition 2021 Scoring Commentary. Question 2 (continued)

  17. How to Write the AP Lang Argument Essay + Examples

    The AP English Language Exam tests your ability to analyze a piece of writing, synthesize information, write a rhetorical essay, and create a cohesive argument. In this post, we'll be discussing the best way to approach the argumentative essay section of the test, and we'll give you tips and tricks so you can write a great essay.

  18. PDF AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

    Sample: 2A Score: 8. This essay effectively identifies and analyzes three of Cesar Chavez's rhetorical choices — striking diction, juxtaposition, and appeals to reader's fundamental moral beliefs — to argue that "nonviolence is the best and most moral way to bring change.". Providing convincing evidence and analysis (for example ...

  19. PDF AP English Language and Composition

    AP® English Language and Composition 2022 Scoring Guidelines . Synthesis Essay 6 points . Since the early 2000s, the United States government and a number of corporations have sponsored initiatives to improve education in the STEM ... Write an essay that analyzes the rhetorical choices Sotomayor makes to convey her message about her identity ...

  20. PDF AP English Language and Composition FRQ 2 Scoring Commentaries with

    AP English Language and Composition Question 2: Rhetorical Analysis Scoring Commentaries on 2020 Rubrics (Applied to 2019 Student Responses) 5 September 2019 Sample J 4/6 Points (A1 - B3 - C0) Row A: 1/1 The response earned a point for Row A because it articulates a defensible thesis about the rhetorical

  21. AP® English Language and Composition (Intensive, NCAA Approved)

    Learn to write college-level essays, expand your vocabulary, and prepare to take the Advanced Placement® Exam in English Language and Composition during this intensive 12-week course. We'll study a variety of nonfiction texts to understand the interplay between author's purpose, message, and audience expectations. You'll also write your own arguments and research-based and rhetorical ...

  22. PDF What Do Students Need to Know About Rhetoric?

    The AP Language and Composition Exam places strong emphasis on students' ability to analyze texts rhetorically and to use rhetoric effectively as they compose essay responses. It's an important question for teachers, therefore, to consider what students need to know ... prepares them for the AP English Language Exam. The first acknowledges ...

  23. PDF AP English Language and Composition FRQ 2 Scoring Commentaries with

    AP English Language and Composition Question 2: Rhetorical Analysis 2020 Scoring Commentaries (Applied to 2018 Student Responses) 4 September 2019 Sample F 6/6 Points (A1 - B4 - C1) Row A: 1/1 The response earned a point for Row A because it provides a defensible thesis relative to the rhetorical choices Albright made to convey her message.

  24. PDF AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

    Essays earning a score of 7 meet the criteria for a score of 6 but provide more complete Essays earning a score of 5 analyze how Banneker uses rhetorical strategies to argue against analysis _____ _____ AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION 2010 SCORING GUIDELINES Question 2 The score should reflect a judgment of the essay's quality as a whole.