This thread is for people who want to share preparation techniques for the AP Lang and Comp test in May of 2016
no problem :)! @glassflowers
Thanks for the advice! @catullus101
Just curious, what do you guys mean by citations? Are you just talking about how to cite a source (Smith 199)?
Do any of you have the released mc exams?
@ambitionsquared ya, just lookup 2007 ap english language and comp release exam. I would give u the link but I don’t think CC allows it.
@tryptophanoverload There are two types of citations on the exam. MC questions that relate to footnotes and MLA citations (usually 2-3 questions), and also on the synthesis you use documents and you have to cite them a certain way, but CB provides how you should cite your sources.
@1601er Do we need to know how to do mla citations or is that provided somehow on the test? And are you saying there are 2-3 questions of just mla, or 2-3 of mla and citations combined? Thanks!
@ambitionsquared They just ask you what a certain name or number represents such as volume of an encyclopedia or something on the MC part, so it’s best to review it maybe 5 minutes at the maximum as they don’t appear too much. An excerpt might have a citation or footnote and contain questions that regard the citations on the MC portion. When you do ur synthesis, you are going to have to do MLA citations since a synthesis is basically a dbq, but they provide the citations for u that you have to incorporate in ur essay. Hope that made sense
Gonna practice writing the essays and hope that my 800 CR skills will clutch for me on the MC.
This thread is so dead compared to some of the other AP threads. =))
I really don’t know what to study, I feel like I’ve got the essays down (aside from maybe rhetorical analysis) so I guess I’ll just work on some practice multiple choice tests? I’m so glad that this AP test isn’t as stressful as the other ones.
Have you done practice essays at your schools? And, if so, do your teachers grade them like a real reader? It’s been fun to watch my scores improve throughout the year to 9’s, and I’m actually excited for this exam come Wednesday! Good luck to everyone!
I am taking this test late as I have a conflict. Does anyone know if it will be any harder than the one issued on Wednesday? I’ve heard that some ap make ups are harder but I wasn’t sure for this one. Thanks!
I’m not sure how accurate my teacher has been grading my essays lol. I usually get a 7 no matter what, even if I feel I did better/worse on a particular one. And she gives no feedback sooo I’m kinda left clueless.
I’m not really sweating this test though, there’s nothing you can really study lol
@deeeznuts Yeah, same. My teacher usually gives me 7’s with the occasional 8. He admitted though that he grades harder than the actual AP graders.
My AP Lang teacher is hardcore man. I just need to do good on the synthesis…
My teacher was at one point a grader for CB a while ago, so he grades pretty harshly. We’ve done 15 practice essays now.
how many documents should you include in the essay ? Would they take off points if you don’t use 1 or 2 of them ?
No
@joannne23 for the synthesis include 4! Make sure your thesis is original, not summarizing the sources. The sources are just evidence