<p>Do you read every source for the synthesis?</p>
<p>You just posted 5 times in a row.</p>
<p>And you just posted once.</p>
<p>At least the essays aren’t too bad eh?</p>
<p>Well I’m off to bed. Physics C tomorrow. Good luck discussing English. Hopefully someone will make that list…</p>
<p>Seriously, someone just tell me the main differences between this and AP Literature</p>
<p>Isn’t ANYONE ELSE taking both?!</p>
<p>I’m not taking both, but I believe AP Lit. focuses more on poetry and books you have read( that part for the essays). AP Language is more on structure and rhetoric.</p>
<p>any tips for guessing in this exam?</p>
<p>Yes, anyone with helpful hints will be gladly appreciated.</p>
<p>@mcgoogly i am taking both! but took the lit course this year! i thought that was pretty straightforward. I am very worried about this. I took the sparknotes and thought it was HARD.</p>
<p>For the Persuasive essays, should one provide a counter opinion? How much of my paper should be devoted to a counter opinion?</p>
<p>^ A counter-opinion should only be mentioned. Dividing your essay into two arguments, while proving most impartial, is against the very idea of a persuasive essay.</p>
<p>I often concede to the presence of opposing points in my final paragraph, leaving it to a sentence or two.</p>
<p>One main thing to remember is that this test is looking to see how well you THINK in English. If you are logical and reasoned in your responses you will be rewarded.</p>
<p>The better that you show them that you understand the argument/position, the more they respect your ability to think. One tip for the MC is to make sure you understand purpose in the first 10 lines or so. If you don’t see it, stop and start over. Once you see the point, anticipate what you would do if you were writing it. This serves 2 purposes: you won’t check out of the reading (most student’s problem), and you will really start to anticipate the answers while you read the questions.</p>
<p>is anybody else a little nervous about the opinion essay? im fine with talking about rhetorical elements and synthesizing some information to take a stance on an issue, but for the ones that are like “in your opinion, do you believe that x is good” im scared i wont know what to say in support of it.</p>
<p>How do we write a synthesis essay?! </p>
<p>We havent practiced one all year!</p>
<p>Is it similar to the argumentative?</p>
<p>Please give detailed answers on how to write the synthesis, and if possible compare it to the argumentative essay!</p>
<p>If you are comfortable with the Argument essay then follow this plan:</p>
<p>Read the initial info and make a chart that identifies both sides of the argument as you see it. Then read the sources and plug them into your chart as you can, but identify any other “good ideas” that you didn’t think of. Choose a side and write a solid argument paper using your ideas (with examples) as the primary way to communicate your thoughts. Integrate at least 3 of the sources as support for your thoughts.</p>
<p>argumentative is the worse I agree. Plus it’s the last one (if you do them in order). I’m definately going all personal experience if I get completely stuck. I don’t know… I’ve seen quite a few based completely out of person experience, and of rather rudimentary writing I might add, that received 8s. maybe entombed under all of conventional essays the writers like to see one with some pathos.</p>
<p>Whats the difference between the two essays after the synthesis essay?</p>
<p>I know that one is an argumentative and the other is a rhetorical analysis, but I just checked 6 practice tests and they seem exactly the same to me?!</p>
<p>Ready guys?</p>
<p>Oh, BTW they can be in any order, and though there is reason to believe that the three types will be there, only the synthesis is a guarantee.</p>
<p>CB likes style for 8s and 9s, but logic and reason is the big winner.</p>