<p>So... guys...</p>
<p>Want to give me some tips on writing those essays? How do you guys think of a Great Opening Sentence? And how do you organize your ideas in a fashion that gets you an 8 or 9?</p>
<p>Also. Multiple choice. Any tips?</p>
<p>^same question. I have a terrible teacher, i mean she was a good english teacher but taught us **** about the ap exam</p>
<p>any tips or ideas?</p>
<p>Good question, multiple choice tips are greatly appreaciated.</p>
<p>Also, is it best to read the passage, or skip it and refer back to it?</p>
<p>I'm going to take it this year and my friend told me that I should go to the question first and then go back to the passage to find the answer instead of reading everything first.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if that's a good idea though.</p>
<p>Personally, I prefer reading the passage first to completely understand what it's about prior to reading the questions. Then, I refer back to the passage before responding.</p>
<p>I agree with Begoner. I like to read the passage, twice if necessary, so I can understand everything that it's saying. A lot of the questions you'll see are things like "The overall tone could be described as..." and other general things or ones that don't refer to a specific line. And it's a good idea to get the overall idea so you can place the specific parts in context.</p>
<p>On all the standardized exams (sat, act, ap) I quickly skim the questions for the ones that are line based (the ones that say "in line 47..") and then make a little mark next to that line. Then I begin reading until I get to one of those lines and then answer the question. I save all the broad questions until after reading.</p>
<p>I. Analysis Essay:
1. Introduction-
-remember TAG (title, author, Genre)
-read the background information, it is essential that you know it.
-state the author's position on the subject
-list the devices he uses (anthesis, compare and contrast, polysyndeton, etc) </p>
<ol>
<li><p>Body:
-use the passage as a guide, divide it into sections.
-each section is a paragraph in ur essay
-remember to state what devices he uses in that paragraph, why he used it, and what effect did it have on the tone of the paragraph.</p></li>
<li><p>Conclusion:
-1 sentence to summarize the author's point of view on the subject
-the rest is really up to you.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>II. Document Based Prompt:
-use one more than half of the # of documents given
-EX: 6 documents given, use 4
-DO NOT BLUNTLY state the documents, blend them in.</p>
<p>i forgot the last type of essay..
ill remember it soon lol.</p>
<p>Argument.</p>
<p>Seems everyone seems to have a diff. theory on the whether or not to read the passage. :P</p>
<p>I usually dont on the SAT, I guess I should use the same stratagy on the AP?</p>
<p>btw, llpitch, I'll try that stratagy on a practice test, sounds fantastic.</p>
<p>You should, I got a 36 on the ACT Reading with it =]</p>
<p>I'm actually pretty bad at the multiple choice, even though I usually prefer that to the free-response and get -0 on both PSATs I took as well as most SAT practice tests. Idk why I just blow at AP Lang passages...</p>
<p>Uh, any advice?</p>
<p>Anybody have any essay guidelines like timmy posted? My teacher was horrible and didn't tell use anything about the essays.</p>
<p>anyone got any cool quotes or phrases to use??</p>
<p>Btw, thanks alot for the post timmy</p>
<p>Do you think there's any advantage to using all of the documents on the synthesis essay? I guess it might be helpful if you misinterpret one, but otherwise, will it impress the graders at all?</p>
<p>^No. I've spoken to several teachers that are AP graders and they say that you need to use a minimum of 3 documents to achieve the highest score. It is not impressive if you cram in any more, though it's not detrimental either if you can utilize more docs, properly. You don't want your essay to seem like you're relying solely on the documents, but it is possible to use more than half of the docs without giving that impression.</p>
<p>The county's AP review was tremendously helpful for me, but I'm still not up to par with the MCs. I'll attempt 3-4 practice tests this weekend; my teacher says that it's only a "game" once you've figured out how to "play" with the questions. I'm confident about scoring at least a 7, possibly 8 or 9 at any essay thrown at me after doing SO many and we've built up such an arsenal of literary works to allude to this year.</p>
<p>Ooh, thanks! My WHAP teacher drilled in into our heads to use all the documents, so I'll be fighting that impulse on the Eng Lang exam.</p>
<p>bumppppppppppppppppppp</p>
<p>I heard that they are really lenient when grading the MC section. I've been doing well on the practice tests, so hopefully a get a 5. :) My teacher is a pretty amazing writing teacher, so I feel fairly confident on the essays. But english isn't the main subject that he teaches, so who knows? He actually teaches german, and speaks 5 other languages (who would a thunk it?!)...he also teaches college-level algebra...</p>