<p>My teacher has predicted immigration for the synthesis topic.</p>
<p>That would be a good one. I don't think it will be war or abortion, but it could be voting rights/apathy too.</p>
<p>It could be anything. It's Language! lol</p>
<p>would it look bad to colleges if I don't take the exam, 'cause I'm pretty sure I'll get a 3 but thats not the grade I'm "looking" for so I want to just not take the test... and does it matter if I take it my senior year with english lit?</p>
<p>I usually get 8 or 9's on my essays. My teacher is pretty good at scoring essays. One of her students was actually chosen for the "9" sample essay used nationwide (I think its the one on the singer solution to poverty)</p>
<p>Anyway, the tips she tells us is to make sure your introduction has a great hook and a complex, interesting thesis.</p>
<p>Then some solid analysis in the body that really explains why and some great examples.</p>
<p>Lastly, always try to end with a zinger sentence. Like use anaphora or polysendeton to really make an emphatic close. A nine essay utilizes the rhetorical devices that you have learned and studied and memorized and sweated over for the last year; it leaves the grader with a powerful impression, a "wow" factor.</p>
<p>WOuld you like to pm me one of a few of your essays so I may "study them"</p>
<p>Thanks =D</p>
<p>i didnt learn anything this year..teacher was a total joke</p>
<p>i sont even know how to write the rhetoric decices analysis essay.</p>
<p>timmy outlined a plan in which you so through the essay by sections, but is it ok if you introduce three prominent rhetoric devices in introductory and then do three body paragraphs for each one?</p>
<p>which would earn a better score and is there a certain advantage to one method?</p>
<p>HELPPP Im CLUELESS</p>
<p>That's what I did on that essay last year. My thesis stated all three in the passage, and one body paragraph for each of the three.</p>
<p>Did anyone else find it ironic that Language was misspelled in this thread title?</p>
<p>chaz, did you score high on the essays?
i really have no idea how im gonna take this my teacher is a moron.</p>
<p>the only thig we did all year is watch movies and write a research paper.
i just figured out what rhetoric devices were like yesterday</p>
<p>I have no idea what I got on the essays themselves. I got a 5 overall though.</p>
<p>I dunno how much you can compare your in-class essay scores to your actual scores anyway. It really depends on your teacher. Like this year, I have an english teacher in AP Lit. who doesn't really like my essays and gives me 5-6 mostly, but I still got a 5 on the AP Lang. exam last year. My teacher last year would give me 7-8s though. </p>
<p>laxgirl: You should find a list of tropes and figures like apostrophe, metaphor, simile, metonymy, alliteration, catachresis, synesthaesia, etc, and study it for the test. Aside from many practice essays I think that's about the only way you can really study for it.</p>
<p>Yeah. I spelled Language wrong. I was in a rush. Don't mock me. =/</p>
<p>Any tips on Multiple Choice??</p>
<p>For the essay, the most important thing is just to write clearly and logically. The graders aren't looking for a "right" answer, they are looking for someone who can make a good argument based on the text and who is a good writer in general.</p>
<p>Does anyone have the released AP Lang exam(s) ?</p>
<p>If so, PM me for my e-mail. Please & thanks!!</p>
<p>What they tell us in trainings with the college board (Jolliffe specifically) is to have students dialogue with the text. On synthesis make YOUR point with voice, concede that there is another side and use the sources to support YOU. Same with the Arguments-just use either the source provided or use the ROSE strategy you do on SAT-readings, observations, studies and experiences.</p>
<p>Raller has it right. </p>
<p>To do the Rhetorical Analysis, make sure you answer 2 main questions: 1) What is the author's purpose, and 2) How did he achieve that purpose.</p>
<p>Multiple Choice questions are usually a matter of practice-remember these guys write the PSAT/SAT, and ACT, so the questions are all similar stems, Language just has more analysis of style.</p>
<p>They look for "global thinkers" who understand all elements of the argument they discuss, so use some concessions to make yourself look learned.</p>
<p>i have heard this test is easier than the lit test.</p>
<p>PaPa, thanks alot for the advice</p>
<p>just wondering, but are you an Ap grader this year?</p>
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<p>Can't second this enough. Graders really want a strong personal voice, if you have that they can overlook other flaws in your writing, to a degree anyway.</p>
<p>Papa H: Could you elaborate on the ROSE strategy? I googled but nothing english-related came up.</p>