We’re Going to Take a Test!
What will it be like?
Format: Check APCentral.com
for a TON more info on this
About the Exam
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The three-hour and fifteen-minute exam usually consists of a one-hour multiple-choice
section and a two-hour and fifteen-minute free-response section.
Section I: Multiple-Choice (worth 45% of total score)
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The multiple-choice questions test your ability to read closely and analyze the rhetoric of
prose passages. Total scores on the multiple-choice section are based on the number of
questions answered correctly. Points are not deducted for incorrect answers and no points
are awarded for unanswered questions.
Section II: Free-Response (worth 55% of the total score)
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After a fifteen-minute reading period, you'll have two hours write three essays to
demonstrate your skill in composition. Free response questions require close reading,
thoughtful rhetorical analysis, and purposeful argumentation, and include a synthesis
question that tests your ability to effectively make an argument of your own by combining
and citing several supplied sources, including at least one visual source.
Rhetorical Devices – Huh?
You likely already know many rhetorical
devices:
metaphors, alliteration, suspense…
Why do writers use these strategies?
Check it out!!
You’ll want to write this down…
Please go to the following website tonight:
http://rhetoric.byu.edu/
There are trees (strategies) and flowers
(devices) there.
Make sure you have a sense of what both
of those are…
Types of Essays - all in 2 hours and 15 minutes
Types of Essays
on the Exam
Rhetorical Analysis
Break down a passage (or two)
using rhetorical devices
Persuasive Argument
Synthesis Essay
Drawing on 6 sources
Requirement of using 3 sources
1. Identify Rhetorical Devices
2. Analyze the Effect of the Devices
Make an argument about the effect
of the device and the strategies.
Use Rhetoric to Persuade
Your Audience of a Point
Based on one or two text selections
Pull together various sources
Create an argument
Practice Employing Strategies
in order to persuade
Develop citation skills
Practice organizing information
for a purpose
Learn Rhetorical Terms
Understand Device vs. Strategy
Scores • Essays count for 55%
• Multiple Choice is 45%
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Essays: 9 + 7 + 6 = 22 x 3.05 = 67
Multiple Choice: 30 x 1.25 =
37
TOTAL:
104
College Board decides cutoffs for the year
> 106 = 5
94 - 105 = 4
• In the last few minutes, fill in blank bubbles.
What will we do IN class?
 Mondays
 Business - go over weekly readings
 Current Events Discussion: analyze for rhetorical devices
 Tuesdays
 Mini-Essays (typed approx 400 words) Due and quick share
 2 Rhetorical Device Lessons/Games (led by you!)
 Levine mini-lesson (related to this week’s reading)
 Activity
 Thursdays
 Class Discussions
 Discuss essays (peer editing, analysis)
 Writing time and/or reading time.
What is the expectation for
homework in this class?
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Current Events: due Mondays
Mini essays: due Tuesdays
Major Essays: due some Thursdays
Essay Reading: each night on a weekly schedule (at
least three essays a week)
• Independent Reading: due after each vacation
An Overview
In Class
Mondays
Tuesdays
Thursdays
Analyze current
events for
rhetorical
strategies
Student-led
Discussions
rhetorical device In class writing
game/lesson (x2) Peer editing
Reading
Levine minilesson
Activity
What is due?
A hard copy of
an article and a
completed
notecard
Mini-Essay
Major Essay
(sometimes – 5
or 6 per
semester)
Ongoing
Assignments
Completing Independent Reading assignment /
Reading assigned essays from textbooks (3/week)
Current Events:
• Each Monday you must bring an article to class about a current
event.
• You must also bring an index card regarding your article. See
next slide for details.
• You must bring a hard copy of your article (printed offline or from
a newspaper)
• Ideally, we will cover local, national and international issues
each week. I’m also hoping we will find a variety of features,
long-form stories, blog articles, and editorials. We will see how
the balance of articles plays out naturally. If we find ourselves
with an imbalance of these types of writing and topics, I will
organize our searches.
Monday Index Cards
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MLA Formatted Index Card
Cite your article
Two sentence summary
Three discussion topics connected with the
rhetorical devices in your article
Tuesday Mini Essays
• Every week you will type a 400 word essay. You will
turn it in at the beginning of class. Print before class.
1.5 spaced / Size 12 / Times New Roman
• The types and topics will vary according to the
lessons we are doing at the moment.
• Some weeks the essay will be a revision of one you
wrote previously (you will choose which ones to
revise based on feedback from your peers, selfreflection, and my comments.)
Essay Structures
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Narrative
Definition
Compare Contrast
Persuasive
Cause and Effect
Tuesday Rhetorical Devices
Game
• Each Tuesday, 2 sets of partners in our class will lead us
through 2 different games on 2 rhetorical devices. You must
come to class prepared to lead the charge.
– Get us out of our seats or out of the classroom. Make us
remember what the device is and how it is used in literature.
– Create a visual representation of the device for our
classroom wall.
– Provide examples of the device.
• After your game and on Thursdays, we will try to use your
device as much as possible.
Independent Reading
• August - September 26th: Non-fiction
– Non-fiction choice due next Friday
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Sept. - November 14th: Canonical Literary Work
Nov. - January 9th: Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
Jan. - March 20th: Fiction
Post- Exam: Read a book together
Walk-Talks
• On the Tuesdays when your
independent reading book is due, we
will play our Literary Device Game .
Then we will go on a Walk-Talk…
Thursdays
• Thursdays we will be focusing on the
essays we are reading and the essay
structures we are learning.
• Discussions!
• Readings!
• Writing!