AP Composition

literary style and rhetoric, the syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence (An excellent example would be the way that Yoda speaks in the 'Star Wars' movie series.)

• Inversion

• Anastrophe

• Antecedent

• Antithesis

The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words (as in “she sells sea shells).

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Alliteration

An element of an artistic work, saying, or idea that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating

• Coherence

• Cliche'

• Chiasmus

• Connotation

One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetitive Overview

• Anaphora

The body of your paper should do which of the following: (select more than 1)

• Provide specific evidence to support all claims in a line of reasoning.

• Consistently explain how the evidence supports a line of reasoning

• Explain how at least 2 literary elements or techniques in the contribute to the meaning of the work.

• Summarize the reading.

Which is NOT an essay assessed by AP College Board AP English Language and Composition exam?

• Persuasive argument essay

• Research Documented Essay

• Synthesis essay

• Argumentative essay

True or False: The AP Language and Composition Exam is comprised of two sections: Multiple Choice and Free Response Questions.

• True

• False

Which of the following essay types will you not be asked to compose on the AP exam?

• Synthesis

• Argument

• Rhetorical Analysis

• Description

A figure of speech in which the grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase, such that two key concepts from the original phrase reappear in the second phrase in inverted order.

• Cliche'

• Juggernaut

• Chiasmus

• Aphorism

A literary device that is used step-by-step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Conceptualization

• Characterization