AP Exam Tips / Info

14. All of the following are effective tips for crafting an essay’s thesis EXCEPT

11. In terms of scoring points, the most important element of writing an effective essay on the exam is to...

16. When writing the synthesis essay, how many of the 6 sources should you use as evidence to support your argument?

20. When you make a mistake while writing an essay on the paper exam, you should:

5. The multiple choice section will test your ability on all of the following skills EXCEPT

13. While a quality essay intro should contain a solid thesis, the intro paragraph need only be a couple sentences long.

18. For the final argument essay, which would be the LEAST appropriate piece of evidence to use as support?

8. Which option correctly indicates the number of essays you will have to write on the exam?

3. Which option best represents the genre of reading passages you will see on the multiple choice section of the exam?

12. In the essay section, all of the following are types of skills you’ll have to demonstrate EXCEPT

4. In order to pass the exam (with a 3, 4, or 5), you need to answer 90-100% of the multiple choice questions correctly.

2. You will have 1 hour to answer 60 multiple choice questions on the first section of the exam.

6. If you're running out of time & won't finish all multiple choice ?s, you should randomly guess the remaining answers.

15. When writing a synthesis essay where you are given multiple sources, you should cite the sources you use.

9. You will have an hour and a half to write all of your essays for the exam, meaning each essay should take 30 minutes.

17. For the rhetorical analysis essay, the most important skill to demonstrate when writing the essay is to...

10. The scoring rubric for the essays contains all of the following categories EXCEPT

7. Most of the passages that you will see on the exam will be from literature you have already read in English classes.

1. What is the %age breakdown for the two sections (multiple choice / essays) of your AP English Language exam?

19. When crafting an argument for any of the essays, take a firm stance; do not acknowledge any alternate viewpoints.