AP Survival Guide Overview

Question 1

ASPECT helps with writing your thesis and rhetorical situation: the letters of ASPECT represent?

Accepted Answer

Audience, speaker, purpose, exigence, context, topic/tone

Question 2

A Statement that appears contradictory turns out to shockingly truthful

Accepted Answer

paradox

Question 3

What definition of rhetoric is correct?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

What is exigence?

Accepted Answer

how or why the piece came to be

Question 5

How many passages can you expect to have on the MCQ?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 6

What is NOT a strategy to work the prompt (argument)?

Accepted Answer

Carefully read the sources and identify patterns

Question 7

Synthesis requires a blending of the sources.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

A person's character or motive is attacked instead of the person's argument

Accepted Answer

ad hominem fallacy

Question 9

Writing Questions on the MCQ are centered on

Accepted Answer

composition

Question 10

How long is the AP Language & Composition test?

Accepted Answer

3 Hours and 15 minutes

Question 11

Rhetorical strategies typically include multiple devices.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Part 2 of the Exam - Free Response is worth _____ of your composite score.

Accepted Answer

55%

Question 13

What should you not do when handling quotes?

Accepted Answer

they should stand alone

Question 14

The focus of any literary analysis should be on HOW and WHY.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

What is NOT found in the first sentence of a Precis?

Accepted Answer

Purpose

Question 16

2 prompts of the 3 that are argumentative.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Reading Questions for the MCQ are centered on

Accepted Answer

rhetorical analysis

Question 18

What is the suggested time for each FRQ?

Accepted Answer

40-45 minutes

Question 19

How many questions are on the MCQ?

Accepted Answer

45

Question 20

Which of the FRQ's do students historically struggle with?

Accepted Answer

FRQ #2

Question 21

How many sources should you use in your synthesis according to Mrs. Hallock?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 22

The D's in DIDLS stand for?

Accepted Answer

diction/details

Question 23

The words 'states' and 'quotes' are not interchangeable.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Have a minimum of ____LOR paragraphs in FRQ 1 & 3

Accepted Answer

3

Question 25

TIMING an issue? Strategy: Write a thesis and then move on to the body paragraphs and have a concluding sentence.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Which of the following is not a basic type of AP question?

Accepted Answer

analysis

Question 27

FRQ #1 evaluates your ability to discern strong, credible sources.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

A short entertaining account of some happening, frequently personal or biographical

Accepted Answer

anecdote

Question 29

The goal of a writer or speaker or a work

Accepted Answer

purpose

Question 30

FRQ #1 is...

Accepted Answer

synthesis

Question 31

To earn the sophistication point you have to do all of the following bullet points in your writing.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

45% of your AP composite score is the MCQ

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

The Mnemonic 'SMELL' is used to analyze:

Accepted Answer

Persuasive Texts

Question 34

A fallacy of logical argument which is committed when too few of the available alternatives are considered

Accepted Answer

false dilemma

Question 35

A change in the grammatical construction within the same sentence

Accepted Answer

anacoluthon

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