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2018 AP Lit Essay Review Sheet

4/3/2018

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This is my AP Lit Essay Review Sheet:

Intro:

[Author] is his/her [genre] [name] [(year)] writes about [general subject].
He/she begins with [x], continues to [], and also [].
Ultimately these strategies explain that [theme].

Thesis

In AP language you talk about the effectiveness in your thesis; in AP lit you talk about the effect on the internal and external conflicts between characters and how something shows or changes a characters thoughts
Show contrast or shift

Outline:

In the begining, the author introduces that (hey there are characters)
As he/she continues the author discusses how (characters are messy)
Finally he/she confirms that (things get better/worse/something)

Paragraphs

What is the author doing? (basic idea)
How did the author do it? (rhetorical choice)
Why did the author do it? (purpose)
How does it effect the audience or characters?

Other tips:

"In lines 4-6"
It may help to create a SOAPSTone (Subject, Occasion Audience Speaker Tone)
If you have time, check the tenses
Use a appositive to describe characters when you introduce them
If there are any allusions, talk about the greater context. For example, if you notice an allusion to the civil war, use any background knowledge you have to elaborate on it
If you have time, make sure to add a "So what" on the end of your conclusion. If you dont have time, dont worry about it though!!

Meter

iamb ~/ natural
dactyl /~~ rare (taradactyls are rare)
anapest ~~/ comical
trochee /~ urgency, galloping

If it starts with a vowel the foot starts with unstressed
If it starts with a consonant it starts with a stressed

Lit terms (define them if you mention them in an essay):

bildungsroman- coming of age story
conceit- extended metaphor of unlike things, witty
enjambment- sentences that carry through many lines
polysyndecton- many ands
metonymy- substituting name with more emotional equivalent
synechdoche- part represents whole
loose sentence- meaning at begining
periodic- meaning at end

^This list is definitely not a list of all the words you need to know just ones I wanted to review.

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