AP Tip Sheet
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- AP Tip Sheet
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- 5/31/2018, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
AP ESSAY Tip Sheet
Rhetorical Analysis:
• S.O.A.P.S.T (situation, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, tone + example of) will be the basis of your introduction. You must hit on all of these elements
• Ethos – Ethics (Credibility)
• Logos – Logic (Your audience can only logically accept this premise)
• Pathos – Emotion (Using emotional appeals to gain the acceptance of your audience)
• Craft your body paragraphs to have at least two examples of each of the aforementioned appeals (you do not use them, you appeal to them) – all examples must be explained thoroughly to show understanding. Paragraphs must include transitions between appeals.
• Try and include at least one rhetorical device (hypophora, parallelism, etc.) in each body paragraph for the AP test
• Follow the argument (purpose) throughout. Analyze how the author/speaker accomplishes/does not accomplish this purpose
Argumentative Essay:
• In your introduction include one hook (see examples in your notebook) and a statement of belief (thesis)
• You will be using First Person throughout the entirety of this essay – Full essay is 7 paragraphs
• Intro – support 1 for claim – support 2 for claim – 2 counterclaims – 2 rebuttals – support 3 for claim – conclusion
• Your support paragraphs give three main ideas with explanations showing why your opinion is superior
• Your best support can be found following your rebuttals
• Counterclaims must use language of counterclaim (see notebook)
• Rebuttals must begin with full counterclaim and then refute with a negating conjunction and argument back to your original claim
• Conclusion summarizes argument and re-states thesis
Synthesis Essay:
• Argumentative Essay supported by given sources
• Must cite a minimum of three textual sources (and the visual resource for a higher level score)
• Resources support your claims – they are not the basis of your claims. You must craft your paragraphs as such
• Intro – 2 hooks and thesis
• Citations include source letter not author name (give credit prior to quote or in parenthesis following)
• Body 1 – support with two original thoughts and 1/2 citations
• Body 2 – support with two original thoughts and 1/2 citations
• Body 3 – support with two original thoughts and 1/2 citations
• Conclusion – restate all three arguments, thesis, and leave with a concluding thought