AP English Lit Books

mada34
Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:05:02 +0000

In my opinion, style is absolutely the most important component. If you’re a good writer, your argument doesn’t matter very much (that is, as long as you MAKE and argument – if you don’t, you won’t break a ‘5’ on any essay.)

The best written essays have extremely strong intros with clear theses. I would spend most of my time focusing on those two components. Try to make some type of model for your essays so that you have structure down before you even know what you’re writing about. For example, I found that starting my essays with quotes was a great way to go, and added a lot of credibility to my argument. Others hate starting with quotes, and instead make a broad statement that applies to both life and the text (ie “The struggle for acceptance is a time-honored blah blah.”)

Content is obviously important as well. The biggest piece of advice that I can give you is this: ARGUE. If you can make a point and provide clear examples/U throughout your essay, you’ll be golden.

I hope that I answered your question, but let me know if there’s anything else.