AP Lang Prep

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<p>Hey, </p>

<p>I’m a rising sophomore and I’m seriously worried about next year’s AP Lang curriculum. Hehe, I’m afraid I might receive a bad grade (i.e. F) because I have no idea what is on the syllabus (seems to be different at every school), and because I’m not that “learn-ed” in the “art of writing”. </p>

<p>Can anyone tell me how to prepare for the essay-rigorous course over the summer AND what to expect next year? </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I can’t give you a lot of advice (I took the exam but not the class), but you may get more responses in the AP prep forum.</p>

<p>A few things I do know about the class:

  • Don’t worry if you’re not “learn-ed in the art of writing” - the class is there to teach you. If everyone came in writing perfect essays, it would be boring and useless.
  • The basic focus of the course is the rudiments of style - syntax (sentence length and structure), diction (word choice, connotation & denotation) and tone (overall feeling of the piece) - and how authors manipulate them to create a certain effect.
  • You’ll probably work on how to structure arguments and how to build a “toolbox” of rhetorical devices. You might want to Google “list of rhetorical devices” to get an idea of what types of terms you’ll be working with.</p>

<p>I found a good AP Lang website while I was studying for the exam - I’ll post the link if I can dig it up.</p>

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<p>[This</a> site](<a href=“http://3fates.org/aplanguagehome.htm]This”>http://3fates.org/aplanguagehome.htm) has a ton of really helpful info and sample assignments, and there are good sample syllabi [url=<a href=“http://www.flvs.net/students_parents/VSACourseDetail.php?CourseID=14]here[/url”>http://www.flvs.net/students_parents/VSACourseDetail.php?CourseID=14]here[/url</a>] and [url=<a href=“http://arapahoe.littletonpublicschools.net/Information/DisplayFullStory.asp?NavPageID=30232&ItemID=91908]here[/url”>http://arapahoe.littletonpublicschools.net/Information/DisplayFullStory.asp?NavPageID=30232&ItemID=91908]here[/url</a>], if you’re very curious.</p>