#AP English Literature and Composition

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

WIBTA for reporting my sister’s teacher to the school admin?

Alright folks strap in this one’s a doozy. TLDR at the end.

My (19M) sister (17F) is a senior in high school and this year she’s taking AP English Literature and Composition (hereby abbreviated as ap lit). For my non American buddies, this is essentially the highest level English class in most public high schools. This is a notoriously difficult exam and my sister’s extremely nervous for it. However, her teacher (23F) is. Well. To put it bluntly, the most gen z #relatable tiktoker in the world. This is the first English class AND the first AP class she’s ever taught. The only other high school class she’s taught was physics (not even honors). Her only qualification to teach the class is that she got a 5 on the exam when she took it in high school.

She is demonstrably bad at her job. Her motivation to teach English this year was, quote: “Taylor Swift is SUCH a poet she’s one of the main reasons I wanted to be an English teacher” if that gives you the vibes. And yes, she spent two class periods making students analyze a Taylor Swift song.

To list some other offenses, she: encouraged the propagation of the Hellen Keller was fake conspiracy, recommended using Harry Potter as a resource for the AP lit exam (citing that it’s one of her favorite book series of all time), telling students she will not help them with college applications (despite this being a very common and expected thing for senior English teachers to do here), and telling students to watch the movie adaptations of recommended novels WITHOUT reading them, and then to use the Wikipedia summary to compare and contrast the two. She also regularly misspells things in class which is great for a language teacher.

And I wasn’t kidding about the tiktoker thing. That’s her main passion, posting outfit/makeup tiktoks. This includes doing it in her class about all her teachercore fits.

My sister complains about her constantly, and as someone who’s has to deal with seriously traumatic harassment from teachers in the past, my first reaction was that she should report her. However, the problem is, last time she caught a student complaining about her, she punished the whole class by making them take a ridiculously hard pop quiz because “her feelings were hurt”. A very responsible and adult reaction /s. So, my sister is worried that if I confront her or the administration, the class will be punished.

While I understand my sister’s fear, I just don’t think the teacher should be allowed to get away with her behavior. I understand that the teacher is young (she’s barely 4 years older than me!) and should be allowed to make mistakes, but starting off her English teaching career at the highest high school level of English classes. My sister is now having to seek additional tutoring because the class is massively under preparing her for the exam.

TLDR: My sister’s English teacher is really bad at her job and underpreparing her for a difficult national test. I want to tell the school about this behavior but my sister is worried that she’ll punish the class.

So, WIBTA if I reported her to the administration? And if so, people of tumblr do you have other ideas because I’ve hit a wall.

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

[the-whispers-of-death]

What does everyone else already teach? 🫧

Gaz teaches Creative Photograph 1 (which is just using cameras with film), Soap teaches 2D Studio Art 1 & 2 (so basic studio & advanced studio art), Price teaches World History, Stone teaches U.S. History, Kali teaches Chorus, Ladder teaches IT Systems and Applications, Sarabi teaches AP English Literature and Composition, Nala teaches Personal Fitness, Simba teaches Pre-Calculus, Heartthrob teaches Nutrition & Wellness, and my newest OC teaches Environmental Science.

I don't mind if Ghost teaches the same subject as someone else because there's different classes within each subject that can be for different grades (hence why Price and Stone are both teaching history classes). I just need a subject.

#tyler's asks #tyler's inbox #tyler answers asks #tyler answers questions #high school teacher au #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #john price #kyle gaz garrick #task force 141 oc: stone #shadow company oc: kali #shadow company oc: sarabi #shadow company oc: simba #shadow company oc: nala #task force 141 oc: ladder #call of duty oc: heartthrob #call of duty oc: hellstorm #call of duty #cod #cod mw2 #cod mwii #call of duty modern warfare 2 #🫧 anon #:)

[sapphicsourcee]

Clingy Wednesday Addams

Wednesday Addams is clingy, but she’ll never admit it. Bianca loves it. Wednesday is always all over Bianca and it only escalates when she’s sleepy, and on this rare instance, when she’s sick. Wednesday refuses to believe she’s sick. She hasn’t gotten sick since she was six years old.

How Wednesday had gotten sick? She’d lie and say she didn’t know, but she decided to sit in the rain and watch as Bianca, who had no knowledge she was there, swam around in the pond for about 45 minutes. Bianca loves swimming when it rains, she always has. It’s so soothing, the cloudiness, the gray-ish darkness, the sounds of the rain whenever she decides to come up, the amazing view from underwater, everything about it is just beautiful.

“Day, how long have you been out here? You’re soaked!” Bianca asks when she finally notices Wednesday. “45 minutes” Wednesday shrugs, “Wednesday Friday Addams! You’re gonna catch a cold!” Bianca says as she rushes out of the water. She nearly drags Wednesday to her dorm, fussing under her breath. “I could kill you right now” Bianca grumbles, taking out Wednesday’s braids and shoving her into the bathroom, Wednesday turns around and pulls her close by her waist.

“I just wanted to see you, you always look so beautiful sirena” Wednesday whispers, Bianca flushes, hiding her face in Wednesday’s neck, if her cheeks could, they’d be an embarrassing shade of red right now. “Stop, I’m mad at you right now, get in the shower” Bianca kisses Wednesday softly before pushing her away and leaving the bathroom, grinning.

Bianca decides to stay over, Wednesday cuddles up to her when she gets out of the shower and she can’t find it in herself to get up and leave, so she doesn’t. When they wake up everything’s normal, Bianca goes to her dorm to get ready for school and Wednesday goes on a coffee run before class. They meet in the quad, Wednesday giving Bianca her coffee before they kiss and go to their separate classes.

They don’t see each other until their last class of the day, the only class they have together on A-days, AP English Literature and Composition. They’re watching a documentary, for some unknown reason, When Bianca feels Wednesday’s head on her shoulder, she scoots closer, thinking Wednesday is just getting comfortable, but then she hears light snoring. Bianca is now extremely concerned, Wednesday never even sleeps in late, let alone taking naps, or falling asleep in class.

Bianca felt Wednesday’s forehead with the back of her hand, she’s warm, which is another rare occurrence because Wednesday is anemic and almost always cold. Bianca giggled to herself, she knew this was going to happen. She let Wednesday sleep until the end of class. A few minutes before the end of class, Bianca orders some medicine, Gatorade, and food from Uber eats. “Day……baby wake up” Bianca says, lightly shaking Wednesday. “No.” Wednesday said, snuggling closer into Bianca. “Day, baby class is over” Bianca whispered. Wednesday groaned and reluctantly opened her eyes, getting up.

They both grabbed their bags and Bianca started walking out, stopping when she realized Wednesday wasn’t following her. She turned around to see Wednesday sleepily holding her hand out. Bianca smiled and walked back to take Wednesday’s hand. Wednesday always holds Bianca’s hand when they go somewhere, she likes to always be touching her in some way. Wednesday was sniffling the whole walk to her dorm.

Getting back to the dorm, Bianca grabs the bags at the door, one with food, the other with medicine and drinks, before they both change into comfortable clothes, Bianca “borrowing” one of Wednesday’s oversized hoodies, while Wednesday puts on a wife-beater and some sweats. Bianca passes Wednesday two pills along with Gatorade, “I told you, you’d get sick” she says smugly. Wednesday grabs the pills and Gatorade, swallowing the pills quickly and setting the Gatorade aside. “I’m not si-“ just then Wednesday’s body decides to betray her and she sneezes. Bianca stifles a laugh as Wednesday glares at her.

Wednesday has been feeling sluggish all day, which is unusual for her but she refuses to believe she’s gotten sick. It’s just not in her nature to get sick. She doesn’t even understand how she let herself fall asleep during class, but she really wants to lay on her girlfriend and sleep right now, so she leaves the thought alone.

Wednesday grabs Bianca by her hips, pushes her on the bed, and makes herself comfortable almost fully on top of Bianca, pulling the covers up around her. Bianca lets her. Wednesday has always detested anything to do with another person touching her, or vice versa, until it came to Bianca. If Wednesday could she’d live in Bianca’s skin. She stuffs her hands in the pocket of what used to be her hoodie and falls asleep, to the feel of Bianca’s warm hands on her back.

Wednesday wakes up a few hours later, attempting to get up and go to the bathroom. Her head is throbbing and when she stands everything starts spinning, she stumbles, but before she can fall, warm hands grab her waist. “Hey, you okay baby?” Bianca asks softly, Wednesday nods lightly, trying not to make her headache worse, and leans into Bianca, resting her head on her shoulder. Wednesday slowly turns toward the bathroom and Bianca holds her waist as she walks to prevent her from falling again.

Bianca closed the bathroom door, going to grab, cold water, the food she’d ordered Wednesday earlier, and some more pills, because it’s definitely been more than four hours since her last dose. Wednesday crawls back into bed, resting back against the headboard with her eyes closed. “Day, here you need to take these and eat something.” Bianca says as she sits down next to Wednesday, who lets out a whiny groan. Wednesday reluctantly takes the pills with a sip of water and leans on Bianca slowly eating the toasted sandwich she gave her. Wednesday drinks almost the whole water when she’s done before she snuggles into Bianca’s side.

Bianca tries to get to take everything to the trash , but as soon as she starts to move Wednesday whines, gripping Bianca’s hoodie “stay, please”, Bianca kisses her head, “I am Day, just let me throw this stuff away” Bianca whispers. Wednesday doesn’t let up, so Bianca just lays the trash on the nightstand, “you’re so clingy when you’re sick, who would’ve thought” Bianca giggles. Wednesday huffs, but proves Bianca’s point further when she pulls Bianca’s arms around her body and, once again, falls asleep.

Bianca ends up being held hostage by Wednesday the entire weekend. She even ends up having a video of Wednesday adorably asking her to cuddle while being half asleep, and slightly delirious. Wednesday has no recollection of this at all.

Video:

“Bia cuddle me please” Wednesday says into Bianca’s neck, “I am baby” Bianca says, stifling a laugh as she runs her free hand through Wednesday’s hair. “No, you’re too far” Wednesday whines, pressing her body against Bianca and going back to snoring softly.

End Video:

“Bia, if anyone ever sees this video I’ll kill you” Wednesday says, completely lying because she probably couldn’t go a week without Bianca, “mmhmmm” Bianca hums, kissing Wednesday with a big smile on her lips.

-I didn’t edit this so sorry for any mistakes, but I hope you guys liked it🫶🏾

#wednesday x bianca #wednesday addams #bianca barclay #wenclay #sickfic

[qqueenofhades]

Any advice regarding the ap lit exam? Like literally any advice at all? It’s this wednesday and I had a genuinely terrible class and it’s finally hitting me that the test is literally two days from now (well, less than that considering it’s nearly midnight on monday anyway) and I would appreciate anything and everything you have that would result in me possibly being a little less fucked on the exam.

Aha, well. It so happens that I will be off to grade AP exams in the next few weeks (history, not lit, but still) and thus can indeed offer a few pointers on how to maximize your performance on the exam, even if you did have a terrible class and don't feel prepared for it. So:

First: Google some past exams, google the test itself, look at all the official prep material that you can get your hands on. Here is the AP Lit course page with a link to a description of the exam, which should include a rubric with its weight and grading (i.e., what the readers will be looking for in each section). Here's the AP Lit crib sheet from the Princeton Review. There is a list of authors that they advise you to be familiar with, under poetry, drama, fiction, and expository prose. There's no way you can review them ALL, but you can at least take a look at the names and google/wikipedia the most unfamiliar.

Likewise from the link above (definitely go look at it), here's the breakdown for the AP Lit exam format, with a suggestion as to how to plan your time:

The AP English Literature & Composition exam takes 3 hours to complete and consists of two sections: a multiple-choice section and a free response section.

Section 1 is 60 minutes/ 55 multiple-choice questions. It's worth 45% of your mark.

Section 2 is 120 minutes, (40 minutes recommended per essay). It consists of 3 free response questions and is worth 55%:

Question 1: Poetry Analysis  Question 2: Prose Fiction Analysis  Question 3: Literary Argument 

Speaking as somebody who graded the short-answer AP essay questions last year, the scoring rubric is fairly flexible. We were reading each one-page response and seeing if it met three criteria, and awarding it a score between 0 (lowest) and 3 (highest). We are advised to err on the side of generosity, even in an otherwise terrible response. Last year, the first criteria for getting a point was "Define the Enlightenment." If the student did that, they got the point, even if the rest of the response was nigh incomprehensible. (And, uh, it sometimes was).

Basically, make sure to read the question thoroughly and make sure you've clearly fulfilled every part of what it's asking. As long as your reader can identify matches for each part of the score, you'll get those points, regardless of how crappy the rest of it might be. Don't assume that a longer response is better; if you're just waffling on and making up bullshit, it will not necessarily improve your score, if you're not addressing the criteria. A clearer, shorter response will be easier for your reader to analyze.

(Yes, a real live human will be reading and grading your exam -- or at least part of it, since we all do different sections and not the whole thing. I am one of those humans.)

Spelling and grammar errors don't actually count against you, as long as the content is readable and makes a correct point. Of course, not that I ENCOURAGE making spelling or grammar errors, but it's not marked against you. There is a long commentary to be had here on how standardized tests are terrible for actually measuring students' overall intellectual capacity and only reward rote memorization, etc etc. But for our purposes, this is beside the point.

Making a brief outline, i.e. labeling the parts of your essay 1), 2), 3), etc., will help both you and us. As long as you then follow that order. There are plenty of students who do that and then write what-the-hell-ever anyway.

On that note: we are shut up for 9 hours every day for a week in a windowless grey warehouse, reading endless handwritten variations on the same question. Please, please, please make sure that you write legibly, since if we can't read it, you won't get points regardless of how brilliant your argument might be.

No one reader has control over every part of your exam, and we obviously don't know who any of the students are. If I was working on an essay question, I would be working ONLY on that question and not any of the other essay questions and/or the multiple choice. Your exam is marked by probably at minimum a half-dozen different readers, and then that score is put together and aggregated into your overall AP score. So even if you do absolutely bomb one of the sections, you have a chance to do well on another one that is marked in a different way/by a different reader.

Take a deep breath, do your best cram job, and go kick that exam's ass. One of my colleagues will thank you for it!

Good luck!

#anonymous #ask #school stuff

[555pm]

1) why did you decide on your major/degree title?

I got into uni as an honors English major, currently doubling in French as well. I spent lots of time in French classes in HS but I didn’t truly fall in love with French until uni, my 2nd quarter of intermediate in particular. I love the culture, the film, the philosophy, and the music; it truly meshes well with my academic areas of concentration.

As for English, ever since the beginning of high school I wanted to study English. I knew it was gonna be my prime area of study when I took AP English Language & Composition my junior year of HS, and I instantly fell in love. I got a 5 on the exam and the AP English Lit&Comp one as well. Shakespeare is the main reason why I love English literature and rhetoric. His artistry and legacy is amazing. I’m prelaw at the moment, and it’s a great undergrad to supplement my future JD. Below are some pics of when I went to visit the (authentic!!) copy of the First Folio housed at my uni since the 1980s:

30 day studyblr challenge

(note: i made this post on may 17, but for continuity it's scheduled on may 2. the shakespeare event was on may 4 lol)

#30 day studyblr challenge #diary #studyblr #french studyblr #shakespeare

[lorillee]

guess who got a 5 on the ap english literature and composition exam 😌✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

#and also a 4 on ap calc ab. which is surprising because i for real thought i was gonna get like a 2

[transfemstarscream]

i’m taking ap english literature and composition, which involves dissecting literary works and analyzing the author’s techniques of storytelling, something i think the transformers fandom would dearly benefit from,

#.txt #but i'm glad i got it as a class. i enjoyed aplang for how much i got to write.

[monachopsis-11]

So I’ve decided the best place to start is with how I realized I’m autistic. I honestly hadn’t ever had any exposure to anyone on the spectrum so I had no clue what Autism even was and I’d barely heard it mentioned either. So I’d been doing research online for years about different mental disorders and all kinds of other things trying to self diagnose but I could never find anything with more than a few symptoms I related to. Anyway you could imagine my surprise when I was reading Lady Midnight and relating to Ty Blackthorn intensely. Now I don’t actually have all of the more stereotypical behaviors that he has but it was the first time I’d ever related to a characters behaviors. I’ve always been a huge reader, I read my first magic treehouse book in kindergarten and never stopped and most of my special interests have been books/movies/tv shows/characters. So I’ve definitely found a lot of characters who I related to emotionally because of struggles they were going through that mimicked the things I experienced but with Ty I could actually relate to what he was doing. I don’t remember all of the examples but I remember him organizing his books by color, asking about things other characters said that didn’t make sense to me either, having sensory issues, and wearing headphones. Now this is just off the top of my head but I know there were more as well however in the book the characters are part of a government that doesn’t acknowledge mental health/neurodiversity etc. so the other characters don’t know Ty is autistic. Then all the sudden I’m reading a half a page interaction where another character who grew up in the human world and has basic knowledge of things says:

So I went “huh autistic? This could be worth researching.” And proceeded to create a 37 page Google doc with everything I read that seemed important color coded according to how much each symptom/experience related to me. From there I proceeded to obsess over it for weeks to the point where I felt like I had made it up because suddenly I was realizing all these things that I didn’t think about before like how much eye contact sucks and how stimming can be really soothing whereas in the past I just did eye contact because other people were doing it and I only really stimmed when I was really excited (like jumping up and down flapping my hands etc.) From there I decided to ignore it because I felt like I was making it up or at least exaggerating massively so I tried to focus my attention elsewhere. Elsewhere meaning 4 college courses (Photography, English 1A, English S, Women’s Studies), 2 high school classes (Integrated Math 2), and 4 AP tests (English Literature and Composition, English Language and Composition, European History, and Psychology) without taking any of the corresponding AP classes I might add. So as far as distractions go very effective and very stressful. Finally after deciding that I was ready to think about things I proceeded to do more research, this time about autistic peoples experiences and after realizing how much of a spectrum things are and how sensory issues can change over time etc. I was finally able to accept that I was autistic and look into resources for therapy and hopefully a diagnosis at some point. So while this is obviously the short version of the story it covers the main points which I thought I’d share. Feel free to leave comments/questions as I’d love to talk with anyone who has had similar experiences.

FYI not my image so credit goes to whoever it belongs to 😊

#autistic experiences #self diagnosed autism #autistic women #actually autistic #late diagnosed autistic #ty blackthorn #dark artifices

[serendipitously-enchanted]

Resources for academics on a budget

Coursera- this is one of my favorite websites right now. Its a website that has tons of online classes, made by colleges, you can take free of charge. Although some of them you have to pay for to have access to; most of the classes are free. You can also pay for a certificate (around 80$ for a class) if you want/need to (although its not a requirement). The classes are mostly stem and social science based. There are also language learning classes if you need to learn english (they have other ones too but the ones i looked at required pay). But not all of them are stem and social sciences. Look for classes you want to take and Coursera probably has at least one. I am taking a bunch of classes on paleontology and other science subjects i will probably need for that, and im taking courses of other things that interest me such as greek mythology or writing. All you have to do is sign up with an email and password. This comes in an app as well. https://www.coursera.org/

Modern States- this is a website that also gives online classes, but this one is focused on getting you ready for the CLEP exams. “The College Level Examination Program is a group of standardized tests created and administered by the College Board. These tests assess college-level knowledge in thirty-six subject areas and provide a mechanism for earning college credits without taking college courses.” Although you dont have to be taking a CLEP to take these classes. The types of classes they have are business and management, composition and literature, history and social sciences, science and mathematics, and world languages. This is a good resource if you want general knowledge on a topic. I am taking a natural science course and a french course. All you have to do is sign up with an email and password. https://modernstates.org/

Khan Academy- you have probably already heard of this one, but if you havent, or just havent signed up yet, sign up for it. Its a website that has a collection of youtube videos and written articles about topics. There can also be short tests at the end of a topic/unit. They have classes from pre-k to college level. These are topics you typically see in a high school. They have classes on math, science, arts and humanities, computing, economics, life skill, and test prep. I am taking math classes, science classes, and an art history class. This one is especially good if you have kids or are still in grade school. All you have to do is sign up with an email and password. This comes in an app as well. https://www.khanacademy.org/

Sparknotes - you probably already know about this one as well, but if you havent, sparknotes is a website that has a collection of works of literature most of which are old enough to not be affected by copyright anymore. They also have translations of the works to modern day english. They provide the full text, a summary, summaries of the characters, literary devices, questions and answers, quotes, quizzes, and essays. They also provide information on other topics such as math, biology, philosophy, chemistry, and much more. You do not have to sign up for this one if you dont want to, but you can. There is also sparknotes plus which you have to pay for. It gives you an ad-free experience, study notes, flashcards and quizzes, ap english test prep, and more. https://www.sparknotes.com/

Quizlet- you have probably heard of this one too. quizlet is a website made for you to study with. It has a ton of subjects you can look at to study with, you can also make your own study set. Within a study set you can use flashcards, learn (which quizzes you on your knowledge until you have everything correct), write, spell, test, and you can play while you learn with matching and a game called gravity. Its a good resource to use if you need help remembering something, such as vocabulary of a language you are learning. You do not have to sign up but you can. This comes in an app as well. https://quizlet.com

Youtube- you probably know this one too, but youtube can also be used to learn topics instead of just being for entertainment. This one has probably the widest range of things to learn on it. There are people posting about almost any topic you can think of. I personally use it for paleontology. There are also “less academic” topics you can learn about such as fashion. This is a good website because a lot of the people here show their faces and tend to have more of a camera presence than people from some of the other websites, it also tends more to lean on entertainment than just giving you fact after fact. You dont have to sign up but you can (although you probably already have an account). This comes in an app as well. https://m.youtube.com/

Sci-hub- this website is a bit different from the ones ive already talked about. Its a pirating website for looking at academic articles put behind a pay wall. This is good for people who want to have access to papers on a topic but dont have the money to sign up for 10 different websites for research.

Your local library- libraries are incredibly important, but they cant stay open unless people are actively using them. So if you have a library close to you, sign up for it! Signing up for a library card is completely free, the only time you would have to pay is if you have an overdue book (but even then its probably only a couple of $). Sign up for libraries and you’ll get access to tons of free books, but you can also get access to laptops as well if thats something you would need. Its also just a quiet place to chill out while you study/read.

Museums- museums can cost money to get into, but depending on the museum you go to it doesnt have to be a lot of money. There are also museums for science or art it doesnt just have to be science museums all the time if thats not something you are interested in. If you have time and a bit of money museums are great resources to learn about new things. Recently i had a week long break at my school and my family and i went to 3 different museums to look at their prehistoric life exhibits. Its really cool to go and see fossils in person. We went to my states Children’s Museum (which has a good exhibit on dinosaurs), the Field Museum in Chicago, and the Museum of Natural History in Ohio.

Used bookstores- used bookstores are good for getting a cheaper price on books that you want. Although sometimes they may not have a very good selection. However, there are websites online that function as used bookstores would just with a wider range of books.

#dark acadamia #dark academia #dark academism #dark acadamia aesthetic #academia #chaotic academia #light acadamia aesthetic #light academia #free #free book #for your dark academia needs #on a budget

[acollectionofficsandshit]

26, 27 and 35

26. do you believe in aliens?

yes I do! the universe is just too large for there to not conceivably be alien life out there. but does that mean I necessarily believe in aliens the way they're portrayed in modern media? no, not really.

27. books or films?

okay so I answered this one already but I thought I'd use this as a chance to recommend four of my favorite books/series of all time!

the night circus by erin morgenstern

the bone season by samantha shannon (read the whole series!!!9

a darker shade of magic by v.e. schwab (I CANNOT PROPERLY CONVEY HOW MUCH THIS SERIES MEANS TO ME HOLY SHIT)

the vine witch by luanne g. smith (i'm not huge on the rest of the series after the first book)

35. a school subject your good with?

okay I was always really good at english! (I'm sure you're all so surprised) I actually got a perfect score on my AP english literature and composition exam 😏 my essay is supposed to be used for exam prep as an example of a 5!

#asks game #asks

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[tiredeyes1975]

i legit do not even need to pass the AP literature exam i have all my english composition credit

[that-one-ap-kid]

AP Review: AP Language and Composition

That One AP Kid here, and today I will be reviewing one of my favorite courses throughout all of high school, but more importantly, a course many Sophomores and Juniors take. AP Language and Composition (AP Lang) is a common course taken that replaces English 3 Honors and leads to the progression of AP Literature and Composition.

Personal Rating: 9/10

Content Difficulty Rating: 6/10

Test Difficulty Rating: 7/10

AP Lang was my favorite course simply because I love to write. English is not generally my favorite subject, but I found that the essay driven course of AP Lang was to my tastes. That being said, it definitely isn't for everyone.

This course doesn't necessarily have content that it teaches you, it is much more about the developing of writing and reading skills. For that reason, this might seem like a deceptively easy course. From my experience in high school many people go to take this course because they think that it will be easy and that they are used to writing essays. Essays in AP Lang are extremely different from those in other courses. First off, there are three different types: argument, rhetorical analysis, and synthesis. Synthesis is the one that most incoming students are used to writing, but even there the time that is given is a lot less than most people expect.

I will give a quick breakdown of the three essay types:

Argument - Choose a side of a point and write a cohesive essay to support it. The big thing here is that there are no sources (other than the occasional quote), so all evidence has to be student generated. This can work for or against you. My advice here is to pick a book you have read (or know well) that is multi-faceted and use it as one of your sources most of the time. This might seem scary or awful, but after a couple essays are under your belt, it won't be too bad.

Rhetorical Analysis - Break down the authors meaning and explain what rhetorical devices were used to make it an efficient argument. For this essay, you either love it or hate it. This essay in particular takes a bit of extra work for some people, because you need to have a few devices memorized (it really isn't as bad as it sounds, I promise). Plus, you can make almost any device work. In about 95% of the rhetorical analysis essays that I wrote, I used oxymorons.

Synthesis - The classic, support a point using evidence from the given sources. This essay is what most people are used to. It just has less of an allowed time.

The final big thing about the essays is you are given a lump sum of time to write all three of them. So, you do have a bit of flexibility.

The multiple choice is split up into reading and grammar, and is similar to the PSAT and SAT. Studying for this test will help you on the other high stakes test College Board Offers in general.

With all of that being said, I still DO recommend this course for most people. Although the writing can be rough, you can still pass the exam if you aren't a strong writer as long as you follow the rubric. Furthermore, it truly does help you in the future with writing. Especially if you have a good teacher.

Thus, this course comes highly recommended from me!

Have a wonderful day and remember to take a deep breath. Everything will work out. There are people who care. Finally, don't worry about being perfect, because you yourself will always be enough.

Bye!!!

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[v1viluv]

i know it’s better for my gpa to not take classes i suck at but i’m genuinely so devastated about the fact that I wasn’t able to take ap language composition :( I know it’s entirely my fault, however I am really bummed that right now I don’t have a teacher that could help me improve in essay writing and critically analyzing literature; I know i’m already lucky enough to be able to audit one of the ap english classes but I still really wish I could get some help or feedback. I am trying my best to communicate and ask for help my current english teacher but since all of our writing is narrative, she just tells me to write how I feel and while very encouraging, that is not exactly helpful.

[madwickedawesome]

@ my literature nerd friends wgat do i read for my AP English Language and Composition novel

#i was thinking of emma or tpodg bc ive been meaning to read both #but ill take any suggestion tbh

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