Saturday, February 11, 2012
Synthesis of Course Material
One of the main things that we have learned in AP Literature is how to answer AP essay questions. The most difficult part of answering AP essay questions are to locate exactly what the question is asking. The main parts that you look for to answer these questions are through TEM, meaning techniques, effects, and meaning. Each essay has these three components that are supposed to be used to answer these questions. The techniques used are usually one of the DIDLS, which stands for diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax. The question may ask your to use a specific one of these or if not mentioned in the question, then you can decide on your own, which one of these you would like to use in order to analyze the text that you use. The effects are personally in my opinion, one of the hardest things to find in the question. The effect is exactly what it sounds like, the effects used by the author. These all eventually lead to the meaning. The meaning is usually stated out right but often you find that the meaning if hidden and that you must look deeper to find the hidden meaning. All of these added together create and good introduction to answering the AP essay prompt properly and completely.
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This is a great way to review how to write an essay for the AP. I love how you went through and explained each part of the question you are supposed to find and how you use them. One thing I would add to this is an example of meaning, just add in something like "effect is exactly what it sounds like, the effects used by the author, like the mood or atmosphere." Great review post!
ReplyDeleteThis was a great review for writing a AP essay. It could be quickly summed up as techniques create effects that authors use to convey meaning. All three of those are vital components of the prompts and you summed them up nicely.
ReplyDeleteThese are well-organized. A few of these, as your peers have noted, would benefit from more detail. I'd also like to see a few more topics covered--Foster, allusions, critical lenses, etc.
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