Reading and Writing the
AP Language Essay

1. What is it? (genre)
     Reflective/Biographical - anecdotes
     Persuasive/Argumentative - proofs (emotional, logical)
     Expository - definitions & explanations
     Narrative - storytelling

2. What does it mean? What is the point?

3. What writing devices are used?
     Rhetorical Devices
     Compare & Contrast
     Parallel Structure
     Repetition
    
4. Tone

5. Format
     Components of essay
     Repetitive parts
     Structure

6. Diction

7. Syntax/Grammar

8. HOW WILL YOU APPROACH THE ESSAY?