AP Analysis EssayEnglish Language and Composition

1. structure 2. purpose 3. style

Analyze an author’s view on a specific subject Analyze rhetorical devices used by an author to

achieve his or her purpose Analyze stylistic elements in a passage and their

effects Analyze the author’s tone and how the author

conveys this tone

Compare and/or contrast two passages with regard to style, purpose, or tone

Analyze the author’s purpose and how he or she achieves it

Analyze some of the ways an author recreates a real or imagined experience

Analyze how an author presents him or herself in the passage

Discuss the intended and/or probable effect of a passage

1. Example 2. Comparison and contrast 3. Definition 4. Cause and effect 5. Process 6. Analysis 7. Classification

1. subject matter 2. selection of detail 3. organization 4. point of view 5. diction 6. syntax 7. language 8. attitude 9. tone

1. transition 2. subject consistency 3. tense consistency 4. voice consistency 5. voice 6. pacing/ sentence variety

Plan to spend 1-3 minutes carefully reading and deconstructing the question

Circle or underline the essential terms and elements in the prompt

If the prompt requires more than one element, you must use more than one!

To analyze prose, remember that we are looking at…

WHAT the author is doing?• and

HOW is he/she doing it?

The passage below is from an autobiography. After reading the passage carefully, write an essay analyzing how the author uses juxtaposition of ideas, choice of detail, and other aspect of style to reveal the kind of person she is.

Most passages are structured around a WHAT? And a HOW?