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Creating a Thesis for the AP English Literature Composition Prose Free Response Question

In order to write a successful PROSE essay, understanding the concept of writing a thesis is the primary

key to ensure you will master the AP English Literature Composition !ake a look at the following

writing e"amples and see what stands out regarding the thesis#s that are present in the $ and % scores

AP 2009 Question #2 Prompt

!he following selection is the opening of Ann Petry#s &$'( no)el, The Street &* Read the selectioncarefully and then +* write an essay * analy-ing how Petry esta.lishes Lutie /ohnson#s relationship tothe ur.an setting through the use of such literary de)ices as '* imagery, 0* personification, (* selection

of detail, and 1* figurati)e language

2 3hat is the prompt asking4

2 Identify the steps in the prompt a.o)e

ntro!u"tor Paragraph

In this e"cerpt from Ana Petri#s !he Street, the wind is the central antagonist !he narrator efficiently

utili-es a third5person omniscient narrator to relay to the reader the .itterness of the cold, along with the

steadfast determination of Luke /ohnson !hrough the use of 6&* chillingly descripti)e 6+* imagery and6&* )i)id 6+* personification, the narrator 6* successfully 6'* con)eys the 6&* unmerciful 6+* nature of

the cold to enhance Lutie /ohnson#s 6&* temporal and sensory 6+* e"periences

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o Identify the thesis in the a.o)e thesis

o 8nderline the thesis in the a.o)e introductory paragraph

o 3hat is uni9ue a.out the a.o)e thesis4

:ow chart the thesis

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Chillingly descripti)e Imagery Successfully Con)eys

;i)id Personification

8nmerciful :ature

!emporal and sensory E"periences

AP 2009. Question #2 Prompt

!he passage .elow is the opening of Seraph on the Suwanee6&$'%*, a no)el written .y ecti)es to create )i)id images, as well as repetition of sentence structure and the

inclusion of collo9uial phrasing to gi)e the town and its inha.itants a )oice


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Chart the a.o)e thesis

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AP 200/ Question #2 Prompt

Read carefully the following passage from ?alton !rum.o#s no)elJohnny Got His Gun6&$$* !henwrite a well5organi-ed essay in which you analy-e how !rum.o uses such techni9ues as point of )iew,

selection of detail, and synta" to characteri-e the relationship .etween the young man and his father

2 3hat is the prompt asking42 Identify the steps in the prompt a.o)e

ntro!u"tor Paragraph

A young man and his father go camping e)ery summer, preferring each other#s company to that of

friends their own age 8ntil one summer, it changes suddenly In this e"cerpt from ?alton !rum.o#s

no)el /ohnny @ot =is @un, /oe, a young man, comes of age !hrough de)ices like sym.olism, point of)iew, carefully descri.ed details, and unusual synta", !rum.o creates a )i)id sense of the relationship

.etween /oe and his father

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3hile identifying the theses did you notice the acti)e use of ad>ecti)es and ad)er.s that were used to

gi)e life to the theses4 ou are going to try doing the same


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Thesis Time! riting

ou will ha)e &05 minutes to create a thesis from the following prompts listed .elow using the sameformat as pro)ided a.o)e

& !he following selection is a passage of Dary Shelley#s 6&%&(* no)el,Frankenstein Read theselection carefully and then write an essay 6&* analyzinghow Shelley establishestherelationship .etween ?r rankenstein and the monster 6+* through the use of such literary

de)ices as characteri-ation, personification, selection of detail, and irony





Smart Shelley ?econstructi)ely Analy-ing

!rou.led Relationship Deticulously esta.lishesCra-y ?r rankenstein

Lonely Donster

Literary ?e)ices

Specific Characteri-ation

?escripti)e Personification

;i)id ?etail

Fountiful Irony

Complete a full thesis .elow

In Dary Shelley#s passage, she deconstructi)ely analy-es the trou.led relationship .etween the cra-y ?r

rankenstein and the lonely creature through the use of specific characteri-ation, descripti)epersonification, )i)id detail and .ountiful irony so as to meticulously esta.lish the comple"ity of .oth

characters in the no)el

+ !he passage .elow is from the no)el rankenstein 6&%&(*, written .y Dary Shelley Read the

passage carefully !hen write a well5organi-ed essay in which you analy-e the literarytechni9ues Shelley uses to descri.e the monster and characteri-e the people who li)e in the

)illage


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Read carefully the following passage from Dary Shelley#s no)elFrankenstein6&%&(* !hen

write a well5organi-ed essay in which you analy-e how Shelley uses such techni9ues as

sentence structure, point of )iew, and flash.ack to characteri-e the setting of the no)el



Chart the a.o)e thesisA!$e"ti%e )oun A!%er* ,er*


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