AP Writing Gateway Page


AP Writing Gateway Page

 

CLOSE READING: Refer to this page often, frequently, continually

 

 

 

 

Literature Exam

 

 

 

Writing Prompts:

 

Poetry Explication

 

Character Analysis

 

Open-ended ("significant to the work as a whole")

 

 

 

Composition Exam

 

 

 

Writing Prompts

 

Synthesis Essay

 

Rhetorical analysis 

 

Argument Analysis / Persuasive Essay



 

Essays for analysis

 


 

THESIS STATEMENTS AND TOPIC SENTENCES

 

Thesis statements are:

 

When drafting a thesis, ask:

 

Thoughts on Thesis Statements from College Professors: 

 

"Five Ways of Looking at a Thesis," by Professor Simpson at Grinell College (Iowa)

"Getting an A on an English Paper," by Professor Lynch at Rutgers

"Writing A Thesis," by Professor Barsanti at Penn