Independent Book Prompt
2018 AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS Question 2 (Suggested time—40 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score.) The passage below is from (Insert your book’s title here) by (Insert your author’s name here). Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well-developed essay, analyze the rhetorical strategies (Insert your author’s name here) uses to develop his or her argument. Support your analysis with specific references to the text. In the final paragraph, relate this passage to the text as a whole. |
Scoring
Because of the time constraints, I will allow students to accept a score of 5 or above. The grading/scoring will be as follows: 5 = 42 point (70 percent) 6 = 48 points (80 percent) 7 = 52 points (87 percent) 8 = 57 points (95 percent) 9 = 60 points (100 percent) No score below 5 will be accepted. |