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There are always good resources online!

Check albert.io for practice problems and more strategies

Everything's an Argument is extremely helpful for learning how to analyze passages and to write your own convincing essays!

College board has many examples of students essays and their scores, so find out how to score well!

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Total: 3 hours and 15 minutes

Section 1:
Multiple Choice: 1 hour, around 55 questions, 45% of the score

Section 2:
Free Response: 2 hours 15 minutes, 3 questions, 55% of the score
- Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis, and Argument

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For all essays:
- Take at least five minutes to plan your essay
- What is the claim and what evidence will support it?
- Claim should be clear and arguable
- Always leave a couple minutes to revise and go over your essays to correct mistakes

Synthesis:
- First analyze the prompt and the sources
- Need to use at least use 4 sources
- The essay is a conversation between the sources
- Do not plagiarize!!!! Cite sources, ie., (Source A) or (Dylan)
- Evidence is from the sources; not outside information

Rhetorical Analysis:
- First analysis the context and passage given
- SOAPSTone (Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone)
- Find rhetorical devices and consider why the author chose them for the specific occasion, audience, subject, and purpose

Argument:
- Find out exactly what is being asked
- Take a position
- Supporting evidence should build on each other and crescendo
- Evidence is from outside knowledge

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When reading passages:
- Underline important phrases/ideas
- Box main ideas of the passages or claims made
- Circle diction choices
- Connect ideas with arrows
- Star and label rhetorical devices

(from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47lZ5mbRWIo&feature=youtu.be )

When answering the questions:
- Use POE (Process of Elimination)
- Carefully read each question
- Consider all answer choices and reason why they are either wrong or right
- When guessing stick with one letter, ie., choose "C" for all the questions you don't know

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Wake up early so you're not late!

Eat a hearty breakfast!

Bring extra pencils and pens!!! You never know will happen.

Don't forget your ID!!!

Get to the testing room on time!

Good luck!

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Eat a good dinner!

Review the materials and strategies but do not cram study!

Sleep early!

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Practice but be careful not to burn out!

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Practice, practice, practice!

Take a full length practice exam!

Go on albert.io!

Really put the work in even though its hard and take it seriously! The exam comes around much faster than you think!