AP Language and Composition Final - Multiple Choice / Matching

Multiple Choice / Matching Section

Jazz Age (1920s-1930s)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Modernism (1880s-1950s)

E.e Cummings + Virginia Woolf

Post Modernism (1950s-20th Century)

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s)

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Puritianism (1620-1770s)

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Transcednalism

A literary movement that believes truth exists beyond reason and experience; sub genre of romantic movement (i.e. Thoreau & Emerson)

Realism (1850s-early 1960s)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Diction

Author’s word choiceS

Syntax

arrangment of words and phrases to create well-formed, logical sentences

Simple Sentence

One subject + one verb (one independent clause)

Compound Sentence

Connects two complete, independent clauses with comma + coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS), a semicolon, or semicolon + conjunctive adverb

Complex Sentence

One independent clause + at least one dependent clause (dependent cannot stand alone and always starts with subordinating conjunction)

Compound-Complex Sentence

At least two independent clauses + at least one dependent clause

Passive Voice

Subject receives action instead of does action (i.e. “The frisbee was caught by the dog,” (passive) instead of “The dog caught the frisbee,” (active)); form of “to be” + past participle of main verb

Characteristics of Rhetoical Analysis

PASTA, identify rhetorical choices; examine how an author writes to achieve their purpose rather than what they are writing about

Characteristics of Synthesis Essay

Have thesis and use 2+ sources combined to defend stance,

Characteristics of Argument Writing

Thesis + line of reasoning + specific real-world evidence + so what?

Thesis Statement

Clear and defensible claim

Characteristics of Transcendentalism

Nonconformity, self-reliance, free thought, confidence, importance of nature

Nonconformity

Original ideas, embracing the unconventional

Self-reliance

Solitude, independent, moral compass (Puritains beleived right and wrong from Bible, Transcendenalists beleived we know in our guts bc of moral compass)

Free Thought

Individuality, believe what is true to you, respect of others’ opinons, spontaneity

Confidence

Have confidence in who you are, have confidence in beauty of love, believe in yourself and your ideas

Importance of nature

Oversoul (unity amongst God, man and nature), nature is pure and untouched by the corrupt nature of man (beauty in this), civilization = evil

Realism

Representation of how things really are, or being practical and facing facts. (i.e. mythical beings; representation in art / literature of objects, actions or social conditions as they are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form; person who is able to deal with problems in effective and practical way; human beings as thinkers and subjects of experience, and objects of their knowledge, beliefs and experience

Puritiansim

Came to America in 1620 to escape Church of England (Catholic Church); settled in Massachusetts; believed person was either saved or damned; first to build on American Dream; witchcraft seen as Devil’s practice; Salem Witch Trials in 1692-1693; Salem Witch Trials from HYSTERIA (old feuds, boredom, fear of outsiders, ‘symptoms’ of witchcraft, previous accusations)’ spectral evidence valid in court; Crucible allegory to McCarthyism (fear of communism)