• (1)= Poetry Response / Question 1
    (2)= Fiction excerpt Response / Question 2
    (3)= Novel of choice Response / Question 3
     
    --Subject is never the character; it is the abstract idea (1 2)
    --Refer to narrator (2)
    --Refer to speaker (1)
    --Avoid "and" in a thesis if it implies two ideas (1 2 3)
    --no 'us' (1 2 3)
    --don't say sentence / quote / excerpt / paragraph (2)
     
    --focus on attitude and abstraction (1 2)
    --If you can find a dichotomy, contrast, duality, etc...use it (1 2)
    --direct quotes, integrated into your sentence structure (1 2)
    --Don't mention audience if at all possible (1 2 3)
     
    --Use active verbs (1 2 3)
    --Intro optional (be inspired) (1 2 3)
    --Thesis at the end?  At your own risk (1 2 3)
    --Sense of although somewhere (it may appear that...but) (1 2 3)
     
    --avoid plot summary (1 2 3)
       --3 Hows! (1  2)
       --3 degrees or 3 types of key word in thesis ( 3 )
    --avoid strict character analysis (1 2 3)
    --infer after every "  " (1 2 3)
     
    --Use specific moments of the novel (3)
     
    --Have 2-3 hows (1 2)
    --don't just say metaphors / say dark metaphors, etc (1 2) 
     
    --employ better organizational strategies than another, next, first...
    ///such as "this / that / these" OR repeat a keyword from previous sentence
    OR a key idea OR use a synonym for a key word from previous sentence
    Make the paper flow (1 2 3)
     
    Mention author sparingly (2)
    Mention poet sparingly (1)
     
    Have careful, non-bulky theses (1 2 3)
     
     
    BELOW ARE LINKS TO SOME LIT AP TEST ASSISTANCE SITES