Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam 2020, Premium Edition by The Princeton Review

Author:The Princeton Review
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2020-01-27T16:00:00+00:00

What does this mean? How would literacy have made slaves “more free”? How did illiteracy help slave owners “keep control of them”? Good essays on the AP English Language and Composition Exam develop specific examples and then carefully connect them to the issue at hand. They also demonstrate a depth of thought and complexity that is mostly absent in this essay. As you write your own essays, be sure to have a clear, stable definition of the essential terms (in this case, “literacy” and “freedom”) in mind and don’t be afraid to talk about how complex the terms can be.

The style of this essay did not help. It is not necessary, for example, to repeat the quote verbatim in the first sentence: the grader already knows what Frederick Douglass said. Also, the first paragraph does not really contain a thesis or any clear statement about how literacy allows people to be more free. Throughout, the student makes some awkward errors in style and diction, which detract from the overall effect.

But, in spite of these flaws, the essay does provide some examples and at least attempted to address the relationship between literacy and freedom, so it would receive an inadequate.

Now let’s take a look at a more successful essay, which was also written by a student under time constraints.

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