Prose & Poetry FRQs

Directions

• You will be given a printed copy of a Prose & Poetry passage taken from AP Central.

  • Students may use the printed copy to write answers OR a sheet of college ruled paper

• For each passage, you are expected to do the following two steps in 7 minutes or less:

  • Annotate the prompt, rephrasing what the FRQ asks of you, the writer

  • Make annotations in the excerpt itself

    • Identify literary techniques & devices within the passage | Analysis & interpretation of the text | Characterization | Potential tensions

  • At your own pace, write 3 ways in which you would approach the prompt

    • This will be 3 thesis possibilities addressing how you would answer the prompt in question -- essentially a set rough theses! This can be hand written at the bottom of the passage.

      • Example: Delia Owens' use of colloquial diction in the title of her novel, Where the Crawdads Sing reinforces the significance of geographical setting in the bildungsroman.

    • Highlight the thesis statement that you believe is your strongest!