AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION 2008 SCORING GUIDELINES

9–8 These essays offer a persuasive analysis of how Lawrence employs literary devices to characterize the woman and capture her situation.. These essays make a strong case for

9–8 These essays offer a well-focused and persuasive analysis of a single pivotal moment in the psychological or moral development of the protagonist in a bildungsroman and how

7–6 These essays offer a reasonable analysis of Sidney’s use of poetic devices to convey the speaker’s complex attitude toward desire.. The essays are less thorough or less precise

9–8 These essays offer a persuasive analysis of Viramontes’s development of Estrella’s character through literary elements.. The essays make a strong case for their interpretation

9–8 These essays offer a well-focused and persuasive analysis of how cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in a character and

This question asked students to read carefully the poem “A Story” by contemporary poet Li-Young Lee and to write a well-developed essay analyzing how the poet conveys the

5 These essays respond to the assigned task with a plausible reading of the passage but tend to be superficial or thinly developed in their treatment of Eliot’s portrayal of the

7–6 These essays offer a reasonable analysis of a literary character’s understanding of justice, the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful, and