1994 AP Lit Essay Samples

1994 AP Lit Essay SamplesIt is interesting to read and compare the essay samples for 1994 AP Lit Literature Exam written by Helen Dale. The students of this year's AP LIT course will get a good idea of what a student of a certain age expects from this kind of writing practice. In fact, it is quite hard to find any differences in the sample essays from the teachers' essays and from each other.It is not that I find these samples to be less interesting than the teacher's essays, but I am a little disappointed at the way the writers are trying to project an image to their readers. It is almost as if they are trying to sell books to young people. Actually, I think it is much more realistic to use an approach of being polite but insistent in your instructions and not end with a tip for the best book to read. That is a real touch of realism!At times, it seems like the writers from the 1994 AP Lit essay samples were not really thinking about the content of the essays before they began writin g them. Some of the samples simply had very poor grammar, spelling, and punctuation skills. This was rather frustrating because it shows the students that they are not likely to complete the composition if they do not have the right skills.In fact, the writer's role is rather important when a student prepares for the AP Lit. Most students are extremely shy about showing what they are writing as they want to be known as 'proper' writers. But to them, writing is more than just grammar or spelling.Rather, writing is about engaging the reader and making him or her interested in what is being said. By contrast, the teachers' essay samples showed how students should deliver their essays and not only were the students horrible in delivering the content of the essay. They simply wrote in cursive, plagiarized from other essays, and recycled information.The same can be said about the 1994 AP Lit essay samples. Some of the essays were sloppy, untidy, and full of grammatical errors. It is reall y amazing that such mistakes can be made with such poor writing skills.The students who sat through those AP Lit essay samples cannot be blamed. There are many aspects of writing that they have never studied. They simply do not know how to write well, or are too shy to write anything at all.When they sit down for an AP Lit exam, they do not realize that by the time they finish the professor's prose and grammar lessons, they are writing like professionals. They have to be aware of their own writing skills and read the test closely to make sure that they know the material, even though they are not sure what to write about.